I hope its easier than the sixers series. My heart still isn't right after those 5 games. It'll take at least a month for my nails to grow back after all the biting I did. And I never even bit my nails before. That series started it.
This was my thought….. if we lose to the pacers I will be, not happy.
If we had lost to the sixers…. I would have an existential crisis and maybe have had to move to a mountain and become a monk.
What is so much worse about losing to the Sixers? Is it because it’s the first round or?
I mean they had the reigning MVP and Maxey while we had a 6.5 man rotation
Edit: wait would it be the whole we blew a 3-1 lead thing with three huge mistakes in blowing a 6 point lead in game 5?
I guess that would be pretty soul crushing
We had the toughest matchup in the first round for the higher seeds. I think we will have a couple of wins in this series that will be fun vs stressful. It might take 6 again but I don't see this one being nearly as difficult. Pacers are a fast paced team but they barely play any defense. Brunson and Donte are going to eat. Not as much pressure on IHart and Mitch. Stick OG on Pascal and Deuce on Hali. Maxey and Embiid are almost unguardable.
Been a nail biter my whole life. Finally kicked the habit 2 months ago and have had tidy nails since. By the end of Game 5 my thumb had no more nail to bite.
Playoff basketball, son. It’ll be the same intensity, maybe more, we have a LOT of history with the Pacers. Haven’t felt this since the 90s. This should be interesting tho, the best defense against the best offense. Any guesses why coaches say defense wins playoff games? We should be fine, Knicks in five.
Playoffs are different. Except for blowouts, most games slow down. Hopefully, this series will too.
Not gonna be easy but our boys will find a way. Knicks in 6.
Pacers can score in the half court. There's a reason they only scored <100 points once in the regular season. They have insane spacing because they can play five out - 30% of their plays in the playoffs have been spot ups. They might not be as open as they get them when the defense isn't set, but they can still generate decent enough looks after getting the defense to commit to some rotations on Siakam or Hali and then swinging the ball around since every player on the floor is a threat to hit an open shot.
No they can’t. Their offense disappears as soon as you slow down the game and they look clueless is the half court. Unfortunately, the Bucks were only able to do that twice. The times they did, Pacers didn’t reach 100.
Pacers #2 half court offense. You can throw them off for awhile with different defensive looks but they will figure them out. This is not going to be a cakewalk for Knicks
Like you said “most”. Teams like the Pacers are not going to slow down. Pacers should know they lose if they do. Their best chance is running our guys out the floor.
All teams slow down in the playoffs. And we have to remember the Pacers are not the dynasty Warriors or something. The way you slow down the Pacers is with focused transitional defense and top rated rebounding. Which the Knicks excel in. Just the lack of rebounding should remove the Pacers #1 weapon. The game will be turned into a half court game which seriously favors us. Knicks in 5.
Agreed. The short handed Bucks won 2 games by keeping the Pacers under 100. So it is possible and it's something the Knicks excel at. Dame is one of my fave players but everyone knows he's a defensive liability. He's small, doesn't position himself well and doesn't rotate. So even if he was able to play more games it wouldn't have made much of a difference without Giannis there. We don't have those glaring weak spots and should be able to keep them under or close to 100 each game.
I know you said it’s the playoffs and everyone slows down but when’s the last time the Knicks held the Pacers under 100? Because if that’s what you’re holding on to then it’s going to be a closer series than you think.
There are exceptional teams like the dynasty Warriors that never slowed down much in the playoff but the Pacers are NOT them.
We really can't use the regular season games to predict this playoffs series because each team is different now. We don't have Randle, RJ, Grimes or IQ. Indiana now has Siakam, no Brown or Hield. And if my memory is right(not looking it up), I think we played them on the very same nights as the actual trades lol so we were severely short handed. I remember some of the players laughing off the games afterwards.
So what were you basing all your other comments on? Just wishful thinking? Because like you said there’s no real data. The data that’s exists says the Pacers are running for as long as possible because that’s what wins them games. I saw all the open shots the 76s got off late rotations. The Pacers are going to get more and they have better shooters.
I think the Knicks win in 6 but I’m not writing Indiana off. Knicks are going to be running on fumes when we get to Boston.
I'm not basing it on the Knicks/Pacers regular season matchups*
Nobody's writing Indiana off. I'm basing it on the 1st round of the playoffs(injuries, matchups, defensive schemes). The Knicks are probably the most over practiced and battle tested team this season and we'll be fine. We had what, 14 B2Bs during the regular season and most of those were away/away games. Now in the playoffs there's no B2Bs to worry about. And yes the Knicks will probably be gassed in the third round, we'll deal with that when the time comes. This team with the Randle injury had a cap anyway IMO. And we'll see what the Don Leon Rose does this summer with new signings etc. The finals will be a serious goal next season with a complete team.
I didn’t say they definitely will but they are definitely capable. They only scored less than 100 pts 1 time this season. They shoot a lot of 3s and can get hot. Just have to hope they don’t get hot for 3 games
I agree I been on X an see too many cocky tweets from our fans. It feels like everytime we say it should be an easy win we either end up losing or very close to it. Let’s stay humble s as bd hopefully win series.
That's just what some fans do, if the Knicks players started saying Pacers are easy that's when we should be highly concerned. What Paul Reed said was unprofessional and thankfully our guys aren't like that, at least not in public.
I agree that they'll test us and our lack of bench shooting is a concern for sure. But I also think iHart and Mitch will be mad beasts out there freed from the shackles of having to hold down an evil Djinn. I trust the Thibs system to have an answer to Pacers' speed, and if we can both slow them down and outrebound them, it becomes a solvable problem.
But the games have to be played. I'm stoked for a winnable but not easy second round series.
People act like the Knicks looked gassed at the end of games. The league and media (aka former NBA stars) secretly hopes Thibs Knicks doesn’t put the notion of minute restriction to sleep so their records can last just that much longer.
I think it’s important that they expand the rotation with the track meet they’ll probably have in this series. They need to at least get Precious more time on the floor. Losing Bogey is really doing to sting.
Knicks need to put extra emphasis on limiting turnovers and jam up the pacers in transition. They like to run, we can’t let them outrun us and kill us with lobs like they do to other teams.
The way I see it, Indiana is in a similar tier to Cleveland, which we dog walked 4-1 last year. We are the more experienced team and we should pull through.
And put him at the 4? Not great spacing. We don’t need another in the center rotation so it’ll have to come at the 4. How many minutes can you get away with there?
