Knicks end NBA Finals drought after demolishing Cavaliers to complete sweep

CLEVELAND — Next.History was made.Redemption was secured.Next comes the biggest stage in the sport.

Next comes the chance to end the drought that matters most.Next comes the chance for glory.It felt like the Knicks couldn’t be bothered with this series any longer.The Cavaliers, too, in the opposite manner.

And it produced another epic blowout, as the Knicks bludgeoned the Cavs 130-93 on Monday night at Rocket Arena to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.Owner James Dolan’s Finals-or-bust mandate has been fulfilled — in emphatic fashion.They stormed past the conference finals roadblock that they couldn’t get past last year.The 21st century had never witnessed or experienced the absolute mania that surrounds a Knicks Finals run.

Finally, at long last, it’s arrived.And it’s provided every reason to believe they’re not close to being finished.Every reason to believe that these surging Knicks can conquer either the Thunder or Spurs — who are tied 2-2 — and win their first championship since 1973.This tour de force has so far ripped through Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland.

There has been minimal resistance on the way.Since midway through the first round, this is now an incredible 11-game winning streak.

Only one of those wins was by single digits.There are so many new records set with each passing game that it makes your head spin.It’s back-to-back overpowering series sweeps.

It’s three straight closeout games in which Knicks fans completely took over the opposing arena.It’s a full-circle moment for coach Mike Brown, who reached the Finals against the team he made his last Finals appearance with — in 2007 — and that fired him twice.

It’s the latest — and so far, most meaningful — feat of the Jalen Brunson era as he keeps rising higher and higher on the hierarchy of Knicks legends.It’s a long-awaited breakthrough for Karl-Anthony Towns, who lost in the conference finals the last two years — with the Timberw...