OT: NBA Playoffs
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Brunson hasn't fouled out of a all year until game 5 against the Celtics. Brandon average 2.5 per game. How in the hell does he pick up 5 fouls in the 3rd quarter? Brunson doesn't play defense to the point he in physical contact the other players. Boston targeted him from the being of the game and he wasn't called for any fouls in the first half. Suddenly, he picks up 5 in the 3rd? IMO that was to keep Mr. Clutch from being a threat of ending the series too early for the NBA's wishes.
The NBA needs this series to be as entertaining as possible. Golden State is not an entertaining team without Curry. The remaining teams are a marketing nightmare. They are small markets and not "must see TV" at this point. OKC is getting there, but not there right now. The finals ratings may be way down. The Knicks and the Celtics will have ratings possibly higher than the finals.
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What a beautiful game by the Knicks vs Boston. Utter destruction of them. Willis was looking down, I swear.
Funny, I thought the Celts waived the white flag a little early. I guess once Brown fouled out they were officially cooked but I was still expecting some type of Boston push which really never materialized.
You do realize Thibs has PTSD against the Celtics. In game 5 the Knicks were up 1 with less than a 1 1/2 minutes left in the quarter and the Celtics ripped off 12 points to close the quarter. The were down by 11 in a blink of an eye. No lead is safe in the NBA as long as the 3 pt shot is available.
NY fans can make a party out of a sh*t storm. That is why others around the country are jealous. It just blows their mind.
Yeah but then if they don't win it all. Hell hath no fury.
NY fans can make a party out of a sh*t storm. That is why others around the country are jealous. It just blows their mind.
I'm not feeling a 7 game series. The last 2 years the Pacers have won against teams depleted and dealing with several injuries to key players. The one time the Pacers face a healthy team, they were manhandled by the Celtics. Against the Knicks, NY was missing Randle, Robinson, and OG at the start of the series. During the series, the Knicks lost Hart and Brunson and it took the Pacers 7 games to put the Knicks away. That speaks volumes about who the Pacers really are when facing good teams.
Nesmith will be a pain in the *** for Brunson , but then either Nembhard or Haliburton has to guard Bridges which should be advantage Bridges.
OG shut down Siakam in the playoffs last year until he got hurt. KAT averaged 30 and 10 against the Pacers this year. I believe Mitchell Robinson is the "X" factor that Indiana hasn't dealt with since the regular season ('23-'24). The Pacers haven't faced anyone like Robinson.
I hope the Knicks win but I think it may take 7 games. The Pacers want to play fast and pressure you up and down the floor. They can legitimately go 9-10 deep. While the Knicks may have more top end talent the Pacer's will look to take advantage of their depth over the full 48 minutes. If the Knicks get a consistently good Towns I think they win.
i'm convinced after watching him a year there is no such thing
a good stretch for a half is followed by another half of a disappearing act and senseless offensive fouls
OG is how you measure if the Knicks win or lose. When OG scores 20 or more points, the Knicks haven't lost. Btw, KAT averaged 30 and 10 against the Pacers this year.
Garden will be a looney zoo tonight. What I wouldn't give to be there. GO KNICKS! Fan literally since I was 7 years old.
History behind Go NY Go.
I dunno - I think the "9-10 Deep" is more of a media talking point. If you look at stats and minutes distribution for the playoffs the Pacers rely on a core of 8 players (Knicks rely on 7). Sure the back-end bench guys on the Pacers get maybe an average of 3-5 more minutes a game - but in playoff crunch time it really only comes down to execution of the main go-to core guys.
I agree that the Pacers will want to play at a faster pace than the Knicks and will also look to wear Brunson down by bringing him pressure when he brings up the ball (note that both the Pistons and Celtics also did this). But that extra pressure actually takes a significant amount of energy and can wear a team down significantly - and it showed in both previous Knicks series where they were able to close games in the 4th at a better clip than both Pistons and Celts.
Game 1 is almost here so I guess we'll see.
OG missed more than a few wide open threes last game, gotta knock more of those down
They left the door open just enough and the pacers kept coming. I hate this version of the pacers as much as Reggie miller era. I guess the Knicks fans know how the Celtics fans felt after games 1 and 2.
Just an awful loss that will likely come back to haunt them.
Just an awful loss that will likely come back to haunt them.
The challenge on the siakim OG play
Spent 5 minutes so focused on looking at hands and ball
Missed the push on hip and the grabbing of OG’s jersey
Doesn’t matter if it’s a little easier bounce pass and OG grabs the damn ball
Missed goaltending to put Knicks up 6 2 mins into OT sucked too
Spent 5 minutes so focused on looking at hands and ball
Missed the push on hip and the grabbing of OG’s jersey
Doesn’t matter if it’s a little easier bounce pass and OG grabs the damn ball
Missed goaltending to put Knicks up 6 2 mins into OT sucked too
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Hard to complain about missed calls after I think Game 3 of the Pistons series. You are right, OG needs to catch that pass.
There was no defense by either team.Knicks didn't have the killer instinct to put Indiana away.Missed foul shots and turnovers allowed Indiana come back with a barrage of 3 pointers at crunch time.Bad coaching on taking ball out of bounds reminds me of Rutgers.
I was switching channels between the Mets and RU baseball and Knicks and at one point in the 4th quarter it was within 3 points, i change channels and come back and Knicks are up by 14 with a few minutes to go so Im thinking this one is over, go back to RU baseball and come back a little while later and Knicks only up by like 3 with 20 seconds left. Ridiculous to lose that game. Odds of Indiana winning at that point must have been ridiculous but you know someone, somewhere put a bet on them in the last few minutes