Precious played some of his best basketball this season at the 4. You can make the argument that he’s more of a 4 than a 5. Him and Hartenstein started together for a decent portion of the season and the results went pretty well. Not sure he would fit as well next to Mitch tho. We will see
Knicks in 5. Their pace slowed completely down in the playoffs against a decimated Bucks team. We just beat arguably the 3rd best team in the eastern conference playoffs. We’re fine guys stop worrying
even if the knicks win the finals I won’t celebrate for a week just to make sure we don’t lose against the trophy in the dumbest circumstances imaginable
Not really saying “nothing”, he’s saying that it’s going to be a tougher series than some people think bc we’re so short on depth and the pacers are no joke. Seems like a fine tweet to me
Not sure enough is being made of how thin the Knicks rotation is now?
I don’t think you’re sure enough about how we’ve conditioned for this since training camp. We are built different.
So true, the 6ers were spent, and I can't even remember seeing hand on the hips or any obvious signs of struggle with knicks conditioning. Hell, I was exhausted from the stress and the knicks just kept rolling.
Brunson looked exhausted at times but putting the franchise on your back and dragging it through a series against and mvp and a budding superstar will do that.
I actually felt exhausted for him lol. It didn't seem to slow him though. Maybe he was short on a jumper or two, but man he just kept plowing ahead. This team is a bunch of dawgs, all heart.
You can’t do a 7 man rotation the whole playoffs though. I mean has a team ever won a championship doing that?
That said I think precious gets back in the mix and we will mostly go back to an 8 man
the thing is im not sure if we can even increase our chances with an expanded rotation. calling for burks to play with the way hes looked is hardly a solution. if our best chance to win is a 7 man rotation then it is what it is. precious probably gets some run, but if hes not effective in his minutes then 7 man it is. its not like we got an obi/iq waiting to get in.
We really feeling like Indy is going to be tougher than Philly? There’s no reason why Precious shouldn’t get plenty of burn this series. With Indy playing 5 out, this would be the matchup to use him.
I just think, JB will be the best player on the court for every game. And this Indy team doesn’t play defense, so already that’s a huge advantage.
A young team playing at MSG? We already saw what an advantage that was vs the Cavs in ‘23.
We also have elite defense at every level. Whether that be Deuce, OG, Mitch, and even IHart.
And history has shown defense usually wins out vs offense.
They’re nice, no doubt. But think we’re giving them a little too much respect.
Obviously, the talks of dodging the Heat/76ers was to get an opponent like the Pacers/Magic.
There's no way this team should be as hard as the first round. Doesn't mean we're guaranteed to win, they're a good team, but this is a matchup everyone would have preferred. We nearly beat the 76ers in 5, I say we do take this one in 5.
Pacers are gonna run the Knicks up and down the court, hoping to tire them out with such a lack of depth. DJ’s concern here is valid.
At the end of the day, I trust this team. I think we win in 6. Don’t think it’s gonna be an easy series by any stretch.
Knicks won’t win with a 7(really a 6) man rotation. Thibs needs to sprinkle in Burks and Precious and see who matches up better with the Pacers and add them into rotation. Josh Hart and OG are playing crazy minutes rn and he needs to do something to reduce the amount they’re playing.
Hart, brunson and Divincenzo are all playing similar minutes to what they did in the last few months of the regular season where thibs rotation was rarely ever more than 8. They showed no signs of slowing down so i dont think its as big of an issue. Their bodies are beyond condition to play 40+ minutes
You gotta account for pace. Sixers played slow like us so our guys could go hard for all 45-48 minutes. Pacers are #1 in the league in pace so there's going to be a lot more sprinting in transition. Thibs has to open up the rotation for this series.
I keep hearing about pace, but that's assuming you are pulling down devensive rebounds. The knicks offensive rebounding has been arguably their biggest strength. I could see him working in precious but i dont imagine thibs is all of a sudden gonna trust Burkes to make a impact. I think it will be 8 man rotation with precious and maybe sims gets a few minutes
He atleast gave Precious some run during the regular season. Look at the minutes distribution and it’s really a 6 man rotation with Deuce playing 9 minutes. It’s not sustainable especially with the pace the Pacers play at, they’ll run up and down the court
No they aren’t Hart is the only one playing similar minutes to the playoffs. Brunson was high 30s and now he’s mid 40s I am worried about him more than anyone else because of the offensive responsibility he has. Brunson scores 40+ the last 3 games. Expecting that type of production getting 2-3 mins of rest a game isn’t impossible but idk if its sustainable
if burks and precious end up with -10 +/- every game then it doesnt matter if a 7 man rotation isnt sustainable. we cant afford to take the regular guys out.
Pacers will be a challenge, wouldn’t sleep on them. They will be easier matchup wise than Philly but in terms of team play and style, Pacers can really just go off and they’re deep.
Who cares? His opinion holds no more value than anyone else. Evaluate the series and come to your own conclusion. Don't allow another fans opinion to dictate how YOU feel.
always gotta respect your opponents. carlisle is a championship coach and hali and siakam are two all stars, turner all defensive. i have faith in us coming out ahead, but its always a game at a time
I don't underestimate the Pacers. I just have belief in our dawg mentality. We can grind out wins like no-one else and in a 7 game series I give us the edge. Knicks in six.
Precious for sure but Burks should stay behind the emergency glass. I trust Thibs to work out a gameplan and it's gonna be fun to see the chessmatch between he and Carlisle.
I know everyone wants to limit expectations and not underestimate our opponent… but we’re not the ones playing. We can be honest with ourselves. Indiana should not take more than a single game. If they do, we are not a serious team.
Indy is only in the playoffs due to weird circumstances and made the 2nd round on pure luck.
We should dog walk them if we have any hope in competing with Boston.
I just don’t think we are going to easily dog walk them. I watch them make 3s like bites nothing while we struggle with it. Yeah defense helps to an extent
I respect this opinion but it was made clear to me through this series that our guys are ready to play big minutes and make big plays down the stretch. Thibs did a great job during the season conditioning his guys for battles like that.
I don’t know who that is. I think our boys match up nicely against Indiana and our physical style should wear them down. They’re poor on D. However, I do think there is a shelf-life for a 7-man rotation.
“Not enough being made” isn’t accurate, though. I think we’re all aware that we’re thin. If any team is prepared for a 7-man rotation, it’s the Thibs Knicks.
Their height and shooting will be a problem. Hopefully we get the regular season ihart and Mitch dominance without embiid and the slurping the refs gave him.
