Knicks leave no doubt, blow out 76ers by 30 to sweep Philadelphia out of playoffs
The Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference Finals for the second consecutive year.
With opportunity knocking for some team to step up and show they were the team to beat in the East, the New York Knicks answered that door. The Knicks slammed that door on Joel Embiid and the 76ers on Sunday before they could get their foot in the way. In a building that sounded far more like Madison Square Garden than Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, the Knicks started 9-of-10 from 3-point range, hit 11 from beyond the arc in the first quarter, led by double-digits less than 4:30 into the game, and never looked back.
THE KNICKS HIT 11 THREES IN Q1 11 3PM is the most in a first quarter in a postseason game by any team in the play-by-play era! New York up 21 in Game 4 pic. twitter.
com/u1lydygTjM — NBA (@NBA) May 10, 2026 New York led by 19 after the first quarter and 24 at the half — after hitting 18 first-half 3-pointers on 29 attempts (62%), tying the NBA playoff record for most 3-pointers in a half. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns scored or assisted on 59 of the Knicks 81 first-half points. The Knicks pushed that lead up to 30 by the middle of the third quarter, and if this were a Little League game, the mercy rule would have kicked in.
New York went on to win 144-114, sweeping Philadelphia out of the playoffs 4-0. New York advances and will face the winner of the Detroit vs. Cleveland series, which the Pistons lead 2-1.