The New York Knicks have won the first-round series against the Cavaliers 4-1 and will now advance to the 2nd round.
(AP Photo/Nick Cammett)
Even though the Knicks won the last 3 games against the Cavaliers during the regular season, they were still the underdogs going into this series, given a 38% chance of winning. They ended up only losing 1 game, and won the series in 5.
Before tonight, the last time that the Knicks won a playoff series was way back in 2013.
The last time they made it to the conference finals was back in 2000, which hopefully they can do this year as well.
Jalen Brunson:
The Knicks won the series in 5 games and Jalen Brunson was the best player in pretty much all of them. He led the Knicks in points, assists, and steals per game.
In this series, Brunson averaged:
24 Points
4.8 Assists
4.2 Rebounds
2.2 Steals
43.4% of shots made
RJ Barrett:
After a pretty bad first 2 games, RJ Barrett also stepped up and had a strong performance in the last few.
In the last 3 games of the series Barrett averaged:
22 Points
2.6 Assists
4.7 Rebounds
56.8% of shots made
The Knicks will now play the Miami Heat in round 2.