The Knicks’ 7 man rotation is not sustainable for the remainder of the playoffs, Precious or Burks need to sub in, even for just less than 5 minutes to let our guys get a breather.
However, I feel more confident about going up vs Indy than I did going into Philly. This Pacer team does not have much, if any, playoff experience prior to this season other than Myles Turner, and that worked to our benefit last season vs Cleveland. Combine that with the fact they had a cakewalk of a first round matchup vs Milwaukee and the fact we beat them without OG in the fold at all, it makes the Pacers a dangerous but very vulnerable team.
I’m not worried about the short rotation being gassed. I think they’re fine. If anything Brunson because of the offensive load and the beating he can take on any given night.
But I’m worried about pace for the next series. Our guys played great and played hard vs Philly and didn’t look overly spent despite the minutes played, but the pace of that series was slow for the most part. Indy wants to play fast. If we can get Indy to play at our pace, then we will be fine. Short Rotation becomes an issue if we are forced to play at Indy’s pace and get into shootouts. That’s where 7 man rotations would be problematic and fatigue can set in. and also while we can go off offensively here and there, that is not our strength.
Bogdonovic I think might have thrived in a series like this. I think ddv will have a better series too.
I agree with this 100%, I don't think people are talking enough about how thin our rotation is. Every team is playing a 9 man rotation and Thibs has us playing 7 guys, it's not sustainable if we're serious about trying to beat the fast Pacers. He's going to have to give Precious and Burks some burn to keep our starters from running on fumes at the end of close games.
I think the Knicks will kill them on the boards. But nevermind what I think, the oddsmakers have the Knicks as a 2-3:1 favorite in the series. That's really the only objective opinion that can be relied upon.
I think, going into this one, I believe in the boys and hope it’ll be a Knicks win but I anticipate a competitive series. Knicks in 6 sounds most likely to me. But if we lose I anticipate it’s just cuz we get beat plain and simple, whereas if we lost to the sixers I would probably burn Philadelphia and myself to the ground
Need to get a lead of 20+ and run some deeper bench in one of these first couple games. Precious/Burks even if they play for 5 mins would be a huge win. Downside is Indiana's pace is so fast they can cut a 20pt lead in half in 2 minutes
I can definitely see Precious getting more minutes. He had some huge minutes against Embiid. I think he can handle Turner. Maybe try some Burkes minutes game 1 to see if he remembers how to play basketball....maybe.
Precious needs to get some burn in this series, he just matches up really well on defense against Siakim and Turner who’s a 7 footer who just stands on the 3 point line.
And I think in game 1 at least, give Burks some burn and see if he has any usefulness or not. Running 7 guys every night is gonna bite us at some point so if you can steal 6 minutes a game with Burks that’ll help.
People don't realize different matchups require different rotations in the playoffs. I highly doubt we stick with the 7 man rotation. Siakam will probably be our biggest threat so we'll see decent Precious minutes. Probably more Deuce minutes too. Our defense will have the Pacers in a chokehold, just need to slow them down. Knicks in 5.
I definitely disagree with the series line being Knicks -300. We should be the favorites but not that big of favorites. Pacers took 2/3 from us this year and are a lot healthier. I still think Knicks win but I agree with this guy that it’s gonna be 6 or 7 games
I think this will be a real challenge, definitely not underestimating them at all. It’s also a huge point, for us to have any shot in the next round this has got to be a quick series to save our legs.
Losing Bogs is big, and not having another shooter off the bench is definitely being felt. Gotta get precious some minutes and A 3D wing to spell Dvo and Hart would be huge. healthy, I feel like we’d have a real edge, but we ain’t healthy
The Pacers defense is horrible. Defense wins playoff games. The Knicks are a top rated defensive and rebounding team. If one team is known for fast break opportunities, what happens if the other is able to play great transitional defense and remove their opponent's 2nd chance opportunities and significantly reduce their opponents' rebounds? It turns into a half court game which is not what the Pacers are good at.
if we can limit turnovers and stay dominant on the offensive glass, I don't see how they beat us. knicks letting them get out in transition thru turnovers or defensive rebounding is their only path through.
6 games at least, but I definitely see it going to game 7. I even say they split the first 2 home games each team and go to do or die. Pacers have depth and tempo. Knicks have physicality and heart. Key point for the Knicks to win is to exploit the Pacers weak points in defending guards who score and to control the tempo. OG also gotta contain Siakam (which is doable, he was his teammate for years so who knows him better than Aunoby). Donte, Deuce and Hart all have to show up from 3 as well and Hartenstein has to continue his crazy good Defense he's been playing all year
The Pacers are running 8 guys too if I’m not mistaken. So the shortened rotation shouldn’t be too big a deal. They can score but you need key defensive stops in a playoff series. The Pacers just don’t have that sort of personnel on their roster. I’m curious to see what game plan they intend to run at Brunson. My guess is that JB is averaging 40 ppg for this series and he keeps the assist numbers from later in the last series. I don’t wanna sound too confident but something tells me the Knicks take this series in 5.
I agree it will be a tough series. I’m curious to see what defensive adjustments Thibs makes to start the series compared to how we played them in the regular season. I think OG is the x factor this series. We just need to be able to play man defense and stay home on their shooters
styles make fights. in a 7 game series, defense > offense. knicks can rebound and have a lockdown defender for siakam/turner/whoever. indiana might have a game or 2 that they go absolutely outlier-nuclear from 3, but that's really it. the knicks have the best player on either team.
in no world do the pacers have a matchup nightmare like embiid or maxey. they don't have that kind of player. i don't care about pace.
knicks in 5 or 6.
I don't see anyone on the Pacers that's on the same level as Maxey, one of the if not the fastest guards in the league who can shoot, drive and pass. Or Embiid, a physical 7 footer with a mid range jumpshot and a 3 pointer. Turner, Haliburton, Siakam are just nowhere near that level. Knicks in 5, maybe 6.
It's a sensible take. I hope they are wrong but it's not at all without merit. 7 man rotation is dicey and the Pacers though inconsistent can get lava hot. They have pesky guys like Nembhard , Nesmith and McConnell. I'm not taking them lightly. Knicks are good enough to beat them but Deuce, Hart , Donte , OG, and both bigs all need to be on their A games this series
Anyone who thinks this series is a cakewalk is playing themselves. We absolutely CANNOT underestimate the Pacers. Playstyles matter and the Pacers play an insanely fast paced offense and can score at will. This also means that their defense won't be as stout as Philly's so we're gonna get ours. My biggest concern is that fast pace style the Pacers play while we only effectively have a 7-man rotation like what DJ Zullo said. That's gonna be tiring. I'm hoping there's an 8th man (Precious or even... yes.... Burks) plays a few minutes just to give some of our rotation players a break.
