2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 1-0)

[bronxknicksfan1]

Pacers are 6-1 in the playoffs on the road. Knicks are 3-4 at home in the playoffs. Just another nugget to think about for Game 2.

I don’t think the Knicks are weak mentally. I think they will be fired up and come out swinging.

I am a Knicks fan and not even I believe in this.

If there’s one thing they’ll do, it’s punch back in the next game when their backs are against the wall. They’ll have a great game in G2, but G3…who knows what their focus will be like then.

[Butch718]

I don’t think the Knicks are weak mentally. I think they will be fired up and come out swinging.

I am a Knicks fan and not even I believe in this.

If there’s one thing they’ll do, it’s punch back in the next game when their backs are against the wall. They’ll have a great game in G2, but G3…who knows what their focus will be like then.

I will be surprised if they recover from this. This felt
like a 7 game Knicks series, to Pacers in 6 just like 2013.

[SlimShady83]

I wish I seen the game, I looked at the scores, Knicks were up thought they won, after work I just checked the score haven't even seen highlights and holy smokes

Well done Pacers

Can I change my mind and go for Pacers now? LOL

[ArksNetsSince99]

Considering the Knicks were like one better controlled possession away from taking a 1-0 series lead, it is not necessary to panic. I don't care what happened to the Celtics in the earlier series, this is a different series and no reason to expect that the Knicks would end up like the Celtics. If you watched the whole game you could see how good of a matchup the Pacers is for the Knicks. I was much more worried playing the Celtics even when up 2-0 than playing the Pacers now being down a game. On to the Game 2!

Whole game was up and down even , Naismith created this 15 points hole , with 3 fouls in a row (2 three points shots )
I don’t think he gonna make the same mistake in another game

Without this hole Pacers would’ve won this comfortably in regulation , so keep dreaming

I am going to comment on you just this one time.

Your whole schtick is corny. I might be miserable **** right now, but I would rather much be in my position, rather than acting like incel corn ball that’s ready to pounce every time something bad happens to the Knicks.

And I gonna answer to you this one time only

I learned to be corny and arrogant from YOU , Knicks fans who pounded and celebrated every Nets injury on your board and here anytime Nets had just a drop of success over the years , that’s the reality

I don’t celebrate Brunson or OG injuries like most of your fanbase did when bad things happened to KD , Kyrie , Harden

So like I said I respect your fandom but I wanna fail again and again

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

I am a Knicks fan and not even I believe in this.

If there’s one thing they’ll do, it’s punch back in the next game when their backs are against the wall. They’ll have a great game in G2, but G3…who knows what their focus will be like then.

I will be surprised if they recover from this. This felt
like a 7 game Knicks series, to Pacers in 6 just like 2013.

That was different. That Knicks team was never THAT good(sorry, I’m on the Carmelo was never as good as his reputation bandwagon), Brunson is as every bit as advertised(even if the foul baiting is lame.)

[bronxknicksfan1]

I am a Knicks fan and not even I believe in this.

If there’s one thing they’ll do, it’s punch back in the next game when their backs are against the wall. They’ll have a great game in G2, but G3…who knows what their focus will be like then.

I will be surprised if they recover from this. This felt
like a 7 game Knicks series, to Pacers in 6 just like 2013.

This is a resilient group, they’ll recover. This is the first time they’ve been down in a series this playoffs. Definitely expect them to play with some urgency in G2. Wouldn’t be surprised if they come out with the same energy they came out with in G6 against the Celtics.

[ReggiesKnicks]

Yo Mods, can I change my name?

Thinking of going from ReggiesKnicks to TyresesKnicks.

Let me know!

[Capn'O]

I am a Knicks fan and not even I believe in this.

If there’s one thing they’ll do, it’s punch back in the next game when their backs are against the wall. They’ll have a great game in G2, but G3…who knows what their focus will be like then.

I will be surprised if they recover from this. This felt
like a 7 game Knicks series, to Pacers in 6 just like 2013.

The young, impressionable Thunder just came back from a similar G1 loss last round. We're just getting started.

Any hopes of a quick one seem to be dashed though. If we win this, it'll be the hard way.

[Mr Puddles]

Yo Mods, can I change my name?

Thinking of going from ReggiesKnicks to TyresesKnicks.

