When the New York Knicks finally returned to the playoffs two years ago, the Boston Celtics let them hang around for only four games. Now Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks are on the verge of beating Boston, and they want to do it just as quickly. Anthony scored 26 points and the Knicks moved to the brink of their first playoff series victory in 13 years, routing the Celtics 90-76 on Friday night in Game 3 of the first-round series. "It feels good to be sitting in this seat, this situation, to be sitting in the driver's seat right now," Anthony said. So it's just a matter of us just doing what we've got to do Sunday. We want to close the deal, we want to seal the deal. Quickly taking the crowd out of it in the first NBA game here since the Boston Marathon bombings, the Knicks built a 16-point halftime lead and now can take out the Celtics. "That first quarter on the road, you've got to make sure you take that first punch and we did that," Knicks veteran Jason Kidd said. Game 4 is here Sunday afternoon. "Guys are hungry," Anthony said. We really want this, we feel like it's right there in the palm of our hands. Pablo Prigioni gave the Knicks a boost with three early 3-pointers as the Knicks positioned themselves to avenge their first-round sweep at the hands of the Celtics in 2011. Boston hasn't been by swept since 2004, by Indiana. The Knicks were also swept that year, by the Nets, as part of their NBA-record, 13-game postseason losing streak. They own the most titles in league history, but their present outlook is extremely bleak. "We came in here believing that we could win this basketball game and we did it," Anthony said. It was a total team effort.