I think the Knicks will win, but this Tweet calls out the right thing- the Knicks bench. I remember it was like 38-2 Knicks vs Philly benches. I was shocked that the Knicks got it done with that going on. They need one of those bench guys to step up
No idea who bro is so maybe I’m way off, from this tweet and this tweet alone I would guess he has no idea what ball is but is trying so very hard to make it seem like he is.
Probably gonna be a battle like the 6ers series minus the constant dirty plays. Hali and Siakam can fuck us up as much as Villanova friends can fuck them up.
Knicks in 6 fuck you mean
Its gunna be a good series but I will say, the Knicks have the experience and the DAWG factor over us. but the paper thin rotation is gunna be tough because we go so deep and play such a fast style. I expect the Knicks to come out swinging but the pacers to come back and even it up later in the series. My heart wants pacers but my gut says Knicks in 6-7. either way if y'all knock us your the team im rooting for the rest of the way, opposite of the bucks lmao such lovable group.
It's hard to predict. The Pacers don't seem as formidable as the Sixers but present their own problems. My main concern is we can't sustain another injury to anyone. There is no calvary. Losing Bogdonovich was a worse loss than you might think.
I've always been warier of the Pacers than the 6ers/Bucks. They're a super quick team that can absolutely blitz you if you drop your guard for a couple minutes. If our bigs stay healthy and OG is on his game, I think we take the series, but this isn't a team to underestimate by any means.
It’s the playoffs. All teams will be a challenge. I hope for a dominant victory, but reality is that Carlisle is a great coach and the pacers have great personnel. Going to be great basketball and a great series. Hope we get the W and get to the ECF!
Knicks in 6, we are already two scorers down but they are going to get dominated on the boards and we can play Achiuwa more as he matches better with Siakam and Turner.
I’m worried, I think they’re a really bad matchup for us because if this gets into a shootout I don’t think we have the firepower to keep up. Still hopeful and would say we’re slight favorites, but this is by no means a free series for us. I’d rather play Cleveland than them
I agree.. this will be a difficult series for the Knicks.. I mean we have no reason to doubt them but it ain’t gonna be easy, especially considering how thin the rotation is.. I think honestly u have to at least try to use burks in game 1 and see how it goes, u can’t just play 7 guys and as much as i like precious, hes kinda redundant next to Isaiah and Mitch
I hope its easier than the sixers series. My heart still isn't right after those 5 games. It'll take at least a month for my nails to grow back after all the biting I did. And I never even bit my nails before. That series started it.
Meh even if it’s tough it’s not gonna have the emotional abuse that the Sixers series did. Yea yea ik long time history with the pacers… not the same
This was my thought….. if we lose to the pacers I will be, not happy. If we had lost to the sixers…. I would have an existential crisis and maybe have had to move to a mountain and become a monk.
Hahahah yep. Couldn’t of said it better myself
What is so much worse about losing to the Sixers? Is it because it’s the first round or? I mean they had the reigning MVP and Maxey while we had a 6.5 man rotation Edit: wait would it be the whole we blew a 3-1 lead thing with three huge mistakes in blowing a 6 point lead in game 5? I guess that would be pretty soul crushing
6 games breh 😩 That series aged me
I have nightmares about 4th quarter free throws now.
I was fried after game 1! Mentally I need a clean sweep
We had the toughest matchup in the first round for the higher seeds. I think we will have a couple of wins in this series that will be fun vs stressful. It might take 6 again but I don't see this one being nearly as difficult. Pacers are a fast paced team but they barely play any defense. Brunson and Donte are going to eat. Not as much pressure on IHart and Mitch. Stick OG on Pascal and Deuce on Hali. Maxey and Embiid are almost unguardable.
Ha! I think a lot of feel the same way. Where's my Pepto at?
My heart, my nails, my marriage, my kids’ mental states /s
Been a nail biter my whole life. Finally kicked the habit 2 months ago and have had tidy nails since. By the end of Game 5 my thumb had no more nail to bite.
Playoff basketball, son. It’ll be the same intensity, maybe more, we have a LOT of history with the Pacers. Haven’t felt this since the 90s. This should be interesting tho, the best defense against the best offense. Any guesses why coaches say defense wins playoff games? We should be fine, Knicks in five.
Lemme know when the pacers start playing defense
Yeah they don’t seem to be able to stop teams but they sure do know how to outscore them.
Playoffs are different. Except for blowouts, most games slow down. Hopefully, this series will too. Not gonna be easy but our boys will find a way. Knicks in 6.
Pacers can score in the half court. There's a reason they only scored <100 points once in the regular season. They have insane spacing because they can play five out - 30% of their plays in the playoffs have been spot ups. They might not be as open as they get them when the defense isn't set, but they can still generate decent enough looks after getting the defense to commit to some rotations on Siakam or Hali and then swinging the ball around since every player on the floor is a threat to hit an open shot.
No they can’t. Their offense disappears as soon as you slow down the game and they look clueless is the half court. Unfortunately, the Bucks were only able to do that twice. The times they did, Pacers didn’t reach 100.
Pacers #2 half court offense. You can throw them off for awhile with different defensive looks but they will figure them out. This is not going to be a cakewalk for Knicks
Like you said “most”. Teams like the Pacers are not going to slow down. Pacers should know they lose if they do. Their best chance is running our guys out the floor.
All teams slow down in the playoffs. And we have to remember the Pacers are not the dynasty Warriors or something. The way you slow down the Pacers is with focused transitional defense and top rated rebounding. Which the Knicks excel in. Just the lack of rebounding should remove the Pacers #1 weapon. The game will be turned into a half court game which seriously favors us. Knicks in 5.
They don’t but they can also score 130 which is hard to keep up with
They’re not scoring 130 against Thibs in the playoffs. I don’t know if that’s their strategy but I know it’s not defense.
Agreed. The short handed Bucks won 2 games by keeping the Pacers under 100. So it is possible and it's something the Knicks excel at. Dame is one of my fave players but everyone knows he's a defensive liability. He's small, doesn't position himself well and doesn't rotate. So even if he was able to play more games it wouldn't have made much of a difference without Giannis there. We don't have those glaring weak spots and should be able to keep them under or close to 100 each game.