Let me know!

OKCsinceSGA is your RealGM consultant for these type of matters.

[DonaldSanders]

JUSTICE FOR ETHICAL BASKETBALL

Jalen Flopson-Alexander was vanquished in one of the biggest playoff chokes of all time. We saw the headsnaps, the leaps to the floor, and the basketball gods rewarded the Pacers.

[Mavrelous]

What a game, what a team, I rewinded twice and have no idea how they pulled it off

[Butch718]

If there’s one thing they’ll do, it’s punch back in the next game when their backs are against the wall. They’ll have a great game in G2, but G3…who knows what their focus will be like then.

I will be surprised if they recover from this. This felt
like a 7 game Knicks series, to Pacers in 6 just like 2013.

The young, impressionable Thunder just came back from a similar G1 loss last round. We're just getting started.

Any hopes of a quick one seem to be dashed though. If we win this, it'll be the hard way.

I wish I could believe that this team is going to be fine and recover. But the amount of PTSD from all the horrible playoff moments…

Charles Smith
Starks 2-18
Ewing missed finger roll
Reggie 25 point 4th quarter
Reggie 8 points in 16 seconds
PJ/Ward brawl leading to suspensions
Hibbert blocking Melo

and now…
Knicks blow 9 point lead in 50 seconds

Like the pessimism is just too toxic at the moment.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

I will be surprised if they recover from this. This felt
like a 7 game Knicks series, to Pacers in 6 just like 2013.

The young, impressionable Thunder just came back from a similar G1 loss last round. We're just getting started.

Any hopes of a quick one seem to be dashed though. If we win this, it'll be the hard way.

I wish I could believe that this team is going to be fine and recover. But the amount of PTSD from all the horrible playoff moments…

Charles Smith
Starks 2-18
Ewing missed finger roll
Reggie 25 point 4th quarter
Reggie 8 points in 16 seconds
PJ/Ward brawl leading to suspensions
Hibbert blocking Melo

and now…
Knicks blow 9 point lead in 50 seconds

Like the pessimism is just too toxic at the moment.

If it helps at all, I’m a super pessimistic Pacers fan that has dealt with years of heartbreak for me to get too excited about anything.

[Kawaii Leonard]

[LethalRangee]

A lot of good and bad to takeaway from this one. Knicks will come back with vengeance I'm sure. Great game.

[mademan]

Read on Twitter

This is art.

[Hoop Hunter]

Yeah, any Knick fans that arrogantly thinks this loss isn’t that big a deal, is not living in reality. This is the same **** I saw in the Boston series from those 2 home losses, except this is much worse.

The Pacers are to he respected. This is the 3rd time this post season in which they pulled out an improbable win with less than a minute remaining. They’re confident, they’re deep, and they’re going to be riding high after punking the Knicks tonight.

I have been a fan for 31 years and this loss is far worse than whatever Reggie did to them.

**** Hali for bringing back that PTSD, and for this one night, **** this entire team that I have been loyal to for the majority of my life for allowing this **** to happen. No excuse, this is not **** acceptable, just completely crashing out.

I hate sports. I hate that all the disappointment and embarrassment that comes from being a fan of this team.

I know how you feel, I really do.

Tonight and this post season has just been a brief interruption of the pain of being a lifelong Pacer fan.

The pain will return soon enough or maybe the basketball gods will give us one.

[FlatearthZorro]

Well if the Knicks had to lose a game with a historical collapse, I'm happy that it was Game 1 and not Game 7. Lot of basketball still to be played, and no reason to think that the Knicks couldn't control the rest of the series, like they controlled most of this game.

This hasn't been a great logic in the current NBA postseason. You can guess why.

[basketballwacko2]

Of course you are...

That's why you won, right?

You win some games, you lose some games. The Knicks lost games to the Pistons, lost games to the Celtics, that's sports. And this is just one game out of best-of-7 series. Lot of basketball still to be played.

This Pacers team is something special.

[basketballwacko2]

Thx for the memories

That's a memory for you failure instead of success? That's pretty pathetic.. I wouldn't share that again.

Guy is a lol everyone thinking the series is 1 game long....keep this same energy the rest of the series

Hey we're bringing back Lance Stephenson on a 10 day contract!!