New York Knicks (2) vs Indiana Pacers (6) - 2024 EC Second Round
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The Pacers just heave it. All shots up. And when they are in homebuilding mode it gives the Knicks all they want in translation.
What happened to all the plays they were drawing up for Tyrese?
What happened to all the plays they were drawing up for Tyrese?
Halliburton needs to pretend to have surgery in the offseason.... this has been as big a no show out of an All-Star+ caliber player as we've seen in the playoffs
He’s been bad since about December when he hurt his knee. Something real there, I think.
I haven't been watching the whole thing but I've noticed a decrease in the NO FLEX ZONE torture maybe they read that everyone hated that commercial
Big win for NY, now they get two days of rest before G6. Indy blew a golden opportunity, their defense was pretty atrocious and they need a lot more from Haliburton if they have designs on winning this series. I don't see the Knicks losing two times.
Seems like a classic case of home team flourishing at home. Since knicks have home court advantage .....
Were you still watching when Stan Van went on his rant about this?
He has a pretty meh team missing an important player (Mathurin) within two wins of the ECF. Seems pretty good to me.
All playoffs it's been obvious: he just can't beat anyone off the dribble, ever. So few true advantages created in iso or PnR.
Well that was fun.
Deuce McBride stepping up is crucial to this depleted version of NY, nice to see Thibs starting him tonight. He had a game in March in GS where a similarly depleted version of NY won 119-112, largely because Deuce played Curry head to head the whole game and more than held his own, outscoring Curry 29-27 and playing 46:13. That is the Deuce I hope we see on Friday.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202403180GSW.html
Deuce McBride stepping up is crucial to this depleted version of NY, nice to see Thibs starting him tonight. He had a game in March in GS where a similarly depleted version of NY won 119-112, largely because Deuce played Curry head to head the whole game and more than held his own, outscoring Curry 29-27 and playing 46:13. That is the Deuce I hope we see on Friday.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202403180GSW.html
There's definitely something, but here are his shot attempts by game in these playoffs (earliest first):
7
10
22
16
14
16
6
19
26
15
9
This feels less like a guy who's hurt and more like a young guy not sure how and when to be aggressive in his first playoff run.
If the Knicks win in 7 we may see the identical 5-game series results that we saw vs Miami and what I expect us to see tomorrow vs Cleveland. They may not even get that one win though they are so overmatched assuming OG is out.
IND shot 44.4% from 3P and made more FTs than NYK and still lost by 30 as NYK took 29 (!) more shots than IND (101 to 72) and outrebounded IND 66-38. NYK had 20 OReb to IND 24 DReb.
And NYK plays two guys over 6'6".
I didn't watch the second half so I'm surprised to see that Brunson played 42 minutes (and took 35 shots). Hart had a "light" night at 39 minutes and change.
Hoping this goes 7 both for the Cs and for the entertainment.
And NYK plays two guys over 6'6".
I didn't watch the second half so I'm surprised to see that Brunson played 42 minutes (and took 35 shots). Hart had a "light" night at 39 minutes and change.
Hoping this goes 7 both for the Cs and for the entertainment.
I’m running with the assumption OG will be back at some point, and if Boston has its whole Game 2 meltdown, this is a 6-7 game series. Boston won’t go undefeated in MSG imo.
I’m assuming he’s be on the same return timeline as Porzingis with second half of the series being a possibility but there may not be a second half of the series if down 3-0.
Really? Even without OG, this group at MSG is much tougher than the Herro Heats at their morgue*.
*I have friends who are Dolphin fans and they claim Miami fans are the absolute worst sports fans in the world. Seeing the Heat's arena half-empty all season is an NBA embarrassment.