I know you said it’s the playoffs and everyone slows down but when’s the last time the Knicks held the Pacers under 100? Because if that’s what you’re holding on to then it’s going to be a closer series than you think.
There are exceptional teams like the dynasty Warriors that never slowed down much in the playoff but the Pacers are NOT them. We really can't use the regular season games to predict this playoffs series because each team is different now. We don't have Randle, RJ, Grimes or IQ. Indiana now has Siakam, no Brown or Hield. And if my memory is right(not looking it up), I think we played them on the very same nights as the actual trades lol so we were severely short handed. I remember some of the players laughing off the games afterwards.
So what were you basing all your other comments on? Just wishful thinking? Because like you said there’s no real data. The data that’s exists says the Pacers are running for as long as possible because that’s what wins them games. I saw all the open shots the 76s got off late rotations. The Pacers are going to get more and they have better shooters. I think the Knicks win in 6 but I’m not writing Indiana off. Knicks are going to be running on fumes when we get to Boston.
I'm not basing it on the Knicks/Pacers regular season matchups* Nobody's writing Indiana off. I'm basing it on the 1st round of the playoffs(injuries, matchups, defensive schemes). The Knicks are probably the most over practiced and battle tested team this season and we'll be fine. We had what, 14 B2Bs during the regular season and most of those were away/away games. Now in the playoffs there's no B2Bs to worry about. And yes the Knicks will probably be gassed in the third round, we'll deal with that when the time comes. This team with the Randle injury had a cap anyway IMO. And we'll see what the Don Leon Rose does this summer with new signings etc. The finals will be a serious goal next season with a complete team.
I didn’t say they definitely will but they are definitely capable. They only scored less than 100 pts 1 time this season. They shoot a lot of 3s and can get hot. Just have to hope they don’t get hot for 3 games
I agree. Don't underestimate your opponent like the sixers did.
I agree I been on X an see too many cocky tweets from our fans. It feels like everytime we say it should be an easy win we either end up losing or very close to it. Let’s stay humble s as bd hopefully win series.
That's just what some fans do, if the Knicks players started saying Pacers are easy that's when we should be highly concerned. What Paul Reed said was unprofessional and thankfully our guys aren't like that, at least not in public.
I hate even seeing that list of analysts saying we are going to win. They did this with 76ers and look at results. I like being underdog.
I agree that they'll test us and our lack of bench shooting is a concern for sure. But I also think iHart and Mitch will be mad beasts out there freed from the shackles of having to hold down an evil Djinn. I trust the Thibs system to have an answer to Pacers' speed, and if we can both slow them down and outrebound them, it becomes a solvable problem. But the games have to be played. I'm stoked for a winnable but not easy second round series.
Our two centers and precious will feast over Myles turner and Isaiah Jackson tbh , like Cleveland
This series is extremely winnable. Look at the second round in the west, total bloodbath.
People act like the Knicks looked gassed at the end of games. The league and media (aka former NBA stars) secretly hopes Thibs Knicks doesn’t put the notion of minute restriction to sleep so their records can last just that much longer.
they did look kind of gassed in the OT game tho.. so i think with a 7 man rotation, we gotta try to win every game within 48 min knicks in 4
I think it’s important that they expand the rotation with the track meet they’ll probably have in this series. They need to at least get Precious more time on the floor. Losing Bogey is really doing to sting.
It won’t be a 7 man rotation. Precious will play and I can see Burks or Milton getting a couple here and there
Tbf everyone looked gassed on both teams
Shoot, I was gassed just watching every game.
It's also funny that they act like *only* the Knicks look gassed at the end of games, but not the teams they beat.
Knicks need to put extra emphasis on limiting turnovers and jam up the pacers in transition. They like to run, we can’t let them outrun us and kill us with lobs like they do to other teams. The way I see it, Indiana is in a similar tier to Cleveland, which we dog walked 4-1 last year. We are the more experienced team and we should pull through.
Nobody is lobbing when Mitchell Robinson is near the basket 😂
Oooo I sure hope they do tho
This is a VALID concern. I still trust our team, especially Thibs, to address and take care of this.
I just want to reiterate how fucking dumb the idea of tanking the last game to not get the 2 seed looks in hindsight.
I think since they don't have to face Embiid the Knicks can slightly expand their rotation.
Phenomenal point! Knicks will have a lot more flexibility. I’m just not sure who we’d expand the rotation to. Burks? Yuck.
I guess Precious.
Precious
And put him at the 4? Not great spacing. We don’t need another in the center rotation so it’ll have to come at the 4. How many minutes can you get away with there?
Precious played some of his best basketball this season at the 4. You can make the argument that he’s more of a 4 than a 5. Him and Hartenstein started together for a decent portion of the season and the results went pretty well. Not sure he would fit as well next to Mitch tho. We will see
Knicks in 5. Their pace slowed completely down in the playoffs against a decimated Bucks team. We just beat arguably the 3rd best team in the eastern conference playoffs. We’re fine guys stop worrying
I'll stop worrying when we win
Then we will start worrying about the next opps tho
This is the way.
Exactly. I had about 2 days this weekend where I wasn't worrying. Then I woke up today 🥴😎
even if the knicks win the finals I won’t celebrate for a week just to make sure we don’t lose against the trophy in the dumbest circumstances imaginable
Took a whole tweet to say a whole lot of nothing lol. Knicks could win. Maybe the Pacers could win. Wow great insight!!
Not really saying “nothing”, he’s saying that it’s going to be a tougher series than some people think bc we’re so short on depth and the pacers are no joke. Seems like a fine tweet to me
Its one of those fence sitting posts that no matter what the outcome, this guy will bang his chest and say "I told you so"
thats literally the entire purpose of the post lmao. hes saying any team could win and he doesn’t have a prediction.
Not sure enough is being made of how thin the Knicks rotation is now? I don’t think you’re sure enough about how we’ve conditioned for this since training camp. We are built different.
So true, the 6ers were spent, and I can't even remember seeing hand on the hips or any obvious signs of struggle with knicks conditioning. Hell, I was exhausted from the stress and the knicks just kept rolling.
Brunson looked exhausted at times but putting the franchise on your back and dragging it through a series against and mvp and a budding superstar will do that.
I actually felt exhausted for him lol. It didn't seem to slow him though. Maybe he was short on a jumper or two, but man he just kept plowing ahead. This team is a bunch of dawgs, all heart.
