Was the East a cakewalk? Swap the brackets and find out.

We dropped the Knicks into the Spurs' Western gauntlet and the Spurs into the Knicks' East, then re-ran all six series off each team's real playoff margin. Don't trust the dials? Drag them. Argue with the math, not me.

THE FACTORS · DRAG TO ARGUE

Team Strength

Knicks strength +18

Spurs strength +12

West Opponents (Knicks' New Road)

Trail Blazers (R1) -3

Timberwolves (R2) +1

Thunder (WCF) +8

East Opponents (Spurs' New Road)

Hawks (R1) -2

76ers (R2) +1

Cavaliers (ECF) +4

KNICKS IN THE WEST

SPURS IN THE EAST

ACTUAL RUN VS. SWAPPED RUN · WIN RATE

NEW YORK KNICKS

Actual

86%

Swapped

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SAN ANTONIO SPURS

Actual

67%

Swapped

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Who deserves the ring more? Weight the factors yourself.

Five research-backed dimensions. Each team pre-scored. You set the weights. The index recalculates live.

Dimension	NYK	SAS	Weight

New York Knicks

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San Antonio Spurs

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