0:01

The volume all

0:09

right, instant reaction on the Knicks

0:12

narrow wind at home, trailed

0:14

for much of the game, but made the big

0:16

plays down the end and the fourth once

0:18

again, the Nova trio

0:21

combined for ninety two points, shot

0:23

sixty percent from the field,

0:26

fifty percent from three, and

0:28

only sat for ten minutes. Indiana's

0:31

a deeper team, you know, Indiana over

0:33

a six or seven game series should

0:35

be fresher in game six

0:37

or seven. But the Garden's a tough

0:39

place. I mean, I really felt for long

0:42

portions of the game Indiana. I felt like the Knicks

0:44

were chasing the Pacers for three and a half quarters.

0:47

But then the knickt the Vincenzo draws

0:49

the foul, and that was the right

0:51

call. They went to the replay. You know, people

0:54

will say, I don't love it being called at that time. It's

0:56

the right call, you know, whenever I hear well, I wouldn't

0:58

call it in that moment. Well,

1:00

okay, thirty seconds earlier, is it

1:02

okay? Is it a minute earlier? Is it

1:04

okay? You know it's the right call. So

1:07

the Pacers are a deeper team. But

1:09

again, de Fanndenzo, Josh

1:11

Hart, Jalen Brunson. They all

1:13

made huge plays down the stretch. I

1:16

mean, Josh Hart is You're just not going

1:18

to get many offensive nights like that

1:20

from Josh Hart. But I will say this

1:22

about the Knicks, especially in big

1:24

spots, They're a very intentional

1:26

team. They have almost no bad

1:29

possessions and they're a limited offensive team,

1:32

so they come down, they're

1:34

very intentional. They get good looks. I

1:36

mean, Jalen Brunson is just too

1:38

quick. His first steps insane for

1:41

his size. He gets

1:43

so many good shots. I mean he really

1:45

does. He can really quickly separate.

1:49

Indiana is going to be a handful. They're long,

1:52

Miles Turner. They had a couple of the

1:54

best dunks of the season, former

1:56

nick Obi Toppin that

1:58

was an ode to New York on that between

2:00

the legs slam dunk and

2:02

this Aaron Nee Smith also

2:05

had one of the most vicious dunks I've

2:07

seen in the playoffs. But despite

2:10

the bench early in the game, I wrote this down

2:12

the bench points in the first half were Indiana

2:14

twenty seven, New York won. So I keep saying

2:16

to myself, how long can New York, you

2:19

know, keep playing these guys maximum

2:22

minutes? At some point they wear down, but

2:24

they don't. They didn't against Philadelphia and

2:26

the Knicks. There's a lot of self belief

2:29

when you watch New York like they're

2:32

a very confident offensive team down

2:34

the stretch. I mean de Vincenzo sort

2:36

of a bounce around the league guy. Every time

2:38

you let go of the ball late in the game, you thought it didn't

2:41

playing with a ton of confidence, and

2:44

that's what winning breeds and New York

2:46

is playing. It feels like above itself. But

2:49

we have to remember are they playing

2:51

above themselves in the Eastern

2:53

Conference against these teams? I

2:55

mean, Indiana is young. You

2:58

start looking at the East right now with Damon Honest

3:00

missing their series most

3:02

of it for Dame, I mean the Knicks.

3:05

I've watched all these teams. They look like the second

3:07

best team in the East. I thought Philadelphia

3:09

had more talent and beats hurt what's

3:11

new, And they were the better team, especially

3:13

in second half, especially in fourth quarters. So

3:17

you know, I have copious notes here. You

3:19

know, third quarter Nicks, I

3:21

thought we're getting into a little trouble, and

3:23

then New York starts the fourth with an eight nothing

3:25

run. Then later they have either a seven

3:28

or a nine to nothing, run brunts and hits a big

3:30

shot. So I think it like in

3:32

football, we would call the Knicks a very

3:34

good situational football team. They

3:37

make the plays when you have to make the plays. And

3:39

that's what I see when I watch New York. That

3:41

Villanova hustle, effort, Brunson's

3:44

unstoppable gets incredibly good shots

3:47

effective. You know, they pass the ball

3:49

incredibly well. They they you

3:51

know, it'd be easy to say the Knicks know

3:53

what they're not, but they're playing with such belief

3:56

right now. In the Eastern Conference,

3:58

I don't know. I mean, Austin's deeper, better,

4:01

has more high end talent, but when

4:03

I watch New York play, I think their belief

4:06

in a late game against the Celtics,

4:09

I don't know. I mean, my concerns about Boston

4:12

are late game situations. New

4:14

York is money late. They

4:16

are great late. Just

4:18

so many big shots, so many

4:21

big runs. People are gonna

4:23

talk about Devincenzo Miles

4:26

Turner and that blocking call,

4:28

but he was moving, and

4:31

you know, I think in situations like that, you

4:33

just you know. I don't love

4:35

at the end of NBA games, how many

4:37

reviews they have, but you got

4:40

to get it right. They're pretty quick. There

4:42

were three or four go either way plays

4:44

that if you didn't have replay, that's all I talk

4:47

about tomorrow and FS one that's all I would

4:49

talk about. But the replays get

4:51

it right. And the New York

4:53

Knicks made the big plays late and deserve to win. It's

4:55

crazy, you know, they

4:57

are right now the watch

5:00

easily in the playoffs, and Indiana's got a

5:02

good team. Halliburton's

5:05

not as good as he was earlier in the season. They've got

5:07

good length, They've got a tremendous bench. TJ

5:09

McConnell. You know, for a little guy

5:12

to make the league and not be able to shoot threes

5:14

very well, it is strange. But he's

5:16

a bit of a thorn, you know. He he You

5:19

know, you could see him later in the series being

5:21

a thorn for the Knicks. But you

5:24

know, these these basketball games

5:26

in the playoffs are close, and a

5:28

lot of it is do you have really

5:30

intentional possessions, and they did, and

5:33

New York's excellent defensively. They gave up a

5:35

couple a couple of open jumpers

5:38

in the second half, which is rare for New York.

5:41

But you know, I felt three quarters

5:43

of the game, Indiana was going to win, no question,

5:45

though five minutes left, I just felt like New

5:47

York would make the big buckets at home, feeding

5:50

off the energy at the Garden, which is incredible.

5:52

I love watching New York play. I'm trying to think

5:54

of a team that reminds me

5:56

of this team, and I mean that that

5:59

Miami team in the that was young and

6:01

got to the final against the Lakers and lost.

6:03

That was a you know, you had some youth.

6:07

You know, that was the year that a lot of the older teams

6:09

in the bubble got injured, underachieved,

6:12

and Miami was that rare young team that got

6:14

into the playoffs and just played over at Skis.

6:17

And but I you know, when I watch the

6:19

Knicks, I keep waiting for

6:22

reality with Josh Hart. You know,

6:24

I look at his career average, I looked at the player

6:26

he is or de Vincenzo, and they

6:29

keep making big plays in big shots. You

6:31

know, I'm

6:33

waiting for it to end, and it hasn't

6:35

so big big win, especially

6:38

off how exhausting that series

6:40

was against Philadelphia. To come out with that

6:42

kind of game and those kind of minutes the

6:44

Villanova guys were worth ninety two

6:47

points and only sat for ten minutes. Sixty

6:49

percent on field goals, fifty percent

6:51

on threes. That's crazy playoff

6:55

playoff numbers. That's crazy on a Tuesday

6:57

night in Orlando in January,

7:00

when teams are coming off of back to back and nobody's

7:02

playing defense. To do it in the playoffs is insane.

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