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Should Knicks tank their way out of the No. 3 seed to avoid Celtics?

By Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAYUSA Today

The New York Knicks outlasted the Boston Celtics Thursday, April 9. The two teams are on a trajectory to meet again in the NBA Playoffs.

NEW YORK As a rash of shameless tanking is rotting within the NBA, the New York Knicks couldve done the same. They couldve rolled over Thursday, April 9 to let the Boston Celtics clinch the No. 2 se…