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

[rockmanslim]

They need Mitchrob but Thibs knows they'll hack him out of the game

[djsunyc]

knicks keep scoring but can't stop indy

[ForeverTFC]

KAT reminds me of those big football guys you hate to play against because they can't control their bodies and end up hurting people LOL.

He’s who Embiid fans want us to think Embiid is: clumsy. Still, I’d much rather KAT’s clumsiness than Embiid intentionally going out to injure other players.

[Longranger]

I predicted the knicks would get blown out and they proved me right.

[Murray_17]

they're in the ecf's and beat the defending champs.

alot of parity so it really comes down to matchups/luck now.

Sure, but their defense is getting exposed here and the lineups with them together have needed Robinson to be a net positive the entire PO

[Mk0]

Man the Knicks have to work so much harder to score. They need another ball handler badly

Honestly I don't think they'd know how to use one. As long as Brunson is out there he is gonna have the ball in his hands.

Thibs doesn't know how to run an offense that isn't "short PG drives to create everything"

[Wallace_Wallace]

The refs are carrying the Knicks, come on gotta get it within 10 points at least

[Mk0]

Haliburton has what 17 floaters in the quarter? It feels like it.

[___Rand___]

Pacers survived KAT's bench minutes so that's a huge positive for them. That's why they got this big lead with 5 to go.

[knicksfan974]

Knicks and allowing a leak out layup. Name a more iconic duo.

I would be SCREAMING if this was my team. SCREAMING ALL GAME. It's an indictment on the coach.

Pretty sure Thibs is losing his mind watching them blow the transition defense. It has cost them so many points it may be the difference in the game.

It's up to Thibs to make everyone accountable. He is to blame also.

[djsunyc]

they're in the ecf's and beat the defending champs.

alot of parity so it really comes down to matchups/luck now.

Sure, but their defense is getting exposed here and the lineups with them together have needed Robinson to be a net positive.

yeah, i'm not sure how they improve their current roster. they may move on from thibs.

[Tor_Raps]

I'm starting to have serious doubts about how you make Brunson and Towns together work

They're 2 games from the NBA finals... if Towns/Brunson doesnt work then practically the entire NBA needs to blow it up lol

[RB34]

Huge rebound Spicy P

[Profound23]

Congratulations Pacers, you earned the right to represent the East. No excuses.

[Diop]

Brunson looks like a moping bitch

[Repeat 3-peat]

Game over.

[marson]

Night Night

[Hoopstar23]

night night

[Nuntius]

ANDREW **** NEMBHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

[Memories]

Lakers fans also have a long history of propping up every role player that's had a semi decent game. Today's hero, Thomas Bryant l, once had a dedicated thread on the general board about how the Lakers won the offseason because they acquired his services. A few weeks later, he was no longer with the team.

These things go both ways. The backlash to disproportionately overrating players is that other people will start bashing these same players as a response.

I do think that’s valid, but all that is that it is just another extreme on the other side.

The fact of the matter is that it’s usually always somewhere in the middle. Thomas Bryant would definitely be the best Center on the Lakers right now, that’s for damn sure.

Being the best center on the Lakers right now is kind of like being the thinnest kid at fat camp though, not much of an accomplishment.

I agree with you though, reactions are basically an extreme take on the other side.

That is also very true. Jaxon Hayes may be one of the dumbest Centers I have ever seen alltime.

Which I think is criminal. How the hell are you THAT damn big, and THAT damn athletic, yet have no object permanence?