ECF Playoff Game Thread: Knicks @ Pacers, Game 6, May 31st 8pm

Post #41 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:17 pm

Fury wrote:Also, there's no reason why Mikal can't hound Haliburton the whole game, even get some fouls, because we got guys who can do the same off the bench (Deuce, Wright, Shamet). Make Hailburton work, play physical, go all out, use fouls.

stay sturdy. hawk em down.

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Garbagelo · Post #42 » by **Garbagelo** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:17 pm

I was watching Rob Perez postgame yesterday

The key to slowing down the Pacers is to use minutes smartly to maximize fresh legs, draw fouls and use fouls instead of giving up easy layups, as per Amare Stoudemire, and always have 5 man back on defense (stop arguing calls and falling down on offense)

Post #43 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:18 pm

this guard hour hitting a little different

Post #44 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:31 pm

the guard brunson was a two-way player last night. he did his part with the defensive intensity. that needs to continue.

toughness and togetherness.

Red Vines · Post #45 » by **Red Vines** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:32 pm

Enzo954 wrote:What's been up with OG? Has he been injured?

He tweaked it in the Celtics series (same leg as last year) and it's been wrapped since so I think he's definitely not going 100%.

KnicksGadfly · Post #46 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:36 pm

These guys haven't lost a back-to-back game since March. Might as well break all the records while we're doing this.

Red Vines · Post #47 » by **Red Vines** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:46 pm

Hopefully by watching OKC & Indy this year Thibs has learned if you don't have fresh legs, if you have lapses in energy & effort, they're going to break you. You can't replicate their pace because they are better at it, you have to constantly resist their pushes. So a deep rotation is a must regardless of foul trouble. I think this has been his recent thinking but he has to stick to it.

evevale · Post #48 » by **evevale** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:47 pm

Chanel Bomber wrote:KAT and Mitch have turned Myles Turner into a strawberry pancaku

you can't turn someone into something they've been all along

JXL · Post #49 » by **JXL** » Fri May 30, 2025 3:55 pm

evevale wrote:
Chanel Bomber wrote:KAT and Mitch have turned Myles Turner into a strawberry pancaku

you can't turn someone into something they've been all along

OMG dude, this isn't Miami.

Context · Post #50 » by **Context** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:03 pm

K_ick_God wrote:Defense and pace early is key

And starting the 3rd

Gotta slow them down

yeah...I find it interesting that our guys have been playing basketball all their lives- Yet, Indy can get them to speed up...Yesterday in the 4th quarter-
toward the end- I noticed that they finally realized they needed to slow the game down at that moment -thibs called a time out and then the Knicks were deliberately runnning the clock down; this was when the starters were still in KG...Iguess they're still human...

Red Vines · Post #51 » by **Red Vines** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:05 pm

If Tony Bradley is out for Game 6 it's back to Thomas Bryant who averages less than 2 rebounds a game in the postseason.

NYKinMIA · Post #52 » by **NYKinMIA** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:06 pm

evevale wrote:
Chanel Bomber wrote:KAT and Mitch have turned Myles Turner into a strawberry pancaku

you can't turn someone into something they've been all along

MrDollarBills · Post #53 » by **MrDollarBills** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:07 pm

Jeff Van Gully wrote:the guard brunson was a two-way player last night. he did his part with the defensive intensity. that needs to continue.

toughness and togetherness.

He was locked in last night. All I asked for was him to pay attention to detail defensively and he did just that.

MrDollarBills · Post #54 » by **MrDollarBills** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:08 pm

evevale wrote:
Chanel Bomber wrote:KAT and Mitch have turned Myles Turner into a strawberry pancaku

you can't turn someone into something they've been all along

The confidence that he has to wear that outfit is impressive.

sol537 · Post #55 » by **sol537** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:12 pm

Red Vines wrote:Hopefully by watching OKC & Indy this year Thibs has learned if you don't have fresh legs, if you have lapses in energy & effort, they're going to break you. You can't replicate their pace because they are better at it, you have to constantly resist their pushes. So a deep rotation is a must regardless of foul trouble. I think this has been his recent thinking but he has to stick to it.

He gets nervous if the game is close or if we're down and he almost always defaults to more starter minutes and, especially, more Hart minutes. It usually backfires.

TKKnicks1 · Post #56 » by **TKKnicks1** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:16 pm

We have seen this squad often forget what gets them wins. Complete Jekyll and Hyde all season. What we saw yesterday wasn't something new. We saw it in game 6 of Boston also. Super aggressive defense on the oppositions primary ball handler and super aggressive KAT on the offense. It's the recipe playbook they should be following every game.

We just don't know which version of this team will show up for game 6.

Context · Post #57 » by **Context** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:21 pm

TKKnicks1 wrote:We have seen this squad often forget what gets them wins. Complete Jekyll and Hyde all season. What we saw yesterday wasn't something new. We saw it in game 6 of Boston also. Super aggressive defense on the oppositions primary ball handler and super aggressive KAT on the offense. It's the recipe playbook they should be following every game.

We just don't know which version of this team will show up for game 6.

Indy is the favorite to win game 6...thats when this team's best shows up. They do not want to go home. They also handled business at the garden where they couldnt win 1 game against this team. They will be playing their best with NO PRESSURE.

H_20 · Post #58 » by **H_20** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:23 pm

TKKnicks1 wrote:We have seen this squad often forget what gets them wins. Complete Jekyll and Hyde all season. What we saw yesterday wasn't something new. We saw it in game 6 of Boston also. Super aggressive defense on the oppositions primary ball handler and super aggressive KAT on the offense. It's the recipe playbook they should be following every game.

We just don't know which version of this team will show up for game 6.

I would agree with that. Im not expecting a blowout win by either teams, it will go down the wire and the refs will a big part of the game. We have the best closer but they also have some clutch players. Im not putting my hopes up, just want a good competitive game.

Red Vines · Post #59 » by **Red Vines** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:24 pm

Just don't let Haliburton beat us, force anyone else to have a career game.

TKKnicks1 · Post #60 » by **TKKnicks1** » Fri May 30, 2025 4:27 pm

This is game 6. All the adjustments and counters have already been seen IMO already. Rick is just gonna set more screens for Hali to get him free to setup the offense. The screens will come from either KAT or Brunsons man. You may even see some double screens. The screens might even be earlier like at half court. We all know they're primary objective is to get Hali going. They have some absurd stat where they haven't won a single game when Hali scores less than 12 or something.

So the question now is will Thibs be ready for potential counters for what's about to take place or is he just gonna sit back and let the game tell him what to do. If it's the latter then we are doomed because he's the worst in game situational coach I have ever witnessed.