2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-0)

[xBulletproof]

This is why I wanted the Warriors to acquire Siakam.

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Nah. You guys were unwilling to come off wiggins let alone one of the picks you guys had...

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yes and I thought it was insane to not go get Siakam....he was perfect to run with Curry/Dray/Klay.

personally I think it's because he's over 6-6

Siakam chose Indy. He said that's where he wanted to go. Given that he was a free agent in a couple months, that means he could pick his destination. No team is trading for a guy that says he wants to be elsewhere and can leave soon.

[yoadknux]

I mean anyone who was here last year knows being up 2-0 doesn't mean the series is over... Just last year I got to watch my Pacers beat the Knicks in 7 after losing the first two... Heck the Cavs blew us out at home just a week ago after being up 2-0. Still, I'm happy about the way this team is playing

Yeaaaah but it's different when the 2 games to go 0-2 are your own home games.

It's still not impossible, but it's much harder that way.

It was posted a few pages ago, but no one has lost the first 2 home games in the conference finals and come back to win it.

Knicks losing these two games means they need to make history.

Pacers made history 3 times already this year. It's not over until it's over

[Mamba81p]

Who would have thought the kid who got no playing time on the Olympics would be 2 games away from the Finals.

I can no longer call him Halibutton he's Haliburton aka HIM!

he is beating the kid who couldn't make the team

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[Black Jack]

This is why I wanted the Warriors to acquire Siakam.

(semi - proof: viewtopic.php?t=1845324&start=220#p75737832 )

It's also a fit thing. Warriors would have slotted Pascal into the role that KD had. On both ends. Warriors should've given up more to get him. Everyone trying to talk down Raptors' talent and wanting to get them for cheap like we're some dumb hicks lost in the city. You still can't find a PF/SF who fits that role. There ain't that many. All the good ones I've seen coming out of college they've all gone in the top 3 picks.

You'd think after losing a finals where Siakam was the #2 guy the Warriors FO would have seen it but anyway we got another title after the Raps beat us so I am not gonna get too grumpy about it.

[ibraheim718]

Thibs needs to seriously not give Payne any minutes.. he's been atrocious. Either play Wright or use Deuce as the back up 1 and not the back up 2.

Next.. Brunson needs to think pass first and get all his teammates involved and look to take over in the 4th quarter.. he'll be fresher.

This next adjustment is a little more radical and not going to happen.. he needs to start Mitch instead of Towns but play Towns more minutes. It'll prevent Indiana from targeting Towns so much because they won't have their best personnel to do it some of the time.

The Knicks also need to stop forgetting about Briidges late in the 4th quarter and they need to showcase him.

further.. defending Indy more physicallyand putting them on the line more isn't such a bad idea because it'll slow them down a little.. bring Wright in and Shamet just to play physically and hack.

They really need to focus on winning game 3 and 5 and then deal with the more difficult tasks of beating indy two times in a row after they've won a game or two.

[Im Coming Home]

Welp series is over. Impressive **** from the Pacers. Crazy the Knicks have only improved in health and players since last year where they were up 2-0 almost easily before the injuries and still got it to 7, now a year later where the Pacers roster hasn't changed much at all and they are whipping the Knicks ass

Knicks were built to beat Celtics I guess but not Pacers

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[___Rand___]

Damn. This series could very well be over already.

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I think you can call the OKC-Wolves series over. Not this one. Games been close.

I said it could be over and the record for teams going up 2-0 in the Conference Finals is nothing to hone about: Those teams are 76-6.

So is there still a chance, albeit a slim one? Sure.

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Yeah I know. statistically it is over. Carlisle is out-coaching Thibs for the moment. I can see Indy getting this in 4 or 5. This thing can turn on its head too and I wouldn't be shocked. It would be INSANE but that's what this series been.

[Maury2423]

As a Knicks fan, all props go to the Pacers, absolutely thoroughly outplaying us tonight and fighting back the way yall did in game 1.

There’s nothing us Knicks fans can complain about outside of our team and coaching staff.

[Tor_Raps]

THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS OF BASKETBALL!!!

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And both are the Dallas Cowboys of basketball lol

[Jadoogar]

Yep. Siakam greatly sped up our timeline. That trade just showed how much the FO believed in Hali and the team.

IND has always been anti tank though. This wasn't a bold decision by them

We have always been anti-tank, yes, but we also aren't the team that usually trades for All-Stars. Going aggressively for a guy like Siakam wasn't something we usually do. But it definitely worked out excellently.

