The Knicks were a feel-good story, the city celebrating wildly as the team pushed deeper into the postseason than they had in a quarter century. And just three days removed from the last day of that season, the team fired coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday.

Thibodeau, 67, led the Knicks to a 51-31 record this season, reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years. He oversaw a complete culture change after decades of dysfunction. The Knicks had endured seven straight seasons below .500 and out of the playoffs before he arrived in 2020 and then made the playoffs in four of five seasons, reaching the conference semifinals for two straight years before ascending to the conference finals this time.

A team source indicated that no decision has been made on the assistant c

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