For the Knicks, the conference finals are no longer enough: ‘Did they put street signs up this year?’
The street signs once adorning New York City in honor of the Knicks’ first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in a quarter-century? They’re gone. Last year’s news.
So is the feeling of accomplishment attached to simply making the third round of the playoffs. Whether the Knicks acknowledge it publicly or not, the bar has changed. Once upon a time, they were happy to make it to the second ...
The street signs once adorning New York City in honor of the Knicks ’ first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in a quarter-century? They’re gone. Last year’s news.
So is the feeling of accomplishment attached to simply making the third round of the playoffs. Whether the Knicks acknowledge it publicly or not, the bar has changed. Once upon a time, they were happy to make it to the second round of the playoffs.
This season? A second-round exit would have been grounds for roster reconstruction. The same can be said of the third round, of an Eastern Conference Finals loss to a Cleveland Cavaliers team fresh off a grueling seven-game series against the Detroit Pistons.
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