2024 NBA Playoffs: East Semifinals: #2 New York Knicks vs #6 Indiana Pacers (IND WINS 4-3)

[BarryLird]

Forever our salty sons

Seriously.... to hate on a guy like Brunson is just crazy.... he's EVERYTHING u want in a superstar.... he's as humble and classy as they come

and he's a stone **** cold KILLER.... it's unreal what he's doing


Just enjoy it if you're a basketball fan... this is greatness

Lmao. Didn’t even mention Brunson, but don’t lie it definitely was foul baiting. not to mention those ridiculous calls at the end.

I was splitting time watching the panthers bruins playoff game that was on at the same time. Not that I’m a big hockey follower but it was on so I was watching.

As for your little Knick compatriot who thinks I’m salty lol. Dude is posting picks of Sprewell…..SPREWELL?! I literally had to look up how long ago this mfer played for the Knicks my man it’s 25 years ago. Move on. Are you Jets fans? I’d be like me bringing up the Marino clock play as a troll today. That’s how sad the last few decades are. Some things are better left unsaid cause it shines a light on your own team’s sad history.

This hasn’t been a rivalry for me in a long time. I’d even root for the Knicks if they play the Celtics. Sorry Knick fans. I just don’t hate you the way you want me to

Nice try. You don't remember Sprewell, but you can recall Mourning getting suspended in 98 at the drop of a hat.

I guess if my team got completely owned by a division rival year in and year out in the playoffs, I'd probably have selective memory and try my damndest to scrub it completely too.

Enjoy your off-season. Enjoy the playoffs. Oh, and try not to hurt yourself too badly rooting against us.

[cgf]

So while I also hate how bad NBA refs and fully believe that their incompetence can be swayed subconsciously by home crowds, as well as by star players and big markets...

This is a massive problem.

The fact that the refs are swayed at all from calling a correct game is an issue. We shouldn't so easily accept that stars and big markets will get a better whistle, or that the home team will get a better whistle. But yet....we all do accept it. Why?

Mostly logistics & price. It's human nature nature for refs to assume when they're unsure that the star player didn't just randomly f*** up, so they'd have to review a lot more plays if they only made calls they were 100% about. But we fans get mad at refs for taking too long reviewing things already so the league would need to hire a lot more refs for each match + a video review team to check plays in real time for the refs on the court...which would increase ticket prices even further.

[RAPSinCAPS]

I personally don't think that moving screen should be called at that point but what's to stop a team to always exploit the moving screen to get a clean look at the game winner if they know they'll get away with it?

Also, weren't the knicks already winning before that call was made? Haliburtom was going to win the game chucking it over a center from 25ft away? Ok good luck with that. He was shooting bricks all day and that's probably why they lost more than that call.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

I personally don't think that moving screen should be called at that point but what's to stop a team to always exploit the moving screen to get a clean look at the game winner if they know they'll get away with it?

If you want to call it, fine, but call it both ways.

They let the Knicks do this in the same minute:

Read on Twitter

Why is that one allowed but not the Myles Turner one?

Because the refs made a decision that they would decide who would win the game.

You won't convince me the refs missed that moving screen, which was significantly worse than the Myles Turner one.

[robillionaire]

I personally don't think that moving screen should be called at that point but what's to stop a team to always exploit the moving screen to get a clean look at the game winner if they know they'll get away with it?

Also, weren't the knicks already winning before that call was made? Haliburtom was going to win the game chucking it over a center from 25ft away? Ok good luck with that. He was shooting bricks all day and that's probably why they lost more than that call.

The Knicks were up 1. It looked to me like a good call, the pacers challenged it, and the call was upheld. I could see the argument of not liking that the call was made because sometimes people get away with it over the course of the game but it wasn’t incorrect. Kinda puts you in mind of the Iowa vs UConn women’s final four call. A lot of people not like that it was called in the moment more so than disputing the actual play.

[SweetTouch]

lol I love how the NBA hates the knicks

They are really setting them up to seem so close to a title and then when they face Boston they won’t get any calls

Damn the media really hates the knicks. $ilver really just wants the ny popularity

[Hoop Hunter]

Randle's absence was really felt in that one. Not just because of our lack of depth and Brunson's minutes, but Julius has absolutely bodied Siakam in their past few meetings and is really huge for us early in games...so we don't have to dig ourselves out of a hole every game once Jalen finds his rhythm/dials in the range.

We really miss Mathurin. He was the best on our team at getting to the foul line. He finished games. He was one of the few guys that could get his own shot .

[WaltFrazier]

So much whining about the refs on here.

[WaltFrazier]

I personally don't think that moving screen should be called at that point but what's to stop a team to always exploit the moving screen to get a clean look at the game winner if they know they'll get away with it?

Also, weren't the knicks already winning before that call was made? Haliburtom was going to win the game chucking it over a center from 25ft away? Ok good luck with that. He was shooting bricks all day and that's probably why they lost more than that call.

The Knicks were up 1. It looked to me like a good call, the pacers challenged it, and the call was upheld. I could see the argument of not liking that the call was made because sometimes people get away with it over the course of the game but it wasn’t incorrect. Kinda puts you in mind of the Iowa vs UConn women’s final four call. A lot of people not like that it was called in the moment more so than disputing the actual play.

Yep and the replay center reviewed it and made the call. Didn't let Donte be set or have time to change direction. When the replay center confirms it, it was right.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

So much whining about the refs on here.

