It’s that time of the year.
That time of the year when we come up with a thousand possibilities, anxiously think about this and that and the other thing… only for everything to unfold and be resolved by itself in 24 hours.
We just can’t help ourselves, can we? That’s why, with just one game left to play and the Knicks locked into the No. 3 seed out East, we’re presenting you with all possible four first-round opponents and all scenarios that would lead to each of those matchups, depending on Sunday’s
results.
Rest assured, New York will be hosting whoever happens to cross their path for the first two games of the series.
NY Knicks vs. TOR Raptors
- Hawks win AND Raptors win
- Hawks lose AND Raptors win AND Magic win
NY Knicks vs. ATL Hawks
- Hawks lose AND Raptors win AND Magic lose
NY Knicks vs. ORL Magic
- Hawks lose AND Raptors lose AND Magic win
- Hawks win AND Raptors lose AND Magic win
NY Knicks vs. PHI Sixers
- Raptors lose AND Magic lose AND Sixers win
All games with Eastern Conference-seeding implications are scheduled for 6 p.m. ET, so you can start making room for the 6-9 timespan.











