The New York Knicks handily defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the pair's second-round playoff duel on Friday night, thereby winning the series 4-2 and eliminating the defending Celtics from contention.
Although the Knicks had been making a case for themselves from the get, the Celtics' chances were severely damaged when star Jayson Tatum went out with what was later determined to be a ruptured Achilles in Game 4. Boston did manage to win the next contest without him, but it still felt like, even at that point, the series was New York's to lose.
