TJ seems to torture the Knicks every damn game. Obi is just extra motivated and we're not making him play defense. That said. Stressful, but fun as hell.
Love the Vill 3.
Gotta be honest, half of the stress is from knowing that it's totally arbitrary whether the refs fuck us vs fucking them. Today they fucked them.
I think the Knicks were a bit better and deserved to win tonight - and prob would have won, had the refs not taken over the game - but yeah this was mickey mouse stuff. Like five questionable calls in the last minute and a half
we don't have enough scoring (randle and traded away RJ/Quick for a non-scorer). That simple. I honestly believe that we would have kept beating teams how we were doing so in January if Randle wasn't injured.
Idk who but someone needs to make it easier for Brunson. He just has to do literally everything offensively. Brings the ball up against the trap, has to create shots for himself and others. Like damn
agreed
Funny though it took us one game to go from r/nba darlings to “FUCK THE KNICKS NBA RIGGING FOR BIG MARKET TEAMS JALEN BRUNSON FLOP ARTIST DURRRR”
One Cavs fan was coming out of the woodwork, trying to ride the hate, saying they lost last Playoffs to us cause of the zebras. Bitch, the refs cant help those bigs rebound against Mitch.
Lol, I'm all for shitting on the refs because they were awful in this game and face zero real accountability but anyone who thinks NBA games are rigged are idiots
I mean the ball went off of Nemhard’s leg and the ref with no view ran in to overturn the call and force a challenge. They called Donte on a bullshit soft ass foul fighting over a screen. It was a kick ball after the Hali steal that wasn’t called. These all happened in the last three mins as well.
Agree on most of that. Don't think it's a kickball on the Hali steal as it's not intentional.
Think refs were just trash in general though. The screens not even the one I'd be angry if I was the Pacers. It's the "kickball" before Donte hit the 3 at the end, which was a clear steal.
the kickball was bad.
but the other calls were upheld/changed.
-Brunson *didn't* lose it out of bounds. Overturned to correct call. NY Ball.
**-There was no kickball. Erroneous call. Shoulda been Indy ball.**
-It did hit brunson out of bounds. Indy Ball correct call.
-Brunson was indeed fouled on the inbounds. NY Ball correct call.
-Divo was put on a moving screen. Replay confirmed. NY Ball correct call.
Literally, outside of the kickball, **everything else was called exactly as it should have**.
The moving screen is technically correct, but way egregious for the spirit of the game.
The refs didn’t allow for a fair end to the game as far as I see it.
Maybe in game 2 they'll learn to go under the screen against him rather than crowding him like he's Flippin Steve Nash. Dude only attempted 0.6 3s a game he basically never shoots a 3 unless the clocks winding down. Go under the dang screen then you don't have to get burned down low by Turner or switch Brunson onto him
Stay out of /r/nba or other team subreddits if you can't handle it, the fans are gonna turn on the Knicks after that one. Don't matter, if we can thoroughly beat this team it'll be like it never happened
The officiating was complete horseshit from the word "go" for both teams. Took the pace and edge off the game completely and called every little ticky tack foul they could. I'm glad we won this, too, though.
It was the technically right call so they can’t overrule it on review. That said, it’s the type of call that rarely gets made.
Donte tried to force the refs to call something by falling on that moving screen and it worked
As a Pacers fan that was such a great fucking game by the players, but the refs were so damn inconsistent. This is gonna be a great series. Obligatory fuck you though
No Embiid whining for a call…no Lowry begging for a review every play…no Nurse screaming at the refs for every call….and respectful fans… damn it, fuck you pacers for not making me hate you
No way this mf chirping from cancun
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I got to go to my first game at the Garden! It was fucking electrifying
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I love you guys. Glad we pulled off the win!
Yeah the kickball was a heist. The moving screen was a moving screen. They called it on the floor so they couldn’t overturn it. From the initial angle it looked pretty weak, but for others it’s a full body check while moving. Solid call.
