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

[Capn'O]

Ben Sheppard has been such a sneaky good player in this series.

Dude pretty much fell out of the lineup, has his number called, and not only shows up, but has made some massive plays with defensive stops or a three while the Knicks are building momentum.

Even last year as a rookie, he looked like a 10 year veteran with how he played in the playoffs.

He was solid last year too.

Believe it or not, we also have some promising rookies though you'd never **** see them. Huge difference between Thibs and Carlisle and part of why Carlisle is a major advantage in this series.

Mate I could swear you said before the series started it was slight advantage

Not trying to be a D…

Well, you're succeeding.

You can tell all your friends that a Knicks fan was wrong on the internet and you called them out on it. It'll be your championship.

Thibs coached a great series vs. Boston but Carlisle is exposing all of his flaws.

[LordCovington33]

Let’s assume you didn’t watched this game so the final score is unknown to you

Now go to NBA stats sheet , study them throughly and tell me which team won the game

I’ll tell you, I did and from the stat sheet looks like Knicks did , only category where pacers have clear advantage is assists ( team basketball)

All others is either even or heavily in Knicks favor , ALL OF THEM !!!

Conclusion- Indiana played very mid game , it was visible live ,it’s visible on stat sheet too , Yet they were able to win rather comfortably in the last 6 minutes of the game

Final conclusion - saying Knicks is so superior on paper could be put in Mazulla back pocket ( you know the one that always sticks out from his back pocket )

Which ones (plural) are heavily in favor of the Knicks? (except for rebounds)

The pacers were also far more efficient from 3 and had a much better assist/TO ratio.

Assists yes like I said , TO 10-12 not a huge discrepancy if you ask me

Rebounding heavily in Knicks favor

Free throws percentage 71-85! In Knicks favor

Are you kidding me ?

I said assist/TO ratio. That, and poor shooting from 3 (about a10% difference) were clear indicators. More stops means a better chance of winning the game.

[DonaldSanders]

Looks like my Pacers in 4 prediction might come true.

Go Pacers!

[Capn'O]

Concerning that you sit Towns during those critical minutes, not a good sign.

He's been a complete liability on defense this series. There's no good matchup for him. He's better against bigger guys but Turner and Siakam are nightmares for him with their quickness and shooting.

[ArksNetsSince99]

Looks like my Pacers in 4 prediction might come true.

Go Pacers!

Never doubted you for a second

[Effigy]

It ain't over till it's over, but I don't really see a viable path for NY to win the series. I think NY really has to be struggling mentally by this point, and I don't think they can win 4/5 against this Indiana team regardless. Game three is still important I think; the quicker this series ends the better.

Tyrese needs to be better. I think this was an uncharacteristically bad game from him, but these down games are just a part of him at this point in his career. I think we can weather his bad games this series. Hopefully, he'll be good enough for the finals, assuming we get there.

Hats off to Siakam having an absolute monster of a game; he 100% saved this game. You could argue he's the best second option in the league. We'll need this version of him if we get to the finals

Gotta win two more against NY, and stay healthy. I believe in this team

What’s crazy Siakam was a first option player tonight , great game from him but besides him no one really stood up on the Pacers tonight, it was overall a mid game by the Pacers and they were still able to win on the road in Conference Finals

Excellent job by Rick Carlisle, he got this under control the whole time

I don’t get it why most Pacers fans still not feeling confident

Can't speak for all Pacer fans, but I think the majority of us are so use to disappointment, we expect it. We'll be pessimistic till we're ahead by 20 with 2 minutes left to win the 4th game of the finals.

I am feeling a little more confident.

We're on a Mission from God.

A mission to get slapped down by the Thunder?

[LordCovington33]

Concerning that you sit Towns during those critical minutes, not a good sign.

He's been a complete liability on defense this series. There's no good matchup for him. He's better against bigger guys but Turner and Siakam are nightmares for him with their quickness and shooting.

He’s been exposed by some good coaching. Looked lost at times. Even having a hobbled Robinson who was being hacked was a better choice.

[California Gold]

The Knicks went up 2-0 on the Pacers last season and lost in 7. The reverse can certainly occur here which is why I think game 4 is the most important. I don't see the Pacers winning game 3 because of the level of desperation the Knicks will have. But going up 3-1 almost nearly seals it for a game 5 or game 6 win.

Knicks are very much still in this, two close losses. It just takes a game of playing hard from start to finish for them to take just 1.

[ArksNetsSince99]

He was solid last year too.

Believe it or not, we also have some promising rookies though you'd never **** see them. Huge difference between Thibs and Carlisle and part of why Carlisle is a major advantage in this series.

Mate I could swear you said before the series started it was slight advantage

Not trying to be a D…

Well, you're succeeding.

You can tell all your friends that a Knicks fan was wrong on the internet and you called them out on it. It'll be your championship.

Thibs coached a great series vs. Boston but Carlisle is exposing all of his flaws.

Uhmmm , I guess this was unnecessary but I’ll cherish my Championship

[Capn'O]

I agree that the series is not over and that the Knicks can still win it. But I do have to ask you an honest question:

Do you still believe that the Knicks are the better team? If you want to claim they have a better collection of top-end talent, sure, no argument against that but are they the better TEAM?

On paper yes the Knicks are better, but on the court the Pacers have been the better team. Carlisle is clearly outcoaching Thibs.

Very fair response.

