2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1)

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Who wins Game 3?

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

Post#201 » by ibraheim718 » Mon May 26, 2025 12:57 am

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Zeno wrote:There is no way the Knicks should be running plays for Shamet movement threes.

I promise you we aren’t. We are hardly running any plays at all.


It wasn't about running a play for a specific player it was about running an offensive set where the ball moves
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Re: 2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-0) 

Post#202 » by ___Rand___ » Mon May 26, 2025 12:57 am

NiceLikeChrist wrote:Saddest part is we will have bozos trying to justify thibs line of thinking if shamet and wright stink it up when the entire point is to play them during the season and get them comfortable in different lineups and situations so you aren’t throwing them into the fire for the first time down 0-2 in the ECF


I mean you can see Wright is still a decent player, can still play 10-15 minutes a game. It's a crime Thibs didn't use him. yeah he's a hole on offense but use his ball handling and defense while giving your top 7 guys some rest over the course of what 80 games? It's a bit late using him now lol.
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Re: 2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-0) 

Post#203 » by ibraheim718 » Mon May 26, 2025 12:57 am

Indy is going to start targeting Brunson and on offense he's going to start dribbling the ball way too much
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Post#204 » by SerialChiller » Mon May 26, 2025 12:58 am

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Zeno wrote:There is no way the Knicks should be running plays for Shamet movement threes.


I mean, if he's not in the NBA for that, then why is he in the NBA.


Shamwow is there for cleanup duty
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Re: 2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-0) 

Post#205 » by jokeboy86 » Mon May 26, 2025 12:58 am

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ProcessDoctor wrote:New York looks exhausted. This is why Thib's teams will never get there. ****'s unsustainable.


If the Knicks were to lose this series then let it be a sweep so we at least will certainly get rid of Thibs. He is holding the team back.


But who to replace him with? Budenholzer? Malone? Vogel?
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Post#206 » by JXL » Mon May 26, 2025 12:58 am

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Post#207 » by NiceLikeChrist » Mon May 26, 2025 12:58 am

Can they just go under the Hali screens? Just go under on TJ and Hali man they aren’t going to hit 16 3’s
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Post#208 » by jokeboy86 » Mon May 26, 2025 12:58 am

Brunson is exhausted
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Post#209 » by ibraheim718 » Mon May 26, 2025 12:58 am

Annnnnnndddd just like I told you..
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Post#210 » by SlimShady83 » Mon May 26, 2025 12:59 am

Wow should have been offsensive foul on Kat
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Post#211 » by Tracymcgoaty » Mon May 26, 2025 12:59 am

Dude Towns is an absolute **** idiot and there is zero chance knicks go all the way with him.

My gawd dudes bball IQ has to be in the gutter.
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Post#212 » by jokeboy86 » Mon May 26, 2025 12:59 am

Towns is real lucky they didn’t call that
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Post#213 » by Nuntius » Mon May 26, 2025 12:59 am

That's too early of a challenge for my taste but it's probably a good one. One of the refs was ready to call it an offensive foul in the first place.
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Post#214 » by NiceLikeChrist » Mon May 26, 2025 12:59 am

3 on towns, 3 on deuce, 2 on Brunson. Cool
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Post#215 » by scrabbarista » Mon May 26, 2025 1:00 am

Wow, ref thirsty for that third foul on Haliburton.
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Post#216 » by canada_dry » Mon May 26, 2025 1:00 am

Lol what is KAT doing

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Post#217 » by jehosafats » Mon May 26, 2025 1:00 am

Refs gumming everything up
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Post#218 » by The4thHorseman » Mon May 26, 2025 1:00 am

Just a dumb, careless foul on Towns.
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Re: 2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-0) 

Post#219 » by doogie_hauser » Mon May 26, 2025 1:00 am

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donkki wrote:
ProcessDoctor wrote:New York looks exhausted. This is why Thib's teams will never get there. ****'s unsustainable.


If the Knicks were to lose this series then let it be a sweep so we at least will certainly get rid of Thibs. He is holding the team back.


But who to replace him with? Budenholzer? Malone? Vogel?


They are just Thibs retreads
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Post#220 » by Nuntius » Mon May 26, 2025 1:00 am

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donkki wrote:
ProcessDoctor wrote:New York looks exhausted. This is why Thib's teams will never get there. ****'s unsustainable.


If the Knicks were to lose this series then let it be a sweep so we at least will certainly get rid of Thibs. He is holding the team back.


But who to replace him with? Budenholzer? Malone? Vogel?


Vogel is a great coach.
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