Knicks squeak out win against rival Nets to clinch at least top-4 playoff seed

The Knicks didn’t come out resembling a team seeking to finally secure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, instead looking like a gassed one playing the tail end of back-to-back games following an eight-day road trip. But like they have done throughout this season, the Knicks clawed back from a sizable first-half hole and overran the eliminated Nets in the second half for a 111-107 victory to clinch no worse than the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Tom Thibodeau’s team (49-32) still has a...