The Knicks are one win away from reaching the conference finals for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. One win away from the latest step taken in the progression under coach Tom Thibodeau. One win away from dismantling the defending champions.

The New York Knicks are on the brink of a return to the Eastern Conference Finals. But when was the last time they reached this stage in franchise history?

FOX 5 NY's sports producer Lou Albanese breaks down the team's "bad history" with the Indiana Pacers and what younger fans should look out for if the Knicks advance to the ECF.

With thousands of antsy fans packed into MSG and on the streets outside, New York beat Boston, 121-115, in Game 4 to go up 3-1. The Knicks are one win away from making it to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. Read that again.

The anticipation was 25 years ... about the Knicks’ troubles and then the mood transitioned more positively in 2021 as New York made the playoffs for the first time in eight years.

During the regular season, the Celtics blitzed the Knicks by 23, 27 and 13 points, respectively, in the teams' first three meetings. And even if the score got tight in the final minutes, no team in the league had a better clutch-time win percentage than the Celtics.

Mikal Bridges came up with a steal against Jayson Tatum on the final possession of the game to give the Knicks a one-point victory in Game 2 of their second-round series against the Celtics on Wednesday. New York has a 2-0 lead in the series.