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Knicks gift Thibodeau a much-needed birthday win

The New York Knicks celebrated Tom Thibodeau’s 63rd birthday with a sensational win that snapped their five-game losing skid.

With their defense sharp and their offense on target, the Knicks obliterated the Eastern Conference’s current no. 1 team Bostons Celtics, 105-75, Sunday at the TD Garden.

It was the Knicks largest win in Boston since a 37-point in 1970.

It was so lopsided that Thibodeau emptied his bench with more than three minutes left, giving the likes of seldom-used Ignas Brazdeikis, Theo Pinson and Dennis Smith, Jr. some burn.

It was a total team effort for the Knicks, who rebounded from a tough loss in Cleveland.