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Speaker 1: once again, the Nova trio combined for ninety two points,

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Speaker 1: shot sixty percent from the field, fifty percent from three,

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Speaker 1: and only sat for ten minutes. Indiana's a deeper team,

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Speaker 1: you know, Indiana over a six or seven game series

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Speaker 1: Garden's a tough place. I mean, I really felt for

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Speaker 1: But then the knickt the Vincenzo draws the foul, and

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Speaker 1: that was the right call. They went to the replay.

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Speaker 1: You know, people will say, I don't love it being

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Speaker 1: whenever I hear well, I wouldn't call it in that moment. Well, okay,

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Speaker 1: thirty seconds earlier, is it okay? Is it a minute earlier?

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Speaker 1: Is it okay? You know it's the right call. So

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Speaker 1: the Pacers are a deeper team. But again, de Fanndenzo,

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Speaker 1: Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson. They all made huge plays down

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Speaker 1: going to get many offensive nights like that from Josh Hart.

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Speaker 1: But I will say this about the Knicks, especially in

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Speaker 1: big spots, They're a very intentional team. They have almost

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Speaker 1: no bad possessions and they're a limited offensive team, so

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Speaker 1: they come down, they're very intentional. They get good looks.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen Brunson is just too quick. His first

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Speaker 1: I mean he really does. He can really quickly separate.

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Speaker 1: Indiana is going to be a handful. They're long, Miles Turner.

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Speaker 1: They had a couple of the best dunks of the season,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Nee Smith also had one of the most vicious

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Speaker 1: dunks I've seen in the playoffs. But despite the bench

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Speaker 1: can New York, you know, keep playing these guys maximum minutes?

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Speaker 1: At some point they wear down, but they don't. They

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Speaker 1: very confident offensive team down the stretch. I mean de

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Speaker 1: Vincenzo sort of a bounce around the league guy. Every

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Speaker 1: and that's what winning breeds and New York is playing.

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Speaker 1: It feels like above itself. But we have to remember

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Speaker 1: these teams? I mean, Indiana is young. You start looking

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Speaker 1: I've watched all these teams. They look like the second

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Speaker 1: talent and beats hurt what's new, And they were the

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Speaker 1: So you know, I have copious notes here. You know,

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Speaker 1: third quarter Nicks, I thought we're getting into a little trouble,

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Speaker 1: So I think it like in football, we would call

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Speaker 1: the Knicks a very good situational football team. They make

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Speaker 1: that's what I see when I watch New York. That

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Speaker 1: that's all I talk about tomorrow and FS one that's

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Speaker 1: And the New York Knicks made the big plays late

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Speaker 1: and deserve to win. It's crazy, you know, they are

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Speaker 1: to shoot threes very well, it is strange. But he's

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Speaker 1: and New York's excellent defensively. They gave up a couple

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Speaker 1: a couple of open jumpers in the second half, which

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Speaker 1: is rare for New York. But you know, I felt

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Speaker 1: three quarters of the game, Indiana was going to win,

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Speaker 1: no question, though five minutes left, I just felt like

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Speaker 1: a team that reminds me of this team, and I

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Speaker 1: mean that that Miami team in the that was young

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Speaker 1: just played over at Skis. And but I you know,

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