Knicks Destroy the Hawks 140-89. 51-Point Closeout. New York Is in the Second Round.

Remember this one.

New York Knicks 140. Atlanta Hawks 89. Fifty-one points. In a closeout playoff game. On the road.

Let that sit for a second.

This is not just a win. This is a statement that will echo through the Eastern Conference for the rest of these playoffs. Every team still standing watched what the Knicks did to Atlanta tonight in Game 6 and felt something. That something is called fear.

The series started with two gut-punch one-point losses in Games 2 and 3. The Knicks were questioned. The narrative was building that this team couldn’t close. That the fourth quarter was their enemy. That Atlanta had figured them out.

Tonight the Knicks answered every single one of those questions with 51 points of margin.

The first half was already historic — 83-36 at halftime, a 47-point lead that had the entire basketball world checking their phones to make sure the score was real. It was real. And the second half was more of the same. New York played 48 complete minutes of the kind of basketball that makes opponents look like they don’t belong on the same floor.

“This is not just a win. This is a statement that will echo through the Eastern Conference for the rest of these playoffs.”

This is what this team is capable of when everything clicks. Brunson controlled the game from start to finish. KAT was a force that Atlanta had no answer for. The defense was suffocating. The ball movement was crisp. Every rotation was right. Every decision was correct.

The series by the numbers tells the full story of what happened after the early stumbles — Game 4 won by 16, Game 5 won by 29, Game 6 won by 51. The Knicks didn’t just win this series. They finished it with a 96-point combined margin across the final three games.

Now the second round awaits. Boston and Philadelphia are still battling with Boston leading that series 3-2 — whoever comes out of that matchup is next. The Knicks will be waiting, rested, and playing the best basketball of their season at exactly the right time.

New York is dangerous right now. The Garden is going to be electric. And anyone who doubted this team after Games 2 and 3 owes them an apology.

Second round. Lock in. 🔒🏀

Follow every game of the Knicks playoff run at gridlockny.com/knicks Series result: New York Knicks def. Atlanta Hawks 4-2 Game 6 final: Knicks 140 — Hawks 89