In addition to in game decisions, I would add to that there's an element of cohesion to this team that's stronger than the Knicks. They play really well together and are tougher than the team we played last year even with the same personnel. We're starting to. I think not having Mitch for a lot of the year set us back a lot. We're just starting to see what he means to this team but he didn't, for example, get a ton of time playing next to KAT. If we run it back, give or take, that should improve. But we're not where you are in that regard and that was a management decision and coaching and player execution. .

[Capn'O]

Concerning that you sit Towns during those critical minutes, not a good sign.

He's been a complete liability on defense this series. There's no good matchup for him. He's better against bigger guys but Turner and Siakam are nightmares for him with their quickness and shooting.

He’s been exposed by some good coaching. Looked lost at times. Even having a hobbled Robinson who was being hacked was a better choice.

Coaching and personnel. He was much more useful in the Boston series.

Robinson has been amazing. If there's a silver lining for us so far it's that.

[boomershadow]

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

If people dont enjoy watching the Pacers play, they basically hate good basketball and prefer TMZ celebrity worship of guys who work out a lot

[LordCovington33]

Mate I could swear you said before the series started it was slight advantage

Not trying to be a D…

Well, you're succeeding.

You can tell all your friends that a Knicks fan was wrong on the internet and you called them out on it. It'll be your championship.

Thibs coached a great series vs. Boston but Carlisle is exposing all of his flaws.

Uhmmm , I guess this was unnecessary but I’ll cherish my Championship

I assumed you were a Brooklyn fan going by that name.

[metalinguss]

The Knicks went up 2-0 on the Pacers last season and lost in 7. The reverse can certainly occur here which is why I think game 4 is the most important. I don't see the Pacers winning game 3 because of the level of desperation the Knicks will have. But going up 3-1 almost nearly seals it for a game 5 or game 6 win.

Knicks are very much still in this, two close losses. It just takes a game of playing hard from start to finish for them to take just 1.

They went up 2-0 at home though but let’s see if they continue being good on the road now with their backs against the wall

[ArksNetsSince99]

Well, you're succeeding.

You can tell all your friends that a Knicks fan was wrong on the internet and you called them out on it. It'll be your championship.

Thibs coached a great series vs. Boston but Carlisle is exposing all of his flaws.

Uhmmm , I guess this was unnecessary but I’ll cherish my Championship

I assumed you were a Brooklyn fan going by that name.

I’m a Brooklyn fan , Knicks hater and temporary Pacers fan, and idgaf what’s others have to say about this

[California Gold]

The Knicks went up 2-0 on the Pacers last season and lost in 7. The reverse can certainly occur here which is why I think game 4 is the most important. I don't see the Pacers winning game 3 because of the level of desperation the Knicks will have. But going up 3-1 almost nearly seals it for a game 5 or game 6 win.

Knicks are very much still in this, two close losses. It just takes a game of playing hard from start to finish for them to take just 1.

They went up 2-0 at home though but let’s see if they continue being good on the road now with their backs against the wall

If there was a playoffs for something wild to happen, it's this one. I agree though winning two on the road is going to be much, much tougher. But if the next two games go like the 1st two then anything can happen since it comes down to late game execution. Maybe a slight adjustment and it goes the other way. Pacers basically should be looking at this game 3 opportunity to go for the throat. It's hard mentally to do it, especially when you're at home and have a big weekend coming up with all the fans lit up for both this game and the Indy 500. This is the kind of game where if you have vets they're telling everyone not to let up.

[basketballwacko2]

It was a 1 in 1000 victory. They will need 3 more to beat us.

Every team we play will be deeper than us with a better coach than us but our 1-5 talent is greater than all of the teams left. That alone will win us this series. They played great ball and it got them down 14 with 2 minutes to go before a miracle happened. Miracles won’t happen every game but their poor defense will continue. Their defense will be a constant. I’m not worried about it.

They played poorly the first 44 min of the game then the Pacers went Yard! If the Pacer play their game from start to finish they're gonna run the Knicks to death. I'm not saying it's over or anything, but right now it's Pacers in 6. I did get the first 2 rounds correct. A lot of this depends on health, but the Pacers are deep and strong at 10 deep.

They shot like 65% in the first half when were they playing poorly? Like I’ve been saying they played well and they were still down 14 and just had a miracle happen.

We’ll see what happens tonight.

Opps!!


I guess shooting percentage is not all there is to how you play, like defense, turnovers...

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

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For all the years Pacers fans have called Myles Turner soft, dude was getting mocked by the fans, laughed, the proceeded to have a monster quarter. All on the road in MSG during a playoff game.

Yea…he’s not the best rebounder, but he’s still got that dawg in him.

[basketballwacko2]

The Knicks went up 2-0 on the Pacers last season and lost in 7. The reverse can certainly occur here which is why I think game 4 is the most important. I don't see the Pacers winning game 3 because of the level of desperation the Knicks will have. But going up 3-1 almost nearly seals it for a game 5 or game 6 win.

Knicks are very much still in this, two close losses. It just takes a game of playing hard from start to finish for them to take just 1.

Don't forget that crowd at the GB FieldHouse is gonna be insane!!

[knicksfan974]

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For all the years Pacers fans have called Myles Turner soft, dude was getting mocked by the fans, laughed, the proceeded to have a monster quarter. All on the road in MSG during a playoff game.

Yea…he’s not the best rebounder, but he’s still got that dawg in him.

Turner is a valuable player at C. Can run the floor, attack the basket, nail the open three. He is one of keys to Pacers' success.