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

[Tor_Raps]

I can’t bring myself to shell out a grand a ticket for upper level seats for the finals

I spent 900 dollars for the Raptors finals in 2019 and had 0 regrets about it. This doesnt come around often so enjoy it while you can...

[Murray_17]

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

Again, i'm not sure you're seeing how brutal their defense is.

The Pacers entire game plan is to transition or run a double screen where they put Towns on the screen first and then Brunson. The lineups staggering Brunson and Towns have been better than those with them together

[AIfan3]

When I see prototypes of Curry such as Brunson, it gives me a greater appreciation for how different Curry was.

A lot of these guys simply don't know how to play off the ball and use screen to free themselves up for shots. This was what made Curry a once in a lifetime shooter.

[doogie_hauser]

Congratulations Pacers fans, Indy is going to the Big Dance !

They are an excellent role model for how smaller market teams should operate.

Just a classy organisation from the top above

Commiserations Knicks fans, it was still a very fine season from your boys

In hindsight that game 1 loss was the dagger in your season.

Still you had a very fine season, knocked out the defending champions and made the East finals for the first time since 1999

You will be back better and stronger next season.

[Memories]

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?

Jaxson Hayes is who we thought JaVale McGee was.
Maybe he can figure it out and become a serviceable big man in the back half of his career like McGee did.

Which makes it even more mind boggling considering how dumb of a player McGee is/was throughout his career.

[djsunyc]

Thank God no more Timothee Chalamat on my tv screen.

he is in the kardashian vortex now. next time you see him may be on a reality show lol

[Marvin Martian]

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

This. What they need is another coach, Thibs is not it.

I think you guys need another ball handler/play creator aside from Brunson, he has to do TOO much.

Bridges should be the one filling that hole, but he has the skillset of a SF, not a guard

[mg]

OKC already having nightmares about Hali

Probably no team in the league equipped better to defend him.

Exactly. OKC has a murderers row of defensive guards on their squad. There are no Brunsons or Garlands on their team to exploit.

[jehosafats]

Toppin off the bounce!

[CelticSooner]

When I see prototypes of Curry such as Brunson, it gives me a greater appreciation for how different Curry was.

A lot of these guys simply don't know how to play off the ball and use screen to free themselves up for shots. This was what made Curry a once in a lifetime shooter.

Curry creates gravity the other small guards cannot.

[Tracymcgoaty]

Brunson+Towns you're not winning anything.

Brunson pounds the ball and KAT in reality should be the clear cut best offensive player on the team but he's so braindead it cant happen.

All love for OG though. Championship level player.

[Marvin Martian]

WTF is Shamet doing on the floor?

[CelticSooner]

Thank God no more Timothee Chalamat on my tv screen.

he is in the kardashian vortex now. next time you see him may be on a reality show lol

Did he show up to games last year?

[Marrs-Law]

Brunson crying lol

Better than players who don't care

[Memories]

I’m glad the Pacers won. They are a MUCH better matchup for the Thunder than the Knicks would have fared.

Thunder are favorites, but it doesn’t feel like a guarantee at all unlike previous years.

Maybe Pacers win 2. Maybe Knicks would've won 1?

Either way neither one of these teams is beating OKC in a 7 game series.

Pacers will definitely win 2 in this series. That to me is at the very least.

I’m thinking a close 7 game series. Pacers haven’t lost 2 in a row since March 10th. That’s actually crazy.

[VicG]

One thing we can all celebrate as basketball fans. This is the LAST GAME of the season featuring Reggie Miller and Stan Van Gundy.

[knicksfan974]

Overall it was a great season for the Knicks, only two wins away from the Finals. This team will be back next year, hopefully stronger than ever with better coaching. Things still very positive for the Knicks. Keep your heads up Knicks fans.

[AussieCeltic]

KAT literally tried to intentionally foul Siakam by wrapping him up. James Capers - the ref, was right next to it and didn’t blow his whistle. Lucky one of the other refs did

[Wallace_Wallace]

Indiana plays a frantic pace, and they have the personnel to make it happen. Very excited to watch how OKC plays this team.

[Nuntius]

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.

That's the natural push and pull of offensive rebounding vs transition offense. When you crash the boards and don't get the board, you're gonna be vulnerable to leak outs. And, yes, that can happen even if you mke the initial shot if the opposing team is quick enough to recognize it and inbound quickly.