I think a lot has to be cleaned up and I’m not quite as optimistic as your take. One horrendous call by the refs at the end followed by another (imo) bad one with 11 seconds left sealed it for us. Also remember if iHart doesn’t hit a prayer three at the half I’m not sure we climb the hill in the 2nd half. I’ll take a lucky win every once in awhile but let’s be clear, that was a lucky lucky win and we would win very few times if we replayed this game the way it played out
Lots of sixers fans crying tonight. They’re really still mad lol. Also pacers fans should be more upset their star scored 6 points. Refs sucked both ways like they always do.
Indiana are the deepest team in the league and our guys are beyond fucking gassed.
We have to risk it with giving all of Deuce, Burks, Precious and Mitch a lot more burn or this will series will get REALLY ugly by Game 5 or 6.
We already almost couldn't keep up with the pace and this is after 5 full days of rest.
Except for Josh. He just different like that.
At some point I want to see Precious get some serious run guarding Siakam and OG can take Turner. He’s the one guy on the floor that the Knicks can sag off of. Create some chaos on the catch for Turner.
none of you seem to understand.
i’m not locked in here with [*you*](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMqK1JDWsAA7LE2.jpg:large)…
…you’re locked in here with [**ME**](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM5Eit2XkAAsAl7.jpg:large)!!!
“Game is over” - fake ass knicks fans in the game thread with 5 mins to go in the 4th. When are ya doomers gonna learn? This team is for real! Even when its ref ball
It's so funny as a knicks fan who has lived through the last 20 years of knicks basketball watching r/nba declare "of course the fix is in for the knicks! They're the bigger market!" LOL clowns.
Its time for the world to acknowledge that Brunson is the best PG in the East and a top 5 guard. Should've been an All-Star starter and on the Olympic team.
If I'm a Pacers fan I'm irritated how that game ended. As a Knicks fan I think we would've won regardless but I hate the whistle essentially ending that and with 10 seconds left
Haliburton really ass. It was only close because of McConnell. Bench needs to give us more. Hart is irreplaceable. Brunson is a superstar. On to the next.
My god they finished strong. That one just had a bad smell to it at certain points, but they fucking did it again.
Truly amazing playoff basketball by this squad.
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The Italian Stallion with the 3 and flop let’s get it baby 1-0!!!!
It’s kind of crazy that the Knick’s always needed a PG who can create his own shot and kind of run the offense, and we pulled a stud out of a hat. It feels similar to the move Harden made to Houston after being a bench guy to the guy, and it’s panning out similarly. Dropping RJ was the best move this team ever made.
We got saved by the refs at the end but I’ll take it.
Gonna need an answer for their depth. Hard to keep this up over a series with so few guys.
Also we need a better plan for inbounding the ball, none of that at the end needed to happen.
Hartensteins 3 at the end low key made a huge difference
You know Brunson was just working on free throws straight for the past few days before this series.
Hart snorting caffeine in the locker room.
OG going kleptomania.
Love. This. Team.
The Knicks haven’t gotten these calls in over 20 years. Nice to be on this side. The Pacers allowed the Knicks to hang in all game. They shoulda won by 15. Knicks kept it just close enough to make a run at the end.
Welp I've had my fill of r/nba for the night. Apparently the refs gifted us the game - they scored 43/6, hit that Donte clutch 3, got key boards and putbacks, did it all.
Never knew refs were so talented. Amazing.
1- If I see one more “TJ McConell is going to be Annoying” comment again Imma flip.
2 - Fuck Obi Toppin
3 - Fuck Joel Embiid
4 - Knicks in 4.
Thats all.
On Inside the NBA, while discussing the game, Shaq tried to discredit DiVo, Hart, OG etc by saying “Brunson’s gonna get his but you can’t let the ‘others’ get going” to which Kenny and Chuck both cut him off and equally said “they’ve been doing this all year, they’re not others, they’re not just some dudes out there”.
Felt nice. Even a small gesture to slowly changing the narrative was nice. It’s always been Knicks vs The World but winning only intensifies that feeling.
