The New York Knicks took down the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics on Friday night, convincingly, 119-81, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. Former West Virginia standout Miles "Deuce" McBride was once again New York's top bench piece,

Cincinnati native and Archbishop Moeller High School graduate Miles McBride is in the national spotlight with the NBA’s New York Knicks.

The Knicks made the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000, and Mayor Eric Adams paid homage to the 15 players in orange-and-blue uniform by naming New York City cross street after each member on this year’s rolling Knicks roster.

Then, a few minutes later, McBride’s 3-pointer with less than a second left in the quarter sent the Knicks into the halftime break up 64-37 and had the crowd at full voice. He finished the Knicks’ 119-81 Game 6 win over the Celtics — to close out the series — with 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting.

The New York Knicks, despite losing a heartbreaker in Game 1 of the Eastern Conferece Finals to the Indiana Pacers, are not expected to go anywhere this offseason. With money tied up in Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, and Josh Hart, the core will remain the same.

The New York Knicks have the personnel to win the Eastern Conference Finals over the Indiana Pacers. However, one glaring flaw has become increasingly apparent throughout the postseason, and after their monumental collapse in Game 1,

The New York Knicks go into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals having dropped Game 1 to the Indiana Pacers in overtime. In that one, the Knicks had a 17-point lead at one point and blew a 14-point lead in the final three minutes of the game.