Party Like It's 1999

The city of New York is about to party like it's 1999! It's something that fans of the New York Knicks have been waiting almost thirty years to do. With their 130-93 win in game four of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks completed the sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers and punched their ticket to the NBA finals for the first time since 1999.

The last time the Knicks made it this far was a five-game loss to the Tim Duncan led San Antonio Spurs in 1999. This will be the 9th total trip in franchise history to the Finals for the Knicks, who are seeking their first NBA title since 1973.

There's a lot to unpack here with what the Knicks have been doing in these playoffs. First off, it's the dominating point output. The Knicks have outscored Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland by a combined 262 points during their playoff winning streak, the largest margin in any 11-game span in NBA history. There's domination and then there's this, which has the Knicks operating at a whole different level. They are going to try and keep this going against either San Antonio or Oklahoma City, both of whom are a very different animal then anything the Knicks will have faced in the first three rounds of the playoffs.

We can get into more details about that as the finals get set to get rolling, as there's still two to three more games to be played to decide who the Knicks are going to face.

What this run means for New York sports, epically New York Basketball goes beyond measure. Twenty-seven years is a long time to wait between finals appearances for the Knicks, a team who in 2018-19 won just 17 games and were the worst team in the league that year. And now here we sit. That's an amazing turn around, not just for the Knicks, but any sports franchise. And this is a huge boost for the New York Sports scene. Here's why. The Jets haven't played for a Super Bowl since 1969, the Giants 2011. Yankees last world series appearances was last year, the Mets in 2015. The Islanders haven't played for the Cup since 1984, the Rangers 2014. 

Seeing the Knicks go this far has been a major morale boost for New York City and it's fans. This is something that has been a long time coming and has clearly shown the fruits of the labor that Knicks management has put in over the last number of years to turn this team from the bottom of the league to what is now a major threat in the Eastern Conference.