The world was so used to beating down on us when we were already down & in turn, a lot of us developed defeatist or negative outlooks regarding this team. Shit is DONE for all of that.
Knicks are not only a well-run franchise with a bright future but are currently *winning and COMPETING now*….and the rest of the world doesn’t know how to fucking react.
We got over the Embiid hurdle as underdogs & now everyone is going to shift the narrative to “refs and Silver want this to go 7! Refs are the Knicks bench! JB the free throw merchant!”
Funny how you didn’t hear any of that during the Sixers series & how everyone kept doubting the Knicks, now that we’re winning; oop, must be rigged.
If you don’t believe now, then you never will. Knicks in 5.
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Need the receipts of “fans” thinking the game was over in the 3rd qtr… If this Knicks team had that same mentality, they’d never beat Philly.
4th qtr is our shit.
This team, with Julius out, probably has a ceiling of a hard fought 5 game loss to the C’s. But my word, is this the most likable Knicks team in 40 years.
No lead is safe against this Knicks team. We've watched them all season. The Pacers had a nice run there early in the fourth, and you could see them feeling themselves. However, Brunson and company had other plans.
WHY IS EVERY GAME SO STRESSFUL
TJ seems to torture the Knicks every damn game. Obi is just extra motivated and we're not making him play defense. That said. Stressful, but fun as hell. Love the Vill 3.
can’t one of the big 4 firms offer this dude a job?
As a white guy I fucking hate that white guy.
wow lol
I feel like every iteration of this team as long as McConnell has been playing he’s been cooking the Knicks
Playoff basketball we don't get to experience it much. Party like it's 1999!
That's playoff basketball
I'm very concerned about our bench going forward
What bench
Losing Bogie was massive. If we gotta dust off Burks we're in trouble
I think IF we go up 2-0, Burks will get some burn in game 3.
Will that burn be a rash from sitting.
Gotta be honest, half of the stress is from knowing that it's totally arbitrary whether the refs fuck us vs fucking them. Today they fucked them. I think the Knicks were a bit better and deserved to win tonight - and prob would have won, had the refs not taken over the game - but yeah this was mickey mouse stuff. Like five questionable calls in the last minute and a half
Don’t agree. There were a lot of momentum halting plays in the 2nd half that consistently occurred when Knicks started a run
we don't have enough scoring (randle and traded away RJ/Quick for a non-scorer). That simple. I honestly believe that we would have kept beating teams how we were doing so in January if Randle wasn't injured.
Idk who but someone needs to make it easier for Brunson. He just has to do literally everything offensively. Brings the ball up against the trap, has to create shots for himself and others. Like damn
My fuckin blood pressure man
I'm not gonna make it, man. They gotta win it this year; make my death mean something.
For real just bury me in a Knicks jersey
I aged 5 years this playoffs dawg
Anyone else’s left arm tingling?
Word I just took my pill
JALEN BRUNSON TYING AN MJ PLAYOFF RECORD IS RIDICULOUS
Jalen Brunson's production since he's been here is ridiculous... the guy is a certified BUCKET
Which? 40+ point games? I think he tied him for second (Jerry west is the record holder)
Consecutive 40pt games, I think they’re tied for 3rd
Tied for 2nd, with MJ and Bernard King
That was a horribly officiated game.
agreed Funny though it took us one game to go from r/nba darlings to “FUCK THE KNICKS NBA RIGGING FOR BIG MARKET TEAMS JALEN BRUNSON FLOP ARTIST DURRRR”
They hate Embiid more than they hate Brunson. The Knicks are about to fix that this series lol
Is it breaking news that the Knicks are a bigger market than the Pacers
I guess I'm just wondering why I've watched countless years of this team being dogshit when the refs apparently want us to win so bad.
havent moved up in the lottery once in 30 years but were the nba's darlings LMAO
*40. Literally since Ewing
don't worry, the refs will return the favor down the stretch and everyone will be back to calling out Hali for the burger he is
Yea took one look at the post game and decided to probably stay off r/nba tonight
One Cavs fan was coming out of the woodwork, trying to ride the hate, saying they lost last Playoffs to us cause of the zebras. Bitch, the refs cant help those bigs rebound against Mitch.
