For the Knicks fans who still have nightmares about the Antonio McDyess trade; who lived through Isiah Thomas and the baggage that certainly wouldn’t fit in an overhead compartment; who thought both Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry would make the Garden their home; who hoped Carmelo Anthony might solve everything; who talked themselves into Andrea Bargnani; who thought the Jeremy Lin run might be the happiest basketball moments of their lives; who dutifully educated themselves on the triangle offense when projecting potential free-agent fits for the Phil Jackson years; who still can tell you where they were when Kristaps Porzingis tore his ACL — and also when he was shipped to Dallas; who correctly believed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving would be destined for New York and could not believe the destination they chose; who kept rooting even when James Dolan gave them every reason to abandon ship:
Sunday was for you.
For years that became decades, just about everything went wrong in every direction. So those rare days when things work out on the court, in the stands and far removed from the action should make you feel like opposing point guards when defended by Jose Calderon.
Most importantly, the Knicks are moving on after a game and a series in which they left zero doubt about the better team. The Knicks swept the 76ers by a cumulative total of 497-408 — that’s about a 22-point difference per game — in a matchup that technically was the East’s No. 3 vs. No. 7 but felt like varsity against freshmen.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