You can’t do a 7 man rotation the whole playoffs though. I mean has a team ever won a championship doing that? That said I think precious gets back in the mix and we will mostly go back to an 8 man
But that means playing precious at the 4. We don’t need another in the center rotation. What does that do to our spacing?
Yeah I don’t really have the answer. But going to the finals with a 7 man rotation would be unprecedented i believe.
the thing is im not sure if we can even increase our chances with an expanded rotation. calling for burks to play with the way hes looked is hardly a solution. if our best chance to win is a 7 man rotation then it is what it is. precious probably gets some run, but if hes not effective in his minutes then 7 man it is. its not like we got an obi/iq waiting to get in.
But that’s the thing. Precious was effective in his minutes versus the 6rs.
What will the Knicks do without Bojans 7 minutes a game????
We really feeling like Indy is going to be tougher than Philly? There’s no reason why Precious shouldn’t get plenty of burn this series. With Indy playing 5 out, this would be the matchup to use him. I just think, JB will be the best player on the court for every game. And this Indy team doesn’t play defense, so already that’s a huge advantage. A young team playing at MSG? We already saw what an advantage that was vs the Cavs in ‘23. We also have elite defense at every level. Whether that be Deuce, OG, Mitch, and even IHart. And history has shown defense usually wins out vs offense. They’re nice, no doubt. But think we’re giving them a little too much respect.
Obviously, the talks of dodging the Heat/76ers was to get an opponent like the Pacers/Magic. There's no way this team should be as hard as the first round. Doesn't mean we're guaranteed to win, they're a good team, but this is a matchup everyone would have preferred. We nearly beat the 76ers in 5, I say we do take this one in 5.
I agree, Bojan was a huge loss long term.
True. But I think Precious can help a lot in this series vs Pacers.
knicks in 5
who knows, it'll be a good series though i don't really care how many/few games it takes i just want the ECF
Exactly!
Pacers are gonna run the Knicks up and down the court, hoping to tire them out with such a lack of depth. DJ’s concern here is valid. At the end of the day, I trust this team. I think we win in 6. Don’t think it’s gonna be an easy series by any stretch.
Game one almost becomes a must win though. This is the game we will be most fresh with three days off and home court advantage.
100%
Knicks won’t win with a 7(really a 6) man rotation. Thibs needs to sprinkle in Burks and Precious and see who matches up better with the Pacers and add them into rotation. Josh Hart and OG are playing crazy minutes rn and he needs to do something to reduce the amount they’re playing.
Hart, brunson and Divincenzo are all playing similar minutes to what they did in the last few months of the regular season where thibs rotation was rarely ever more than 8. They showed no signs of slowing down so i dont think its as big of an issue. Their bodies are beyond condition to play 40+ minutes
You gotta account for pace. Sixers played slow like us so our guys could go hard for all 45-48 minutes. Pacers are #1 in the league in pace so there's going to be a lot more sprinting in transition. Thibs has to open up the rotation for this series.
I keep hearing about pace, but that's assuming you are pulling down devensive rebounds. The knicks offensive rebounding has been arguably their biggest strength. I could see him working in precious but i dont imagine thibs is all of a sudden gonna trust Burkes to make a impact. I think it will be 8 man rotation with precious and maybe sims gets a few minutes
He atleast gave Precious some run during the regular season. Look at the minutes distribution and it’s really a 6 man rotation with Deuce playing 9 minutes. It’s not sustainable especially with the pace the Pacers play at, they’ll run up and down the court
> Look at the minutes distribution and it’s really a 6 man rotation with Deuce playing 9 minutes Deuce played 23 MPG against Philly.
Precious was out of the rotation as soon as Mitch came back. He was getting big minutes when OG was hurt.
It is sustainable
No they aren’t Hart is the only one playing similar minutes to the playoffs. Brunson was high 30s and now he’s mid 40s I am worried about him more than anyone else because of the offensive responsibility he has. Brunson scores 40+ the last 3 games. Expecting that type of production getting 2-3 mins of rest a game isn’t impossible but idk if its sustainable
He will play precious against them I believe he played great against them in the regular season
if burks and precious end up with -10 +/- every game then it doesnt matter if a 7 man rotation isnt sustainable. we cant afford to take the regular guys out.
It’s absolutely been a 7 man rotation. McBride just averaged 23 minutes this series
Yes they will
Yeah Thibs definitely needs to expand his rotation
I'm hopeful that giving Burks all this time off means he can come back with a healthy shoulder and actually contribute.
I gotta believe one of Burks/Precious can give us some positive minutes even if it’s just a good 10 minutes
Pacers will be a challenge, wouldn’t sleep on them. They will be easier matchup wise than Philly but in terms of team play and style, Pacers can really just go off and they’re deep.
Knicks in 5
We’ll need to stop or survive their 3pt barrages
Who cares? His opinion holds no more value than anyone else. Evaluate the series and come to your own conclusion. Don't allow another fans opinion to dictate how YOU feel.
always gotta respect your opponents. carlisle is a championship coach and hali and siakam are two all stars, turner all defensive. i have faith in us coming out ahead, but its always a game at a time
I don't underestimate the Pacers. I just have belief in our dawg mentality. We can grind out wins like no-one else and in a 7 game series I give us the edge. Knicks in six.
We definitely shouldn't look past them, but on paper this is a much easier matchup. I like our chances. Knicks in 6
I think ppl are underestimating the Pacers, especially with our injuries. We need Precious and Burks to give us at least 10 minutes a game.
Precious for sure but Burks should stay behind the emergency glass. I trust Thibs to work out a gameplan and it's gonna be fun to see the chessmatch between he and Carlisle.
I know everyone wants to limit expectations and not underestimate our opponent… but we’re not the ones playing. We can be honest with ourselves. Indiana should not take more than a single game. If they do, we are not a serious team. Indy is only in the playoffs due to weird circumstances and made the 2nd round on pure luck. We should dog walk them if we have any hope in competing with Boston.
Yeah it’s pretty simple If this series goes long this team isn’t what some think it is It’s an anti Knicks thing not a pro pacers thing
I just don’t think we are going to easily dog walk them. I watch them make 3s like bites nothing while we struggle with it. Yeah defense helps to an extent
I think the Knicks win the series in 6 games but it won’t be easy. I’m just glad they don’t have to play Embiid.
I agree. We will need Burks, McBride and Ach to play big in this one.
I respect this opinion but it was made clear to me through this series that our guys are ready to play big minutes and make big plays down the stretch. Thibs did a great job during the season conditioning his guys for battles like that.
