The New York Knicks advanced to the second round of the playoffs after a 106-95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Ohio Wednesday night. The win began much earlier than that.
The Knicks won this series on September 25, 2017, the day trading Carmelo Anthony outta town went down. The biggest return New York received from Oklahoma City appeared to be Enes Kanter, but they also acquired a second-round pick owed by a lousy Chicago team that figured to be in the low-to-mid 30s, the sweet spot to take a shot on a project. Nine months later on draft night, that dream of a gleam in their eye entered the Knicks family, an even bigger boy than Kanter.