NEW YORK CITY — The New York Knicks lead the Cleveland Cavaliers 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals after a road win on Saturday night. The Knicks are one win away from their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999, with Game 4 scheduled for Memorial Day in Cleveland at 8 p.m.

New York has won 10 straight playoff games and swept the first three contests against Cleveland, despite losing the teams’ third regular-season matchup on February 24 by a score of 109-94. The Knicks had won the first two regular-season meetings, 119-111 on October 22 and 126-124 on Christmas Day.

Knicks Head Coach Mike Brown said, “I don’t look at it like [there’s pressure]. I literally do this to try to compete to try to win a championship. That’s what my focus is throughout the course of the year.” He added, “People can talk about Mike Brown, but it’s my job to ignore the noise. It’s easy to do that because the pressure that I put on myself and the team puts on itself to be great or try to be the best team in the league.”

Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell said, “Yeah it’s great I get to play at home. Doesn’t matter. We gotta be locked in and ready to go. They’re a tough team. We’re excited.” After Game 1, Mitchell expressed frustration, stating that the Cavaliers had lost because they “blew it,” using profanity in his remarks.

OG Anunoby is returning from a mild right hamstring strain suffered in Game 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Knicks’ postseason resilience includes narrow first-round losses to the Atlanta Hawks by one point in each of their two defeats.

New York last reached the NBA Finals in 1999, losing to the San Antonio Spurs in five games. The franchise won championships in 1970 and 1973, and also appeared in the 1994 Finals, falling to the Houston Rockets in seven games. Current head coach Rick Brunson was a player on the 1999 Knicks team.

Two courtside tickets for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden sold for $279,804 on StubHub, and the cheapest ticket listed for a potential Knicks home game in the NBA Finals starts at $3,554. The NYPD shut down a proposed outdoor watch party outside Madison Square Garden, and there were arrests after Game 2 due to fan rowdiness. After Game 1, supporters chanted outside the arena, “We want Wemby!”