▁and ▁ 2 6 . 2 ▁points ▁per ▁game ▁respectively . ▁Rich ie ▁Guer in ▁was ▁again ▁the ▁coach ▁with ▁the ▁small ▁rotation ▁of ▁minutes . ▁De eper ▁Boston ▁jump ed ▁on ▁them ▁big ▁early ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁series ▁four ▁games ▁to ▁two . ▁ ▁Just ▁under ▁the ▁rad ar ▁was ▁another ▁t ough ▁New ▁York ▁– ▁Baltimore ▁match up . ▁Both ▁teams ▁had ▁over ▁ 5 0 ▁wins ▁and ▁looked ▁very ▁compar able . ▁Baltimore ▁had ▁added ▁super ▁big ▁man ▁El vin ▁Hay es ▁to ▁help ▁Wes ▁Un s eld ▁on ▁the ▁bo ards ▁and ▁Arch ie ▁Clark ▁in ▁the ▁scoring ▁column . ▁Yet ▁the ▁Kn icks , ▁with ▁ 5 7 ▁wins , ▁did ▁not ▁play ▁around ▁with ▁the ▁Bul lets , ▁winning ▁the ▁series ▁ 4 - 1 . ▁The ▁Kn icks , ▁with ▁three ▁key ▁big ▁men ▁well ▁past ▁age ▁ 3 0 , ▁were ▁supporting ▁All - Pro ▁guard ▁W alt ▁Fra z ier ▁this ▁year ▁in ▁hopes ▁of ▁one ▁last ▁shot ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁themselves . ▁They ▁again ▁had ▁the ▁league ' s ▁top ▁defense . ▁Now ▁another ▁hot ly ▁deb ated ▁Boston - New ▁York ▁match up ▁lo omed ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁final . ▁ ▁Boston ▁was ▁again ▁the ▁favorite ▁over ▁New ▁York , ▁though ▁many ▁still ▁remembered ▁New ▁York ' s ▁under dog ▁rom p ▁the ▁year ▁before . ▁Le aving ▁little ▁to ▁chance , ▁Boston ▁p ounded ▁them ▁ 1 3 4 - 1 0 9 ▁at ▁home ▁in ▁Game ▁One . ▁New