Knicks roll into Round 2, await 76ers-Celtics winner | AP News

There was an NCAA tournament game in 2016 when Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges all were on the winning side of a historic blowout, a 44-point victory that is still the biggest in Final Four history.They went on to win that season’s national championship at Villanova.Fast forward a decade: Brunson, Hart and Bridges were all on the winning side of another historic postseason blowout Thursday night, this one coming when the New York Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks by 51 points to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. The lead was an NBA-playoff-record 47 at the half, and New York eventually led by 61.Time will tell if another championship awaits.“I think it shows the kind of team we are — what we can be,” Hart said.Next up for the Knicks is an Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against either Boston or Philadelphia. Game 1 is Monday night; if the Celtics are the Knicks’ opponent the series will begin in Boston, otherwise it’ll begin in New York. A week or so ago, the Knicks trailed the Hawks 2-1 in the series after back-to-back one-point losses and looked very much like a team on the brink of trouble. New York went