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The Live Sport Bible is here!Knicks bury 76ers on back of three-point barrage
Dan Gelston • May 11th, 2026 10:45 am
Miles McBride scored seven three-pointers on his way to 25 points for the New York Knicks | Photo: AP
Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, rolling past the Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 to sweep their second-round series.
The Knicks set an NBA post-season record with 11 three-pointers in the first quarter in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team on Sunday (Monday NZ time).
Miles "Deuce" McBride hit seven of New York's 25 three-pointers and scored 25 points. Brunson had 22 points and Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 17 in the Knicks' latest lopsided playoff victory.
New York advanced to the East finals for the second straight season and will play the winners of the Cleveland-Detroit series, which the Pistons lead 2-1.
The Knicks last season reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years before losing to Indiana.
New York then fired coach Tom Thibodeau, and replaced him with Mike Brown, who has guided them to seven straight playoff wins, starting with the last three games against Atlanta.
Knicks fans have made a habit of scooping up tickets by the thousands at the Sixers' arena for playoffs games over the years, and in Game 4 they may have made the loudest statement yet.
The 76ers' franchise failed to stop Knicks fans in their effort to buy tickets, but were greater failures in trying to stop the Knicks on the floor.
Game 4 was a laugher from the tip, with the Knicks using the three-point arc as a starting point for their personal pop-a-shot game.
The Knicks' Miles McBride and Jalen Brunson helped their team to a crushing win over the 76ers | Photo: AP
With Knicks fans on their feet and exclaiming "Deuuuce", McBride hit one, two, three then four three-pointers in succession for a fast 20-6 lead and the Sixers were already on their heels.
McBride became the first Knick (since play-by-play tracking began in 1997) to hit four threes in the first quarter of a playoff game.
New York's three-point records were just heating up. Brunson added two in the first quarter (six total) to help make the Knicks 11-of-13, which tied the NBA mark for most makes in a quarter.
The Knicks totalled 18 threes in the first half to score 54 points off the long ball, compared with 57 total for the 76ers. Overall, that was an 81-57 lead and helped power the Knicks towards their first best-of-seven series sweep since the 1999 East semis against Atlanta.
The second half was a mere formality, and the Sixers are headed home after a gutsy 3-1 series comeback to beat Boston in the first round.
Joel Embiid ended another injury-riddled season with 24 points and Tyrese Maxey had 17.
The Sixers have not advanced out of the second round since 2001.
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