The Knicks won their first playoff series since 2000, beating the Celtics in six games.
The Islanders now have a chance to win their first playoff series in 20 years.
The Rangers finally found their offense and got back into their first-round playoff series.
The Celtics have been swept six times in the 112 playoff series in their history.
Blowing a chance to even the Chicago Bulls' playoff series would have hurt so much worse.
The Knicks would have to win at least one playoff series to get Lin back.
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The Hammers will likely enter a four-way playoff series for the final promotion spot.
You almost had me, NBA. This playoff series has been the most entertaining in years.
Since the Easter Epic, the Islanders have won just two playoff series in 25 years.
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It was enough for a win, and the first Knicks playoff series lead in more than a decade.
Sure, the New York Knicks ended lengthy droughts for division titles and playoff series victories, so there were successes.
The best thing for ratings would be a slew of long playoff series.
New York hasn't won a Game 5 of any playoff series since 1988.
The Knicks will be expected to win a playoff series, maybe even two.
After a 79-76 loss at Chicago on Thursday night, the Nets trail the Bulls 2-1 in the first-round playoff series.
But the Knicks still have a big advantage as they try for their first playoff series win in 13 years.
The Clippers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-91 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.
With their first capture of a playoff series since 2000, they'll host the Indiana Pacers in the second round starting Sunday.
Then he found the strength to fill the Houston Rockets with life in a playoff series that had started to look hopeless.
The Islanders' 4-3 win evened the playoff series at one game each.
First, the Pacers (32-21) are the sort of hard-nosed team the Knicks would be poised to meet in a second-round playoff series.
But the Rangers showed no small amount of gumption in avoiding being swept in a playoff series for the first time since 2006.
And in games in which his team has a chance to clinch a playoff series, he is 2-8 with a .890 save percentage.
And the Sabres have not won a playoff series since 2007 when they made their second consecutive trip to the Eastern Conference finals.
In the post-season his teams underachieved when opponents could develop strategies to counter this hyperactive system over the course of a playoff series.
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It's been more than a decade since a goalie was as perfect over Games 6 and 7 of a playoff series as Lundqvist was.
"You find holes in your team in a playoff series and I don't want them to feel like they're being picked on, " he added.
The Celtics' season was over, ending in an 88-80 loss to New York that clinched the first-round playoff series for the Knicks in six games.
You got guys like Kevin (Garnett) and Paul (Pierce) who've been in a lot of playoff series, and everyone takes a life of its own.
In fact, it's the Knicks who are struggling against history: They haven't won a playoff series since 2000, and their last championship came in 1973.
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