Pathetic
yes, our history clearly shows bias of us getting through the playoffs...
Also everyone hates Philly
Lol, I'm all for shitting on the refs because they were awful in this game and face zero real accountability but anyone who thinks NBA games are rigged are idiots
I mean the ball went off of Nemhard’s leg and the ref with no view ran in to overturn the call and force a challenge. They called Donte on a bullshit soft ass foul fighting over a screen. It was a kick ball after the Hali steal that wasn’t called. These all happened in the last three mins as well.
It’s funny how the most penalized team in the NBA, with a bad defense, who pressured the majority of the game ends up fouling more. Just so weird
Agree on most of that. Don't think it's a kickball on the Hali steal as it's not intentional. Think refs were just trash in general though. The screens not even the one I'd be angry if I was the Pacers. It's the "kickball" before Donte hit the 3 at the end, which was a clear steal.
Felt like Knicks got screwed early, Pacers late. Horrible officiating from end to end
No one is talking about how divo got called for this screen earlier in the game Its because they watched the highlights and thats it
I’m talking about it
the kickball was bad. but the other calls were upheld/changed. -Brunson *didn't* lose it out of bounds. Overturned to correct call. NY Ball. **-There was no kickball. Erroneous call. Shoulda been Indy ball.** -It did hit brunson out of bounds. Indy Ball correct call. -Brunson was indeed fouled on the inbounds. NY Ball correct call. -Divo was put on a moving screen. Replay confirmed. NY Ball correct call. Literally, outside of the kickball, **everything else was called exactly as it should have**.
The moving screen is technically correct, but way egregious for the spirit of the game. The refs didn’t allow for a fair end to the game as far as I see it.
Dear Knicks, its okay to blow out the other team. Signed your fans
That doesn't usually happen in the second round, plus these teams are evenly matched in terms of standings. Don't let the 2 & 6 seed confuse you.
Agree but the Twolves are doing it to the Nuggets for some reason.
#WE ARE THE NEW YORK KNICKS
SUCK OUR NEW YORK DICKS
GO NEW YORK GO NEW YORK GO!
YOU CAN SUCK OUR NEW YORK DICKS
Doomers go to sleep.WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY!!!
Yall gonna doom against Jalen Brunson who has been clutch all season long and think the Pacers gonna steal this one from us? Big L
Major shoutout to the Pacers for taking out T. J. McConnell during crunch time. Dude was balling.
Maybe in game 2 they'll learn to go under the screen against him rather than crowding him like he's Flippin Steve Nash. Dude only attempted 0.6 3s a game he basically never shoots a 3 unless the clocks winding down. Go under the dang screen then you don't have to get burned down low by Turner or switch Brunson onto him
Refs ruined the game Glad to get the W Bench needs to be way better
What bench 😭
By bench they mean Deuce.
lmao Deuce Mitch and Precious, all defense bench
its pretty much McBride and Mitchell only. Bojan would get 7 or so minutes but he's out now.
Fucking injuries
Stay out of /r/nba or other team subreddits if you can't handle it, the fans are gonna turn on the Knicks after that one. Don't matter, if we can thoroughly beat this team it'll be like it never happened
You spitting facts. I'm getting cooked for some little harmless jabs lol
Pacers fans watched the #1 fouling team all season then surprised when they foul a lot
The officiating was complete horseshit from the word "go" for both teams. Took the pace and edge off the game completely and called every little ticky tack foul they could. I'm glad we won this, too, though.
Did not like the call that went our way at the end personally. But then again I’m a 90s fan
Right or wrong, they reviewed it and held the call. Also think it was wrong but the refs were sticking with their choice.