Who woulda thought that would happen in a game where the refs decided the outcome and not the players? Wild.

[RAPSinCAPS]

Randle's absence was really felt in that one. Not just because of our lack of depth and Brunson's minutes, but Julius has absolutely bodied Siakam in their past few meetings and is really huge for us early in games...so we don't have to dig ourselves out of a hole every game once Jalen finds his rhythm/dials in the range.

We really miss Mathurin. He was the best on our team at getting to the foul line. He finished games. He was one of the few guys that could get his own shot .

Ben is also a two way player. Losing him is huge

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Randle's absence was really felt in that one. Not just because of our lack of depth and Brunson's minutes, but Julius has absolutely bodied Siakam in their past few meetings and is really huge for us early in games...so we don't have to dig ourselves out of a hole every game once Jalen finds his rhythm/dials in the range.

We really miss Mathurin. He was the best on our team at getting to the foul line. He finished games. He was one of the few guys that could get his own shot .

Ben is also a two way player. Losing him is huge

Ehhhhh, his defense has improved, but he's not a better defender than Sheppard, who is taking his minutes.

[WaltFrazier]

So much whining about the refs on here.

Who woulda thought that would happen in a game where the refs decided the outcome and not the players? Wild.

The play where Toppin dunked, Brunson was fouled with no call to start that break. When Hart rebounded his own free throw he got hit on the head on his putback. Shoulda been another and one opportunity. Brunson drew a number of fouls but was fouled and bumped many more times with no call. Stuff happens. Players decided that game.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

So much whining about the refs on here.

Who woulda thought that would happen in a game where the refs decided the outcome and not the players? Wild.

The play where Toppin dunked, Brunson was fouled with no call to start that break. When Hart rebounded his own free throw he got hit on the head on his putback. Shoulda been another and one opportunity. Brunson drew a number of fouls but was fouled and bumped many more times with no call. Stuff happens. Players decided that game.

Na, the final few minutes, the refs gifted that game to the Knicks and every non-Knicks fan knows it. A Knicks fan in this very thread even said the Knicks board has a lot of people admitting it.

Not that it matters, the Knicks would have won a fair series either way, but this game was decided by the refs. Is what it is.

[WaltFrazier]

Who woulda thought that would happen in a game where the refs decided the outcome and not the players? Wild.

The play where Toppin dunked, Brunson was fouled with no call to start that break. When Hart rebounded his own free throw he got hit on the head on his putback. Shoulda been another and one opportunity. Brunson drew a number of fouls but was fouled and bumped many more times with no call. Stuff happens. Players decided that game.

Na, the final few minutes, the refs gifted that game to the Knicks and every non-Knicks fan knows it. A Knicks fan in this very thread even said the Knicks board has a lot of people admitting it.

Not that it matters, the Knicks would have won a fair series either way, but this game was decided by the refs. Is what it is.

As Thibs said in the Sixers series, the other 46 minutes are important too.

[The Corey's]

So much whining about the refs on here.

That's because it's universally accepted that it was that bad.

Egregious even.

[Hoop Hunter]

The play where Toppin dunked, Brunson was fouled with no call to start that break. When Hart rebounded his own free throw he got hit on the head on his putback. Shoulda been another and one opportunity. Brunson drew a number of fouls but was fouled and bumped many more times with no call. Stuff happens. Players decided that game.

Na, the final few minutes, the refs gifted that game to the Knicks and every non-Knicks fan knows it. A Knicks fan in this very thread even said the Knicks board has a lot of people admitting it.

Not that it matters, the Knicks would have won a fair series either way, but this game was decided by the refs. Is what it is.

As Thibs said in the Sixers series, the other 46 minutes are important too.

Certainly, they were pretty one sided in those minutes also.

Our 2 best perimeter defenders had 3 fouls each in the first half. On several tacky tack fouls, that shouldn't be called in the playoffs. When Brunson's head jerks it's a foul.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

The play where Toppin dunked, Brunson was fouled with no call to start that break. When Hart rebounded his own free throw he got hit on the head on his putback. Shoulda been another and one opportunity. Brunson drew a number of fouls but was fouled and bumped many more times with no call. Stuff happens. Players decided that game.

Na, the final few minutes, the refs gifted that game to the Knicks and every non-Knicks fan knows it. A Knicks fan in this very thread even said the Knicks board has a lot of people admitting it.

Not that it matters, the Knicks would have won a fair series either way, but this game was decided by the refs. Is what it is.

As Thibs said in the Sixers series, the other 46 minutes are important too.

Sure, but when you get down to the final few minutes in a close game, and you have numerous horrendous calls going against one team, the game is going to be won by the other team every single time.

[WaltFrazier]

Na, the final few minutes, the refs gifted that game to the Knicks and every non-Knicks fan knows it. A Knicks fan in this very thread even said the Knicks board has a lot of people admitting it.

Not that it matters, the Knicks would have won a fair series either way, but this game was decided by the refs. Is what it is.

As Thibs said in the Sixers series, the other 46 minutes are important too.

Certainly, they were pretty one sided in those minutes also.

Our 2 best perimeter defenders had 3 fouls each in the first half. On several tacky tack fouls, that shouldn't be called in the playoffs. When Brunson's head jerks it's a foul.

Brunson was getting mauled, bumped and held, he should have had more calls than he did

[Tron Carter]