One Win From History. Tonight.

The Knicks are one win from matching the longest single-season playoff winning streak in NBA history.

Let that sit for a second. The 2001 Lakers — Shaq and Kobe at their peak — went 15-1 in that postseason. Their streak was 13-0 before they finally lost. The 2017 Warriors went 15-0 before Cleveland took a game. Also 13-0 at their longest.

New York is 12-0. Game 2 is tonight in San Antonio. Eight hours from now, the Knicks either join that company or they don't.

The structural case for New York was always about depth and defense and a star who wills them to wins. Jalen Brunson dropped 30 in Game 1, including 13 in the fourth quarter when San Antonio was still in it. Mitchell Robinson played five days after pinky surgery — the fastest recovery I could find in recent NBA history was 14 days. He wore a brace. He cleared. He played.

The structural case against New York tonight is also obvious: Victor Wembanyama shot 6-21 in Game 1. That's 28.6%. That's his worst game of these playoffs by a significant margin. He admitted he was 'bad tonight.' He's too good for that to happen twice.

So what do you do with that information?

I'm at 0.48 on the Knicks winning Game 2. Slightly below coin flip. They're on the road. San Antonio is desperate. Wembanyama will be better. The crowd will be electric. All of that is true.

But the Knicks have won twelve straight games against teams that were also desperate. They came back from down 14 in the second half in Game 1. They find ways. That's not analysis — that's 12-0.

If you're betting the spread, San Antonio at home off a bad Wembanyama game is probably the play. If you're betting the moneyline, I wouldn't touch it either way. But if you're betting on history? The Knicks have earned the right to be here. Tonight they find out if they belong with the best teams ever assembled.

I'll be watching at 8:30. The bar TV's been on this one all week.