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

Repeat 3-peat · Post #521 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:14 am

Haliburton with 2 points, not sure if it's a good thing, or bad for either team. He may finish with 7 points or 25+ points. Weird (frustrating?) player.

Turner who stands at almost 7' tall has zero rebounds. Have some self respect.

xBulletproof · Post #522 » by **xBulletproof** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:15 am

This is the first time this season I've really missed Isiah Jackson. He would be in there going at Mitchell, he can really rebound and is extremely athletic.

Maury2423 · Post #523 » by **Maury2423** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:15 am

eyeatoma wrote:Don't understand why the KNicks don't start the game with Mitch, they are a completely different team with him on the court.

Because Thibs

Post #524 » by **Nuntius** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:15 am

xBulletproof wrote:I'll take it. Much more Knicks pace, felt like we played very blah, and down by 3.

Just have to come out and change the game in the 2nd half.

Yeah, the pace of the game definitely favors the Knicks. Robinson's offensive rebounding has definitely impacted the pace of the game.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #525 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:18 am

Nuntius wrote:
xBulletproof wrote:I'll take it. Much more Knicks pace, felt like we played very blah, and down by 3.

Just have to come out and change the game in the 2nd half.

Yeah, the pace of the game definitely favors the Knicks. Robinson's offensive rebounding has definitely impacted the pace of the game.

You finally wake up

Post #526 » by **Capn'O** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:18 am

Nuntius wrote:
Capn'O wrote:
Nuntius wrote:
It's annoying, isn't it?

It's fun chopping it up with y'all.

But also, yes.

Knicks-Pacers series are fun, man. They are always super close and competitive.

Never a dull moment :lol:

pwayknicks · Post #527 » by **pwayknicks** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:22 am

eyeatoma wrote:Don't understand why the KNicks don't start the game with Mitch, they are a completely different team with him on the court.

Everyone wonders the same, except Thibs. No reason he shouldn’t be playing ahead of hart … to Thibs credit tho he is playing Mitch a lot more today and hart less so let’s see if that continues

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Appostis · Post #528 » by **Appostis** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:23 am

rockmanslim wrote:
Appostis wrote:Series is a great time to laugh at everyone who underrated Pascal and OG while they were on the Raptors.

Highkey Kawhi only won because superteam

Team would of repeated.

They won a Ironman playoffs... without OG...at all..

KO7 · Post #529 » by **KO7** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:23 am

sp6r=underrated wrote:
donkki wrote:All this talk about OKC-Indiana Finals is premature as hell. The Knicks are the better team and if they keep up this level of play for the whole game they will win this game and the series.

Correct. No offense to Min but I can see why they are getting written off but the Knick are very much in this.

Could’ve easily been 2-0 for Knicks going into Indiana for Game 3.

Shock Defeat · Post #530 » by **Shock Defeat** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:23 am

Maury2423 wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:Don't understand why the KNicks don't start the game with Mitch, they are a completely different team with him on the court.

Because Thibs

this is what I like about Kerr. He always changes his lineups within a playoff series, it changes the game and gets them wins.

iggymcfrack · Post #531 » by **iggymcfrack** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:24 am

Have to say I’m pretty impressed with Thibs for adjusting and giving Deuce and Robinson big minutes off the bench so no one gets too tired. OG, Hart, and Towns are all on pace to play under 30 minutes. Robinson and Deuce have the 2 best on/offs on the team this playoffs by far too.

Post #532 » by **cupcakesnake** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:24 am

bluemj32 wrote:
cupcakesnake wrote:
___Rand___ wrote:Tyrese FINALLY gets on the scoreboard with less than 2 mins in the half lol.

Tyrese's scoring game is inconsistent. Not physical enough to force the issue, and while he's a good shooter, he needs to get good looks to go off from 3.

The playmaking is always there though. Creative and smart with a deep passing bag.
He doesn't have any go to moves. He's great with space bc his moves and shot are very Kevin Martin ish.

