New York Knicks advance to first NBA Finals since 1999

The Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to the NBA Finals, where they will await either Oklahoma City or San Antonio.

Seventeen different teams — more than half of the NBA — have made it to the NBA Finals this century, a level of parity never before seen in the league’s history. Yet one notable franchise remained watching the championship round from home every spring.

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The New York Knicks.

That drought emphatically ended Monday.