Was it aggressive tho? 3 frps, 2 of which we already knew were bad, one in 26 that's also likely bad. Kept all your young guys.

Basically sacrificed nothing to get an allstat

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[RB34]

Welp series is over. Impressive **** from the Pacers. Crazy the Knicks have only improved in health and players since last year where they were up 2-0 almost easily before the injuries and still got it to 7, now a year later where the Pacers roster hasn't changed much at all and they are whipping the Knicks ass

Knicks were built to beat Celtics I guess but not Pacers

Just took Brown with a torn meniscus, KP with SARs and Tatum with a torn achilles.

[The Warrior]

I mean anyone who was here last year knows being up 2-0 doesn't mean the series is over... Just last year I got to watch my Pacers beat the Knicks in 7 after losing the first two... Heck the Cavs blew us out at home just a week ago after being up 2-0. Still, I'm happy about the way this team is playing

Yeaaaah but it's different when the 2 games to go 0-2 are your own home games.

It's still not impossible, but it's much harder that way.

You perfectly summarized it. Seriously. This is such a simple straightforward concept to understand yet so many are still repeating this nonsense that the series isn't over.

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[xBulletproof]

Welp series is over. Impressive **** from the Pacers. Crazy the Knicks have only improved in health and players since last year where they were up 2-0 almost easily before the injuries and still got it to 7, now a year later where the Pacers roster hasn't changed much at all and they are whipping the Knicks ass

Knicks were built to beat Celtics I guess but not Pacers

The Pacers roster is the same, but they still aren't the same. Siakam was a mid season pickup. He's now had a training camp and offseason to get involved. Haliburton is healthy, he wasn't last playoffs. Nesmith is better. Nembhard is better defensively.

They're just better as a team. They're 50-20 in their last 70 games, including the playoffs. They were never that good at any point last season. We have said that to Bucks fans, Cavs fans and now Knicks fans. Nobody wanted to listen.

[Marvin Martian]

Welp series is over. Impressive **** from the Pacers. Crazy the Knicks have only improved in health and players since last year where they were up 2-0 almost easily before the injuries and still got it to 7, now a year later where the Pacers roster hasn't changed much at all and they are whipping the Knicks ass

Knicks were built to beat Celtics I guess but not Pacers

The key was the KAT trade. They got rid of iHart who was a great defensive big in favor of KAT. This is kind of weird in hindsight, considering that a healthy Randle could have reproduced 70% of KAT's impact on the floor

[Jadoogar]

Nobody is watching that finals.

Do you guys even like basketball?

Let me go check the market size rankings so I know if I'm allowed to like a particular series

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They ain't lying tho.

Ratings for that series is going to be an alltime low

But what does that matter to you? As a basketball fan, I'm excited to watch a finals with 2 good young teams with contrasting styles

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[10DayContract]

People gonna enroll in summer school over watching a OKC/Indiana Finals

Series will be good but ratings are 100% gonna be awful
Most casual fans have already tuned out of these playoffs. Take NY out and there's barely anybody left

People on this board make fun of casuals for whatever reason but you're not telling your wife/gf/friends I'm staying inside to watch OKC/Indiana if they want to go out.

Yes, I will. You can be scared, I’m not.

[Phish Tank]

yea we're getting swept. Anyone wanna send Thibs some rotten chicken tonight so he can have the **** for the remainder of the playoffs?

[jkvonny]

Series will be good but ratings are 100% gonna be awful
Most casual fans have already tuned out of these playoffs. Take NY out and there's barely anybody left

People on this board make fun of casuals for whatever reason but you're not telling your wife/gf/friends I'm staying inside to watch OKC/Indiana if they want to go out.

NFL can market national games for a team in god-forsaken places like BUFFALO. Which is 3x smaller than Indy or OKC, NBA should be able to market Indy-OKC Finals.

IDk why the NBA has issues with this. It's silly to. Me. It's all about marketing.

The NFL doesn't hv this isuee. Hell! Look at all the small markets in that league that draws well and very successful. Kansas City Chiefs Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Pitt Steelers, Cincy, Bengals , New Orleans Saints, Minn Vikings, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indy Colts, Jacksonville Jags, Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, etc.

The big market NY Jets have been a joke for decades and haven't been in the playoffs for a decade and a half. Last won a Super Bowl in 1969!
Same for the Chicago Bears, they stink and haven't won a SB since 1985.