History is not on the Knicks’ side
These arent what you would call gentlemanly odds.
There have been 260 NBA teams that have fallen into a 3-1 hole in a best-of-seven playoff series before this year. There have been 13 that have come back to win the series. For those without a calculator, that is five percent of the time.
You dont need a calculator for this one:
The Knicks have fallen into a 3-1 hole in a best-of-seven playoff series 13 times in their history and, sure, if the reappearance of the number 13 in this allegory seems…