NBA: Carmelo Anthony sees New York Knicks through to semi finals

The New York Knicks won their first NBA playoff series in 13 years after a nail biting rally from the Boston Celtics.

Carmelo Anthony’s drought from three-point range came to an end just in time to advance in the playoffs with an 88-80 win over the Boston Celtics.

The win sees the Knicks wrap up a 4-2 series victory, their first in the post-season since 2000.

Anthony sank his first three-pointer in 20 attempts to give the Knicks an 84-75 lead late on, ending a Boston rally as well as a personal drought from the arc which stretched back to Game 3 of this series.

Anthony finished with 21 points while Iman Shumpert had 15 of his 17 points after the half-time interval.

The Knicks led by as many as 26 points but let the Celtics score 20 straight and get back within four before Anthony hit a jump-shot and then that long-awaited three.

Jeff Green had 21 points to lead the Celtics, who had come back from 3-0 down in the series but could not force a Game 7.