Knicks clinch No. 2 seed in NBA playoffs, face tougher road with 76ers-Heat play-in winner
NY Post
Did the Knicks lose by winning?
It’s a question that won’t be answered for a few weeks, but theoretically Jalen Brunson’s squad made its first-round series more difficult Sunday by toppling the Bulls in OT, 120-119, and clinching the East’s No. 2 spot.
The Knicks’ reward is a first-round showdown against either Erik Spoelstra’s Heat or Joel Embiid’s Sixers, the threatening underdogs who face off in the play-in tournament this week.
If the Knicks lost to the Bulls, they would’ve dropped to third for a first-round matchup against the inexperienced Pacers.
Unlike the Cavaliers — who clearly tanked their game Sunday and avoided any possibility of getting the second seed — Tom Thibodeau said he never thought about conceding Sunday’s finale, even after the matchup repercussions were pretty clear because of blowouts simultaneously occurring across the Eastern Conference.
The Knicks, Cavaliers and Bucks all had a chance at the 2-seed.
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