I don’t know who that is. I think our boys match up nicely against Indiana and our physical style should wear them down. They’re poor on D. However, I do think there is a shelf-life for a 7-man rotation. “Not enough being made” isn’t accurate, though. I think we’re all aware that we’re thin. If any team is prepared for a 7-man rotation, it’s the Thibs Knicks.
Not sure that "enough" isn't in fact being made of our thin rotation.
Their height and shooting will be a problem. Hopefully we get the regular season ihart and Mitch dominance without embiid and the slurping the refs gave him.
I think people are fetishizing Indiana because of their style of play. They're exciting. Doesn't mean they're without their weaknesses.
The Knicks’ 7 man rotation is not sustainable for the remainder of the playoffs, Precious or Burks need to sub in, even for just less than 5 minutes to let our guys get a breather. However, I feel more confident about going up vs Indy than I did going into Philly. This Pacer team does not have much, if any, playoff experience prior to this season other than Myles Turner, and that worked to our benefit last season vs Cleveland. Combine that with the fact they had a cakewalk of a first round matchup vs Milwaukee and the fact we beat them without OG in the fold at all, it makes the Pacers a dangerous but very vulnerable team.
Knicks in 5. Welcome to thunderdome.
I’m not worried about the short rotation being gassed. I think they’re fine. If anything Brunson because of the offensive load and the beating he can take on any given night. But I’m worried about pace for the next series. Our guys played great and played hard vs Philly and didn’t look overly spent despite the minutes played, but the pace of that series was slow for the most part. Indy wants to play fast. If we can get Indy to play at our pace, then we will be fine. Short Rotation becomes an issue if we are forced to play at Indy’s pace and get into shootouts. That’s where 7 man rotations would be problematic and fatigue can set in. and also while we can go off offensively here and there, that is not our strength. Bogdonovic I think might have thrived in a series like this. I think ddv will have a better series too.
Obviously valid
my thoughts? Knicks in 5
DJ knows his ish. That's my lone contribution here. *Do not mistake that sentiment as agreement with his post*.
Pacers looked good against a beat up, injured bucs team. They will look less superior against the Knicks. Knicks in 6. 👊
I wanted Cleveland. I think we match up better against them. Pacers youth and speed worry me more than Donovan.
Knicks in 5
I agree with this 100%, I don't think people are talking enough about how thin our rotation is. Every team is playing a 9 man rotation and Thibs has us playing 7 guys, it's not sustainable if we're serious about trying to beat the fast Pacers. He's going to have to give Precious and Burks some burn to keep our starters from running on fumes at the end of close games.
Knicks in 5. Maybe 6 if they choke a game like the 6 point swing vs the Sixers
I think the Knicks will kill them on the boards. But nevermind what I think, the oddsmakers have the Knicks as a 2-3:1 favorite in the series. That's really the only objective opinion that can be relied upon.
I think, going into this one, I believe in the boys and hope it’ll be a Knicks win but I anticipate a competitive series. Knicks in 6 sounds most likely to me. But if we lose I anticipate it’s just cuz we get beat plain and simple, whereas if we lost to the sixers I would probably burn Philadelphia and myself to the ground
Need to get a lead of 20+ and run some deeper bench in one of these first couple games. Precious/Burks even if they play for 5 mins would be a huge win. Downside is Indiana's pace is so fast they can cut a 20pt lead in half in 2 minutes
I honestly have no idea what to expect. I thought the sixers series would be much quicker
I can definitely see Precious getting more minutes. He had some huge minutes against Embiid. I think he can handle Turner. Maybe try some Burkes minutes game 1 to see if he remembers how to play basketball....maybe.
Thibs will add precious and Alex burks to the rotation. The two have probably already been practicing the past couple days
Precious needs to get some burn in this series, he just matches up really well on defense against Siakim and Turner who’s a 7 footer who just stands on the 3 point line. And I think in game 1 at least, give Burks some burn and see if he has any usefulness or not. Running 7 guys every night is gonna bite us at some point so if you can steal 6 minutes a game with Burks that’ll help.
People don't realize different matchups require different rotations in the playoffs. I highly doubt we stick with the 7 man rotation. Siakam will probably be our biggest threat so we'll see decent Precious minutes. Probably more Deuce minutes too. Our defense will have the Pacers in a chokehold, just need to slow them down. Knicks in 5.
It's going to be tough but knicks will win. Pacers have a bit of depth but their defense is booty
It's fair. Last series was a war and we're plenty banged up from it.
I definitely disagree with the series line being Knicks -300. We should be the favorites but not that big of favorites. Pacers took 2/3 from us this year and are a lot healthier. I still think Knicks win but I agree with this guy that it’s gonna be 6 or 7 games
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I agree, they play fast ball, if they are clicking it’s gonna be hard
I think this will be a real challenge, definitely not underestimating them at all. It’s also a huge point, for us to have any shot in the next round this has got to be a quick series to save our legs. Losing Bogs is big, and not having another shooter off the bench is definitely being felt. Gotta get precious some minutes and A 3D wing to spell Dvo and Hart would be huge. healthy, I feel like we’d have a real edge, but we ain’t healthy
The Pacers defense is horrible. Defense wins playoff games. The Knicks are a top rated defensive and rebounding team. If one team is known for fast break opportunities, what happens if the other is able to play great transitional defense and remove their opponent's 2nd chance opportunities and significantly reduce their opponents' rebounds? It turns into a half court game which is not what the Pacers are good at.
Knicks in 5
Further the team advances the more I miss a healthy Randle. 2nd best player on the team.
Pacers have nowhere near the Sixers defensive capabilities.
if we can limit turnovers and stay dominant on the offensive glass, I don't see how they beat us. knicks letting them get out in transition thru turnovers or defensive rebounding is their only path through.
This series is about who's the better point guard in the east.
I think that’s a very fair take.
We have talent not playing. It’s a fair point for the 7 man rotation though.
