Knicks Have Not Lost A Playoff Game Since April 23

The Knicks are past the point where this can be shrugged off as one hot week.

New York has not lost a playoff game since April 23, when Atlanta took Game 3 in the first round. Since then, the Knicks are 12-0: three straight wins over the Hawks, four against the Sixers, four against the Cavaliers, and then Game 1 of the NBA Finals against San Antonio.

That kind of run always invites the same argument. Is this the Knicks playing great basketball, or did the bracket break in a way that made the path look cleaner than it really was? Reddit immediately leaned into that debate, with the usual jokes about whether New York has really beaten anyone.

But 12 straight playoff wins is not just a schedule note. It means the Knicks have handled different opponents, different defensive looks, and different pressure points without dropping a game for more than a month. The Finals opener made the streak feel even heavier, because San Antonio came in with Victor Wembanyama, momentum, and the kind of offense that had been crossing 100 points every night.

New York still has plenty left to prove in this series. The Spurs will adjust, and no Finals run is settled by a Reddit stat after Game 1. Still, when a team stacks wins from April 23 into June, the conversation changes. At some point, it stops looking random.