Knicks forward Og Anunoby dribbles against the Hawks during the third quarter in Atlanta on Thursday. | Imagn Images / VIA REUTERS

OG Anunoby scored 26 of his 29 points in the first half to lead the visiting New York Knicks to ⁠a historic 140-89 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday. The Knicks won their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series 4-2.

It was the most points scored by the Knicks in a playoff game, and their largest winning margin in the postseason. The only bigger margin of victory in club ​history came earlier this year, when New York routed the Brooklyn Nets 120-66 on ‌Jan. 21.

The ‌Hawks endured their second-worst postseason defeat in franchise history. The then-St. Louis ​Hawks lost 133-75 to the Minneapolis Lakers on March 19, 1956.

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