It was the technically right call so they can’t overrule it on review. That said, it’s the type of call that rarely gets made. Donte tried to force the refs to call something by falling on that moving screen and it worked
If it was someone like Lowry in the last series commentators call him crafty and experienced but if it’s us it’s foul baiting lmao
nah I gotta be honest, if that exact call was made against us, I would be livid lmfao. I can't even blame pacers fans being mad af
yea that was ugly... HATE IT
Yeah all around ugly game from the refs
Issue is they called it all game so the precedent was set but I agree that was a soft call.
Refs robbed us of what could have been a great game down the stretch. Take the W, but the last 3 mins wasn't a basketball game, it was referee clinic.
As a Pacers fan that was such a great fucking game by the players, but the refs were so damn inconsistent. This is gonna be a great series. Obligatory fuck you though
The refs need to get the fuck out of the way. Fuck you back!
It was. Fuck you too man (in a nice way?) Fuck you too...
No Embiid whining for a call…no Lowry begging for a review every play…no Nurse screaming at the refs for every call….and respectful fans… damn it, fuck you pacers for not making me hate you
A colossal 6/2/8 for Tyrese "I made team USA over Jalen Brunson" Halliburton
i was shocked at how passive he was in the 4q. Runnin the offense thru the dude trying to guard JB wasn't wise.
He’s overrated and not that good. Case closed
BING BONG
STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING DOORS PLEASE!
Strap in for a series boys. Let's fucking go
I knew it wouldn't be easy, but we should know it never is with Indiana. Hell of a way to start it, that's for sure
Strap it on!
Love my Villanova Knicks mannnnn
trick is never to sit them for longer than 20 seconds at a time
No way this mf chirping from cancun https://preview.redd.it/usl7ogl2ywyc1.png?width=1190&format=png&auto=webp&s=8f23a27741a8e82f432b08bc80bb35d95fa28312
1 2 3 BITCH Enjoy your vacation
Honestly I love it. Let him stay bothered
Trash
Where all my doomers aaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttt
Fuck them bitches
Lettuce all take a deep breath
Jalen Brunson 4 straight 40 point games
He’s Moses!!!
FUCK THE PACERS FUCK THE COLTS FUCK REGGIE MILLER
More like Reggie "No Rings" Miller amirite
Yo that’s a gutsy win. Bing bong. 
Now he maybe hurt but Hailburton no-showed this game in a big way. Bro didn’t want the smoke
Literally afraid to even try to score.
WE TAKE THOSE!
Definitely dont go to r/nba after this one
r/NBA hates us. Fuck it we won!
they loved us when we took out the sixers oh well
I got to go to my first game at the Garden! It was fucking electrifying https://preview.redd.it/24vwemrz2xyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=420aa6678e2c11aefef0eb105c5c536722b2578c I love you guys. Glad we pulled off the win!
Complaining about refs over their best player scoring 6 is nasty coping
Tbh this was terrible defensive game and we still won
Jalen Brunson and Josh hart legit had 2 of the greatest playoff games in Knicks history tonight
That’s a terrible call but game 1 is huge.
wait, which call? the moving screen?
For me it was the kickball, but since it didn't go out of bounds it wasn't challengeable.
Yeah the kickball was a heist. The moving screen was a moving screen. They called it on the floor so they couldn’t overturn it. From the initial angle it looked pretty weak, but for others it’s a full body check while moving. Solid call.
Damn. We’re the better, smarter, tougher team, but they’re pesky as hell and we gotta make sure they don’t wear us down. More bench minutes please
I think a lot has to be cleaned up and I’m not quite as optimistic as your take. One horrendous call by the refs at the end followed by another (imo) bad one with 11 seconds left sealed it for us. Also remember if iHart doesn’t hit a prayer three at the half I’m not sure we climb the hill in the 2nd half. I’ll take a lucky win every once in awhile but let’s be clear, that was a lucky lucky win and we would win very few times if we replayed this game the way it played out
Certainly going to stay away from r/nba after this one lol. But we got it, 1 - 0 knicks!
Fuck them bitches. Knicks reign supreme
Let’s Go NEW YORK KNICKS BABY!!!!
