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

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Sat May 24, 2025 3:33 pm

Knicks in 5
4
4%
Knicks in 6
7
7%
Knicks in 7
11
12%
Pacers in 4
15
16%
Pacers in 5
16
17%
Pacers in 6
36
38%
Pacers in 7
5
5%
 
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Post#1121 » by ITYSL » Sat May 24, 2025 2:49 am

I really don't like Draymond on the court but he is good as an analyst and elevates the discourse with someone like Shaq
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Post#1122 » by Admiral-Kizaru » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

Don't see how anyone that has seen these two teams thought the Knicks were the better team. I thought it was going to be a dog walk from the start.
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Post#1123 » by web123888 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

Knicks were always frauds and fake contenders.
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Post#1124 » by jkvonny » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

Bank Shot wrote:At least Knicks fans have Judge hitting .150 in the playoffs to look forward to.

Swing for the fences Judge. Batting .190 with 4 HRs lol
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Post#1125 » by KnicksGadfly » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

Definitely getting outcoached, but we also had one of these games where KAT was the worst player on the floor, and at his salary, that's a killer.
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Post#1126 » by sp6r=underrated » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

Memories wrote:
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Wolfgang630 wrote: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


They're right but who cares? Unless you feel the NBA shouldn't have teams in places like Indy/OKC you need to accept the finals will sometimes have them matchup and the ratings will suffer.
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Post#1127 » by Jeremy Lin 7 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

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Jeremy Lin 7 wrote:Thibs getting out coached hard

I know KAT isn't a defensive stopper and his +- was bad but you have to get him some burn before you are desperate. He may have come back in and brought a spark but Thibs waited until it was like 2 mins left. The man hates to make substitutions.

Exactly and to add salt to the wound Pacers went hack a Mitch for a possession who went 1/2. Completely killed any momentum.
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Post#1128 » by xxSnEaKyPxx » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

LFGK wrote:
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
LFGK wrote:Go choke on one loser

When you read your posts back…do you feel like an adult?

Am I supposed to care what you think? Great 2 wins for your team

Never did I tell you what I think, I simply asked you a question.
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Post#1129 » by NO-KG-AI » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

Memories wrote:
Jadoogar wrote:
Wolfgang630 wrote: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


You guys wanna pressure the NBA to move guys to your cities so bad lol. That’s the only reason anyone would care that much.
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Post#1130 » by Kawaii Leonard » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

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Post#1131 » by doogie_hauser » Sat May 24, 2025 2:50 am

What an brilliant and enjoyable to watch performed from Pascal Siakam. Who said Spicy P couldn't perform in the play-offs.

He has been a terrific recruit for The Pacers.
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Post#1132 » by boomershadow » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

Spicy P was Thai hot tonight.
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Post#1133 » by azcatz11 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

___Rand___ wrote:
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___Rand___ wrote:
Where you been Chuck?


Was watching the game and trying to do some writing. It was so intense, I just couldn't keep up with the thread.


Azcat was missing too xD. He's on the road in a bar I guess.


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Post#1134 » by HotRocks34 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

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Ari_Emanuel wrote:Carlisle is an elite coach. Luka chasing him outta Dallas years ago needs to be talked about more.


What chased Carlisle out of Dallas was Cuban's dysfunction, including his gambling analytics guy.

A part of Cuban's dysfunction was his coddling of Luka, who was already proving to be a brat and not committed to the defensive end. Easy to see how Luka would clash with Rick C.


Cuban's dysfunction was that he was an overgrown frat boy. That predated Luka.

Gambling guy had too much free rein, which interfered with Carlisle's authority and Luka got upset with how things were going.

All Cuban's fault. He enabled gambling guy.

Cuban also hired Nico, and Nico eventually iced him out. So Cuban got his in the end.
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Post#1135 » by djsunyc » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

rockmanslim wrote:
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Raps in 4 wrote:Damn, Pascal taking shots at the Raptors in that postgame interview.


What he said ?

"We don't care who scores, we just want to win" is that a shot at the Raptors?


for super insecure fans it probably is lol
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Post#1136 » by Mk0 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

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canada_dry wrote:Wipe your tears with a chopped cheese knicks fans.

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Go choke on one loser

When you read your posts back…do you feel like an adult?

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Post#1137 » by SFour » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

Nuntius wrote:
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Nuntius wrote:
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.


It works because it was a cheap trade...you didn't have to give up much. Didn't gut the roster, didn't mortgage the future.
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Post#1138 » by SlimShady83 » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

djsunyc wrote:
SlimShady83 wrote:Knicks going to go after Giannis In off season haha.


will take kat and bridges/og. they dont have any picks and need to convince giannis to go there.


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Post#1139 » by BooomBaby » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

Knicks still the better team, right?
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Post#1140 » by ___Rand___ » Sat May 24, 2025 2:51 am

uncleduck13 wrote:Credit to the Pacers going out and getting Hali a co-star in Siakam and not waiting for one to ‘develop’


They don't have anyone in the pipeline. Everyone knew it was a position of need for them. They'd have to trade one. How many 2-way scoring defending power forwards got drafted in the last 3 years? They don't grow on trees. Masai did a bad job not getting more for him.
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