Speaker 1: The volume all right, instant reaction on the Knicks narrow
Speaker 1: wind at home, trailed for much of the game, but
Speaker 1: made the big plays down the end and the fourth
Speaker 1: once again, the Nova trio combined for ninety two points,
Speaker 1: shot sixty percent from the field, fifty percent from three,
Speaker 1: and only sat for ten minutes. Indiana's a deeper team,
Speaker 1: you know, Indiana over a six or seven game series
Speaker 1: should be fresher in game six or seven. But the
Speaker 1: Garden's a tough place. I mean, I really felt for
Speaker 1: long portions of the game Indiana. I felt like the
Speaker 1: Knicks were chasing the Pacers for three and a half quarters.
Speaker 1: But then the knickt the Vincenzo draws the foul, and
Speaker 1: that was the right call. They went to the replay.
Speaker 1: You know, people will say, I don't love it being
Speaker 1: called at that time. It's the right call, you know,
Speaker 1: whenever I hear well, I wouldn't call it in that moment. Well, okay,
Speaker 1: thirty seconds earlier, is it okay? Is it a minute earlier?
Speaker 1: Is it okay? You know it's the right call. So
Speaker 1: the Pacers are a deeper team. But again, de Fanndenzo,
Speaker 1: Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson. They all made huge plays down
Speaker 1: the stretch. I mean, Josh Hart is You're just not
Speaker 1: going to get many offensive nights like that from Josh Hart.
Speaker 1: But I will say this about the Knicks, especially in
Speaker 1: big spots, They're a very intentional team. They have almost
Speaker 1: no bad possessions and they're a limited offensive team, so
Speaker 1: they come down, they're very intentional. They get good looks.
Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen Brunson is just too quick. His first
Speaker 1: steps insane for his size. He gets so many good shots.
Speaker 1: I mean he really does. He can really quickly separate.
Speaker 1: Indiana is going to be a handful. They're long, Miles Turner.
Speaker 1: They had a couple of the best dunks of the season,
Speaker 1: former nick Obi Toppin that was an ode to New
Speaker 1: York on that between the legs slam dunk and this
Speaker 1: Aaron Nee Smith also had one of the most vicious
Speaker 1: dunks I've seen in the playoffs. But despite the bench
Speaker 1: early in the game, I wrote this down the bench
Speaker 1: points in the first half were Indiana twenty seven, New
Speaker 1: York won. So I keep saying to myself, how long
Speaker 1: can New York, you know, keep playing these guys maximum minutes?
Speaker 1: At some point they wear down, but they don't. They
Speaker 1: didn't against Philadelphia and the Knicks. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: self belief when you watch New York like they're a
Speaker 1: very confident offensive team down the stretch. I mean de
Speaker 1: Vincenzo sort of a bounce around the league guy. Every
Speaker 1: time you let go of the ball late in the game,
Speaker 1: you thought it didn't playing with a ton of confidence,
Speaker 1: and that's what winning breeds and New York is playing.
Speaker 1: It feels like above itself. But we have to remember
Speaker 1: are they playing above themselves in the Eastern Conference against
Speaker 1: these teams? I mean, Indiana is young. You start looking
Speaker 1: at the East right now with Damon Honest missing their
Speaker 1: series most of it for Dame, I mean the Knicks.
Speaker 1: I've watched all these teams. They look like the second
Speaker 1: best team in the East. I thought Philadelphia had more
Speaker 1: talent and beats hurt what's new, And they were the
Speaker 1: better team, especially in second half, especially in fourth quarters.
Speaker 1: So you know, I have copious notes here. You know,
Speaker 1: third quarter Nicks, I thought we're getting into a little trouble,
Speaker 1: and then New York starts the fourth with an eight
Speaker 1: nothing run. Then later they have either a seven or
Speaker 1: a nine to nothing, run brunts and hits a big shot.
Speaker 1: So I think it like in football, we would call
Speaker 1: the Knicks a very good situational football team. They make
Speaker 1: the plays when you have to make the plays. And
Speaker 1: that's what I see when I watch New York. That
Speaker 1: Villanova hustle, effort, Brunson's unstoppable gets incredibly good shots effective.