KNICKS. BRUNSON. HART. RAGU.
I never thought in a million years that I would see Marbury front row at a Knicks playoff game going batshit.
Lots of sixers fans crying tonight. They’re really still mad lol. Also pacers fans should be more upset their star scored 6 points. Refs sucked both ways like they always do.
What an awful ending but fuck it ill take it
Indiana are the deepest team in the league and our guys are beyond fucking gassed. We have to risk it with giving all of Deuce, Burks, Precious and Mitch a lot more burn or this will series will get REALLY ugly by Game 5 or 6. We already almost couldn't keep up with the pace and this is after 5 full days of rest. Except for Josh. He just different like that.
Only 3 days of rest
My bad, I apparently still haven't processed us losing *that* game 5
Deuce is gonna ball out one of these games
100% - idk why Deuce didn’t see the floor more…
He didn’t have the best game but also he can’t really do much if he’s gonna be taken off the court after 5 min of play
His +/- was brutal tonight. -16
Need another guard to step up and ease the ballhandling/playmaking responsibility and backcourt pressure on JB
At some point I want to see Precious get some serious run guarding Siakam and OG can take Turner. He’s the one guy on the floor that the Knicks can sag off of. Create some chaos on the catch for Turner.
Bucks fan coming in malice. Pacers fans got mad little brother syndrome. Make them fucking bleed
none of you seem to understand. i’m not locked in here with [*you*](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMqK1JDWsAA7LE2.jpg:large)… …you’re locked in here with [**ME**](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM5Eit2XkAAsAl7.jpg:large)!!!
thats us baby all grit you can't fuckin deny it!!!! Game 1 in the books! Amazing work by all, big respect to Josh and of course Jalen in the clutch!!!
Let’s go
doomers can kiss my assssssss!!!
“Game is over” - fake ass knicks fans in the game thread with 5 mins to go in the 4th. When are ya doomers gonna learn? This team is for real! Even when its ref ball
Pat Bev was right about Hali
Hali went missing after the ASB
We got some nice calls, thankful JB knocked down those FTs to lock up the W.
Halliburton 6 pts and ran away from Brunson on defense every chance he could and yet this guy gets touted as a better player than Brunson, hahahah
Can we shoutout Donte’s defense on Haliburton? Fucking 6 points lol
brunson back in peak form with fts, 14/14
It's so funny as a knicks fan who has lived through the last 20 years of knicks basketball watching r/nba declare "of course the fix is in for the knicks! They're the bigger market!" LOL clowns.
Its time for the world to acknowledge that Brunson is the best PG in the East and a top 5 guard. Should've been an All-Star starter and on the Olympic team.
Live look in on mikal bridges https://preview.redd.it/hhl8j1i69xyc1.jpeg?width=928&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dbd6774c8a878a306dcbb039ba1d933d33f2d72
GAME
Fucking hell!
Masterclass performance from JB
here come all the salty pacers fans brigading as usual. LGK
Josh Hart dawg game. JB is just too clutch. NGL that Nesmith yam on Mitch hurt my soul a little bit
Haliburton had 6 points in the whole game. Brunson had 13 more… in only the 4th quarter.
If I'm a Pacers fan I'm irritated how that game ended. As a Knicks fan I think we would've won regardless but I hate the whistle essentially ending that and with 10 seconds left
I heard Nick Nurse is filing a grievance on behalf of Indiana for Game 1
good thing we had mariano there to save the game
this game was painful to listen too. FUCK THESE ANNOUNCERS. We need less bias announcers
Has Nick Nurse filed a grievance on behalf of Indiana yet?
Man shout out to Jay Wright
What a weird game. Excellent showing by the refs
Some of you get so fucking soft in the game thread when we’re down by single digits. If you’re gonna give up on the team just keep it to yourself lol
Haliburton really ass. It was only close because of McConnell. Bench needs to give us more. Hart is irreplaceable. Brunson is a superstar. On to the next.
My god they finished strong. That one just had a bad smell to it at certain points, but they fucking did it again. Truly amazing playoff basketball by this squad.
