The host New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years and ended the one-year NBA title reign of the Boston Celtics with astonishing ease, rolling to a 119-81 victory in Game 6 on Friday.

Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 23 points for the Knicks, who will face the Indiana Pacers, the same team they met in their last conference finals appearance in 2000. Game 1 is Wednesday night in New York.

The Knicks hadn’t won a playoff series on their home floor since the 1999 East finals. So the celebrating started late in the one-sided first half inside Madison Square Garden and was sure to carry on deep into the night around the arena.

Mikal Bridges scored 22 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 for the Knicks, whose 38-point margin of victory was their largest in a postseason game.

Nuggets-Thunder to settle series in Game 7 >> Oklahoma City ran away with the Western Conference’s top seed, winning an NBA-best 68 games, including a record 54 by double digits.

The Denver Nuggets didn’t have the Thunder’s youthful legs, deep bench, long rotation or health. They didn’t come close to OKC’s enviable conference record, home mark or road success. Heck, they didn’t even have a similar continuity after Denver’s NBA title-winning head coach and their general manager were fired on the eve of the playoffs.

They did go 2-2 against them in the regular season, though, and they split a back-to-back series at Oklahoma City.