This current New York Knicks core has nothing if not a habit for reaching franchise milestones. And now, they have the opportunity to hit a pretty significant one: racking up 50-plus victories in three straight seasons for the first time in almost 30 years.
From making the team’s first trip to the Eastern Conference Finals since 2000 to Jalen Brunson becoming the first player to make consecutive All-NBA First or Second teams since Patrick Ewing, the present-day Knicks are both benchmark-breakers and perception-changers. Failing a curveball of epic proportions, this isn’t going to change next season.
New York has not enjoyed its current 50-win streak since the halcyon days of the 1990s, when it rattled off that many victories four times, from 1991-92 through 1994-95.