The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals, ending a 27-year wait.

Karl Anthony-Towns had 19 points and 14 rebounds while OG Anunoby scored 17 as the Knicks routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 on Monday night.

The win completed a four-game sweep of the Eastern Conference finals with New York advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.

Landry Shamet scored 16 off the bench while Mikal Bridges and Jalen Brunson - named Eastern Conference MVP - had 15 apiece for the Knicks, who became the fourth team to have an 11-game winning streak during their post-season run. The last to do it was Golden State, who had a 15-game run en route to their second title in three seasons in 2017.

The Knicks pulled their starters with 7:47 remaining and a 35-point lead as their large contingent of fans loudly chanted "Knicks in four!"

New York will play the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs in the Finals.

The Western Conference finals are tied at two games apiece with Game 5 to be played in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The Thunder or Spurs will have home court advantage when the Finals start on June 3 because of a better regular-season record.

This will be the Knicks's third appearance in the Finals since winning their last title in 1973. They lost in seven games to Houston in 1994 and in five to San Antonio in 1999.

It is the 15th time since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976 a coach has reached the finals in his first year with a team. The Knicks hired Mike Brown after parting ways with Tom Thibodeau after they reached the Eastern Conference finals last year, but lost in six games to Indiana.

It will be Brown's second trip to the Finals as coach. His last trip was with Cleveland in 2007.

Donovan Mitchell had 31 points for Cleveland, who were swept in a postseason series for the first time since the 2018 NBA Finals against Golden State.

Mitchell scored the Cavaliers first eight points as they jumped out to an 8-2 lead. Cleveland led for most of the first six minutes before New York took control.

Evan Mobley's putback dunk gave the Cavaliers a 17-14 advantage before the Knicks scored nine straight points.

A floater by Mitchell got Cleveland within 30-26 with 2:12 remaining in the first quarter when New York went on a 20-0 run over a five-minute span.

The Knicks were eight of 14 from the field, including four three-pointers. The bench scored 15 points, including a pair of three-pointers by Shamet. The seventh-year guard was 11 of 12 from beyond the arc during the series.