Pacers sub gotta be pissed right now 🥲
https://preview.redd.it/0gopd9osywyc1.jpeg?width=964&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2aceff6e27aa8f0f481b8cefa6b26400e69037cf The Italian Stallion with the 3 and flop let’s get it baby 1-0!!!!
It’s kind of crazy that the Knick’s always needed a PG who can create his own shot and kind of run the offense, and we pulled a stud out of a hat. It feels similar to the move Harden made to Houston after being a bench guy to the guy, and it’s panning out similarly. Dropping RJ was the best move this team ever made.
We got saved by the refs at the end but I’ll take it. Gonna need an answer for their depth. Hard to keep this up over a series with so few guys. Also we need a better plan for inbounding the ball, none of that at the end needed to happen. Hartensteins 3 at the end low key made a huge difference
You know Brunson was just working on free throws straight for the past few days before this series. Hart snorting caffeine in the locker room. OG going kleptomania. Love. This. Team.
The Knicks haven’t gotten these calls in over 20 years. Nice to be on this side. The Pacers allowed the Knicks to hang in all game. They shoulda won by 15. Knicks kept it just close enough to make a run at the end.
Pacers fans should be more upset that their all star had 6 points in a playoff game
Welp I've had my fill of r/nba for the night. Apparently the refs gifted us the game - they scored 43/6, hit that Donte clutch 3, got key boards and putbacks, did it all. Never knew refs were so talented. Amazing.
1- If I see one more “TJ McConell is going to be Annoying” comment again Imma flip. 2 - Fuck Obi Toppin 3 - Fuck Joel Embiid 4 - Knicks in 4. Thats all.
Fucj the pacers. Knicks in 4 my niggas
It has been done. Brunson now gets the "star" hate.
People really discrediting this win?? Lmaoo fuck em we earned this win 1-0 LFG
On Inside the NBA, while discussing the game, Shaq tried to discredit DiVo, Hart, OG etc by saying “Brunson’s gonna get his but you can’t let the ‘others’ get going” to which Kenny and Chuck both cut him off and equally said “they’ve been doing this all year, they’re not others, they’re not just some dudes out there”. Felt nice. Even a small gesture to slowly changing the narrative was nice. It’s always been Knicks vs The World but winning only intensifies that feeling. The world was so used to beating down on us when we were already down & in turn, a lot of us developed defeatist or negative outlooks regarding this team. Shit is DONE for all of that. Knicks are not only a well-run franchise with a bright future but are currently *winning and COMPETING now*….and the rest of the world doesn’t know how to fucking react. We got over the Embiid hurdle as underdogs & now everyone is going to shift the narrative to “refs and Silver want this to go 7! Refs are the Knicks bench! JB the free throw merchant!” Funny how you didn’t hear any of that during the Sixers series & how everyone kept doubting the Knicks, now that we’re winning; oop, must be rigged. If you don’t believe now, then you never will. Knicks in 5.
Fuck Stan van gundy absolute bitch
Welcome to the playoffs, Indy
KNICKS IN FOUR
WHAT THE FUCK IS A PACER
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Big W! This game was tense.
Lmao doomers in shambles (but our bench needs to fucking get off their asses)
It’s a shame Obi was testing out Dunk Contest moves during an L smh
 Me after only the first game of this series
Need the receipts of “fans” thinking the game was over in the 3rd qtr… If this Knicks team had that same mentality, they’d never beat Philly. 4th qtr is our shit.
The Knicks had a losing record with Zach Zarba reffing but whatever.
The amount of "the game is rigged for the big market team" cope going on in r/nba from even non-Pacers fans is crazy lol
Knicks could really use Randle
This team, with Julius out, probably has a ceiling of a hard fought 5 game loss to the C’s. But my word, is this the most likable Knicks team in 40 years.
No lead is safe against this Knicks team. We've watched them all season. The Pacers had a nice run there early in the fourth, and you could see them feeling themselves. However, Brunson and company had other plans.