Regardless of how or when it ends, the Knicks advanced further in the playoffs than any of their 25 previous seasons.

Two of our top three candidates will wage battle when the Indiana Pacers host the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers have been in a dogfight of a series. After a heroic comeback win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on the road in Indiana, they threw their rabid fanbase of dogs a bone.

Karl-Anthony Towns led a frantic fourth-quarter rally and Jalen Brunson, on the bench much of the second half with foul trouble, sank the game-winning basket in the Knicks’ pulsating 106-100 Game 3 victory at a stunned Gainbridge Fieldhouse.