Knicks' playoff history
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| 2003-04 Lost to New Jersey, 4-0, first round 2000-01 Lost to Toronto, 3-2, first round 1999-00 Defeated Toronto, 3-0, first round Defeated Miami, 4-3, conference semifinals Lost to Indiana, 4-2, conference finals 1998-99 Defeated Miami, 3-2, first round Defeated Atlanta, 4-0, conference semifinals Defeated Indiana, 4-2, conference finals Lost to San Antonio, 4-1, NBA Finals 1997-98 Defeated Miami, 3-2, first round Lost to Indiana, 4-1, conference semifinals 1996-97 Defeated Charlotte, 3-0, first round Lost to Miami, 4-3, conference semifinals 1995-96 Defeated Cleveland, 3-0, first round Lost to Chicago, 4-1, conference semifinals 1994-95 Defeated Cleveland, 3-1, first round Lost to Indiana, 4-3, conference semifinals 1993-94 Defeated New Jersey, 3-1, first round Defeated Chicago, 4-3, conference semifinals Defeated Indiana, 4-3, conference finals Lost to Houston, 4-3, NBA Finals 1992-93 Defeated Indiana, 3-1, first round Defeated Charlotte, 4-1, conference semifinals Lost to Chicago, 4-2, conference finals 1991-92 Defeated Detroit, 3-2, first round Lost to Chicago, 4-3, conference semifinals 1990-91 Lost to Chicago, 3-0, first round 1989-90 Defeated Boston, 3-2, first round Lost to Detroit, 4-1, conference semifinals 1988-89 Defeated Philadelphia, 3-0, first round Lost to Chicago, 4-2, conference semifinals 1987-88 Lost to Boston, 3-1, first round 1983-84 Defeated Detroit, 3-2, first round Lost to Boston, 4-3, conference semifinals 1982-83 Defeated New Jersey, 2-0, first round Lost to Philadelphia, 4-0, conference semifinals 1980-81 Lost to Chicago, 2-0, first round 1977-78 Defeated Cleveland, 2-0, first round Lost to Philadelphia, 4-0, conference semifinals 1974-75 Lost to Houston, 2-1, first round 1973-74 Defeated Capital, 4-3, conference semifinals Lost to Boston, 4-1, conference finals 1972-73 Defeated Baltimore, 4-1, conference semifinals Defeated Boston, 4-3, conference finals Defeated L.A. Lakers, 4-1, NBA Finals 1971-72 Defeated Baltimore, 4-2, conference semifinals Defeated Boston, 4-1, conference finals Lost to L.A. Lakers, 4-1, NBA Finals 1970-71 Defeated Atlanta, 4-1, conference semifinals Lost to Baltimore, 4-3, conference finals 1969-70 Defeated Baltimore, 4-3, division semifinals Defeated Milwaukee, 4-1, division finals Defeated L.A. Lakers, 4-3, NBA Finals 1968-69 Defeated Baltimore, 4-0, division semifinals Lost to Boston, 4-2, division finals 1967-68 Lost to Philadelphia, 4-2, division semifinals 1966-67 Lost to Boston, 3-2, division semifinals 1958-59 Lost to Syracuse, 2-0, division semifinals 1955-56 Lost to Syracuse, division third-place tiebreaker 1954-55 Lost to Boston, 2-1, division semifinals 1953-54 Lost to Syracuse and Boston, 4-0, round-robin 1952-53 Defeated Baltimore, 2-0, division semifinals Defeated Boston, 3-1, division finals Lost to Minneapolis, 4-1, NBA Finals 1951-52 Defeated Boston, 2-1, division semifinals Defeated Syracuse, 3-1, division finals Lost to Minneapolis, 4-3, NBA Finals 1950-51 Defeated Boston, 2-0, division semifinals Defeated Syracuse, 3-2, division finals Lost to Rochester, 4-3, NBA Finals 1949-50 Defeated Washington, 2-0, division semifinals Lost to Syracuse, 2-1, 3-1, division finals 1948-49 Defeated Baltimore, 2-1, division semifinals Lost to Washington, 2-1, division finals 1947-48 Lost to Baltimore, 2-1, first round 1946-47 Defeated Cleveland, 2-1, first round Lost to Philadelphia, 2-0, semifinals |