Speaker 1: You know, they pass the ball incredibly well. They they
Speaker 1: you know, it'd be easy to say the Knicks know
Speaker 1: what they're not, but they're playing with such belief right now.
Speaker 1: In the Eastern Conference, I don't know. I mean, Austin's deeper, better,
Speaker 1: has more high end talent, but when I watch New
Speaker 1: York play, I think their belief in a late game
Speaker 1: against the Celtics, I don't know. I mean, my concerns
Speaker 1: about Boston are late game situations. New York is money late.
Speaker 1: They are great late. Just so many big shots, so
Speaker 1: many big runs. People are gonna talk about Devincenzo Miles
Speaker 1: Turner and that blocking call, but he was moving, and
Speaker 1: you know, I think in situations like that, you just
Speaker 1: you know. I don't love at the end of NBA games,
Speaker 1: how many reviews they have, but you got to get
Speaker 1: it right. They're pretty quick. There were three or four
Speaker 1: go either way plays that if you didn't have replay,
Speaker 1: that's all I talk about tomorrow and FS one that's
Speaker 1: all I would talk about. But the replays get it right.
Speaker 1: And the New York Knicks made the big plays late
Speaker 1: and deserve to win. It's crazy, you know, they are
Speaker 1: right now the watch easily in the playoffs, and Indiana's
Speaker 1: got a good team. Halliburton's not as good as he
Speaker 1: was earlier in the season. They've got good length, They've
Speaker 1: got a tremendous bench. TJ McConnell. You know, for a
Speaker 1: little guy to make the league and not be able
Speaker 1: to shoot threes very well, it is strange. But he's
Speaker 1: a bit of a thorn, you know. He he You know,
Speaker 1: you could see him later in the series being a
Speaker 1: thorn for the Knicks. But you know, these these basketball
Speaker 1: games in the playoffs are close, and a lot of
Speaker 1: it is do you have really intentional possessions, and they did,
Speaker 1: and New York's excellent defensively. They gave up a couple
Speaker 1: a couple of open jumpers in the second half, which
Speaker 1: is rare for New York. But you know, I felt
Speaker 1: three quarters of the game, Indiana was going to win,
Speaker 1: no question, though five minutes left, I just felt like
Speaker 1: New York would make the big buckets at home, feeding
Speaker 1: off the energy at the Garden, which is incredible. I
Speaker 1: love watching New York play. I'm trying to think of
Speaker 1: a team that reminds me of this team, and I
Speaker 1: mean that that Miami team in the that was young
Speaker 1: and got to the final against the Lakers and lost.
Speaker 1: That was a you know, you had some youth. You know,
Speaker 1: that was the year that a lot of the older
Speaker 1: teams in the bubble got injured, underachieved, and Miami was
Speaker 1: that rare young team that got into the playoffs and
Speaker 1: just played over at Skis. And but I you know,
Speaker 1: when I watch the Knicks, I keep waiting for reality
Speaker 1: with Josh Hart. You know, I look at his career average,
Speaker 1: I looked at the player he is or de Vincenzo,
Speaker 1: and they keep making big plays in big shots. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm waiting for it to end, and it hasn't so
Speaker 1: big big win, especially off how exhausting that series was
Speaker 1: against Philadelphia. To come out with that kind of game
Speaker 1: and those kind of minutes the Villanova guys were worth
Speaker 1: ninety two points and only sat for ten minutes. Sixty
Speaker 1: percent on field goals, fifty percent on threes. That's crazy
Speaker 1: playoff playoff numbers. That's crazy on a Tuesday night in
Speaker 1: Orlando in January, when teams are coming off of back
Speaker 1: to back and nobody's playing defense. To do it in
Speaker 1: the playoffs is insane. Instant reaction. The volume the NBA
Speaker 1: playoffs are heating up. Man, they have been so good.
Speaker 1: I know it's over, but Lakers Nuggets may have been
Speaker 1: a five game series. It was great, Nicks sixers amazing.
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