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Ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals tonight, the Knicks find themselves in a surreal position: They’re up 2-0 on the Spurs in the championship round, having already won more road Finals games in this series than they have in total since 1973, and now they’ll return to a Madison Square Garden crowd that is about to explode. (Or is that just fans’ credit scores?) They’re favored to win according to both the prediction markets (78 percent) and the stat models (86 percent), and not just because teams up 2-0 win overwhelmingly often — though that 32-5 all-time record in the Finals doesn’t hurt. It’s also because the Knicks’ playoff dominance is staggering, even after winning a nail-biter in Game 2.

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Ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals tonight, the Knicks find themselves in a surreal position: They’re up 2-0 on the Spurs in the championship round, having already won more road Finals games in this series than they have in total since 1973, and now they’ll return to a Madison Square Garden crowd that is about to explode. (Or is that just fans’ credit scores?) They’re favored to win according to both the prediction markets (78 percent) and the stat models (86 percent), and not just because teams up 2-0 win overwhelmingly often — though that 32-5 all-time record in the Finals doesn’t hurt. It’s also because the Knicks’ playoff dominance is staggering, even after winning a nail-biter in Game 2.

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