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Woah I actually love the Kevin Martin comp. That's so accurate.
Kevin Martin with elite passing ability. That is Haliburton to a tee.

Post #533 » by **Nuntius** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:25 am

Repeat 3-peat wrote:Haliburton with 2 points, not sure if it's a good thing, or bad for either team. He may finish with 7 points or 25+ points. Weird (frustrating?) player.

Hali's role isn't to score 30+ points night in and night out. It's to get the wheels of our offense rolling so everyone eats. It's to dictate the pace and prevent us from going in scoring droughts.

He did play subpar in this first half and he does deserve criticism for that but this criticism should be for our lack of team scoring and not his individual scoring. We weren't able to dictate our pace and play the way we want to play offensively and we did go in a pretty long scoring drought and these two things are a much bigger responsibility of his than individual scoring is.

Just my opinion, of course.

xBulletproof · Post #534 » by **xBulletproof** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:25 am

Thomas Bryant and Tony Bradley had about 8 minutes. The longest 8 minutes of my life.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #535 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:25 am

KO7 wrote:
sp6r=underrated wrote:
donkki wrote:All this talk about OKC-Indiana Finals is premature as hell. The Knicks are the better team and if they keep up this level of play for the whole game they will win this game and the series.

Correct. No offense to Min but I can see why they are getting written off but the Knick are very much in this.

Could’ve easily been 2-0 for Knicks going into Indiana for Game 3.

Could’ve would’ve but it’s not

Post #536 » by **Nuntius** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:25 am

iggymcfrack wrote:Have to say I’m pretty impressed with Thibs for adjusting and giving Deuce and Robinson big minutes off the bench so no one gets too tired. OG, Hart, and Towns are all on pace to play under 30 minutes. Robinson and Deuce have the 2 best on/offs on the team this playoffs by far too.

Yeah, Thibs has adjusted tonight and it's working well for the Knicks.

CS707 · Post #537 » by **CS707** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:25 am

Raps in 4 wrote:
CS707 wrote:Have the conference finals always been scheduled this early? Seems like nothing earlier than 5:30pm West Coast time this year.

It's a late start for the east coast.

I know, just seems earlier this year but it’s not. I checked and last year’s schedule was the same. Seems like 6pm/9pm would be the reasonable middle ground but I suppose the West Coast isn’t as big of a market.

Hoop Hunter · Post #538 » by **Hoop Hunter** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:26 am

xBulletproof wrote:This is the first time this season I've really missed Isiah Jackson. He would be in there going at Mitchell, he can really rebound and is extremely athletic.

He'd be the fastest big on the court.

xBulletproof · Post #539 » by **xBulletproof** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:26 am

cupcakesnake wrote:
bluemj32 wrote:
cupcakesnake wrote:
Tyrese's scoring game is inconsistent. Not physical enough to force the issue, and while he's a good shooter, he needs to get good looks to go off from 3.

The playmaking is always there though. Creative and smart with a deep passing bag.
He doesn't have any go to moves. He's great with space bc his moves and shot are very Kevin Martin ish.

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Woah I actually love the Kevin Martin comp. That's so accurate.
Kevin Martin with elite passing ability. That is Haliburton to a tee.

I actually didn't want him on Team USA to spend last offseason working on a go to move, his left hand drives, and a couple more ball handling moves.

I expect it this offseason, but Team USA ruined his chance of it last year. Came back roughly the same, maybe a little better off ball as he played off ball on Team USA some.

sp6r=underrated · Post #540 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Sat May 24, 2025 1:27 am

KO7 wrote:
sp6r=underrated wrote:
donkki wrote:All this talk about OKC-Indiana Finals is premature as hell. The Knicks are the better team and if they keep up this level of play for the whole game they will win this game and the series.

Correct. No offense to Min but I can see why they are getting written off but the Knick are very much in this.

Could’ve easily been 2-0 for Knicks going into Indiana for Game 3.

100%. They outplayed Indy in G1.

Who wins?