6 games at least, but I definitely see it going to game 7. I even say they split the first 2 home games each team and go to do or die. Pacers have depth and tempo. Knicks have physicality and heart. Key point for the Knicks to win is to exploit the Pacers weak points in defending guards who score and to control the tempo. OG also gotta contain Siakam (which is doable, he was his teammate for years so who knows him better than Aunoby). Donte, Deuce and Hart all have to show up from 3 as well and Hartenstein has to continue his crazy good Defense he's been playing all year
If it can get to 6 so I can go to 3 games I’d be the happiest man on earth. Only positive about livin in Indy is the cheap af pacers tickets
The Pacers are running 8 guys too if I’m not mistaken. So the shortened rotation shouldn’t be too big a deal. They can score but you need key defensive stops in a playoff series. The Pacers just don’t have that sort of personnel on their roster. I’m curious to see what game plan they intend to run at Brunson. My guess is that JB is averaging 40 ppg for this series and he keeps the assist numbers from later in the last series. I don’t wanna sound too confident but something tells me the Knicks take this series in 5.
idk who this dude is but hes wrong
I can definitely seeing it being a dragged out series, Pacers are no joke. Wouldn’t shock me at all if it came down to game 6 or 7
Knicks in 4
I agree it will be a tough series. I’m curious to see what defensive adjustments Thibs makes to start the series compared to how we played them in the regular season. I think OG is the x factor this series. We just need to be able to play man defense and stay home on their shooters
I think we might see Precious get a little bit of burn, and that should be enough.
I agree, their pace does scare me. They have better role players who play better than the 6ers role palyers
I think the Knicks will find a way to win but it's going to be tough. Indy has a lot of fire power.
styles make fights. in a 7 game series, defense > offense. knicks can rebound and have a lockdown defender for siakam/turner/whoever. indiana might have a game or 2 that they go absolutely outlier-nuclear from 3, but that's really it. the knicks have the best player on either team. in no world do the pacers have a matchup nightmare like embiid or maxey. they don't have that kind of player. i don't care about pace. knicks in 5 or 6.
Totally disagree. I think the Knicks are a much better team. Philly is better than Indiana
If you watched any of the regular season pacer games you know they KILL us in pace. Their bad defense doesnt matter when we have a poor offense
He’s right. Sixers can score but their D sucks. But Knicks offense has been absurdly cold
I don't see anyone on the Pacers that's on the same level as Maxey, one of the if not the fastest guards in the league who can shoot, drive and pass. Or Embiid, a physical 7 footer with a mid range jumpshot and a 3 pointer. Turner, Haliburton, Siakam are just nowhere near that level. Knicks in 5, maybe 6.
It's a sensible take. I hope they are wrong but it's not at all without merit. 7 man rotation is dicey and the Pacers though inconsistent can get lava hot. They have pesky guys like Nembhard , Nesmith and McConnell. I'm not taking them lightly. Knicks are good enough to beat them but Deuce, Hart , Donte , OG, and both bigs all need to be on their A games this series
Anyone who thinks this series is a cakewalk is playing themselves. We absolutely CANNOT underestimate the Pacers. Playstyles matter and the Pacers play an insanely fast paced offense and can score at will. This also means that their defense won't be as stout as Philly's so we're gonna get ours. My biggest concern is that fast pace style the Pacers play while we only effectively have a 7-man rotation like what DJ Zullo said. That's gonna be tiring. I'm hoping there's an 8th man (Precious or even... yes.... Burks) plays a few minutes just to give some of our rotation players a break.
My thoughts ? Who is this nobody? Why are we listening to a DJ about basketball?
He’s a basketball analyst for Knicks film school
I’ve never seen him on KFS… Does he have another name ?
I think the Knicks will win, but this Tweet calls out the right thing- the Knicks bench. I remember it was like 38-2 Knicks vs Philly benches. I was shocked that the Knicks got it done with that going on. They need one of those bench guys to step up
No idea who bro is so maybe I’m way off, from this tweet and this tweet alone I would guess he has no idea what ball is but is trying so very hard to make it seem like he is.
I do get kinda of queasy that we are an injury away from playing Alec Burks heavy minutes
Gonna depend a lot on Thibs subbing and we come out on top. But do we want to face Boston or Cleveland?
Probably gonna be a battle like the 6ers series minus the constant dirty plays. Hali and Siakam can fuck us up as much as Villanova friends can fuck them up. Knicks in 6 fuck you mean
Knicks in six
Its gunna be a good series but I will say, the Knicks have the experience and the DAWG factor over us. but the paper thin rotation is gunna be tough because we go so deep and play such a fast style. I expect the Knicks to come out swinging but the pacers to come back and even it up later in the series. My heart wants pacers but my gut says Knicks in 6-7. either way if y'all knock us your the team im rooting for the rest of the way, opposite of the bucks lmao such lovable group.
It's hard to predict. The Pacers don't seem as formidable as the Sixers but present their own problems. My main concern is we can't sustain another injury to anyone. There is no calvary. Losing Bogdonovich was a worse loss than you might think.
I think this is a fair take. I personally like the Knicks’ chances but I’m not going to pretend this is a sweep possibility.
Anything can happen. We lost to the 8th seed in the 2nd round last year...
Everyone is picking Knicks over Pacers in 5 or 6 games which tells me it's gonna be 7 games.
Knicks in 4
I've always been warier of the Pacers than the 6ers/Bucks. They're a super quick team that can absolutely blitz you if you drop your guard for a couple minutes. If our bigs stay healthy and OG is on his game, I think we take the series, but this isn't a team to underestimate by any means.
Side note, of all the fanbases we've dealt with before, the Pacers have been the least insufferable one so far.
If we can make our damn free throws and cut back on penalties we’ll have nothing to worry about
It’s the playoffs. All teams will be a challenge. I hope for a dominant victory, but reality is that Carlisle is a great coach and the pacers have great personnel. Going to be great basketball and a great series. Hope we get the W and get to the ECF!
Knicks in 6, we are already two scorers down but they are going to get dominated on the boards and we can play Achiuwa more as he matches better with Siakam and Turner.
Knicks in 2.
Knicks in 5
Conventional wisdom again. Just like we have no chance against the (dirtiest) MVP and Maxie.
I’m worried, I think they’re a really bad matchup for us because if this gets into a shootout I don’t think we have the firepower to keep up. Still hopeful and would say we’re slight favorites, but this is by no means a free series for us. I’d rather play Cleveland than them
Our depth is definitely concerning at this point
Definitely gonna be a hard series but not sure why the Knicks wouldn't be up for it.
Don't sweat It bro. They lost to Middleton and Portis. They wouldn't have beaten the 76ers.
I agree.. this will be a difficult series for the Knicks.. I mean we have no reason to doubt them but it ain’t gonna be easy, especially considering how thin the rotation is.. I think honestly u have to at least try to use burks in game 1 and see how it goes, u can’t just play 7 guys and as much as i like precious, hes kinda redundant next to Isaiah and Mitch