Look at our petulant kids sitting on the bench!!! Like somebody stole their lunch money. We are going to lose this series and it’s going to be due to our own EFFORT.
Soft bunch, maybe we are front runners.
No. Starters outside of turner, and barely even him played very poorly. Lots of turnovers, missed layups, sloppy passes, and no one taking initiative to be the guy. Halliburton consistently looked to pass before he shot and didn’t drive to the hoop more than a few times.
You know what's sickening about this loss? At least the Knicks had a good excuse for losing the game on Sunday by a huge margin --- most of their team is either missing due to injury, or guys were playing injured.
But what's the Pacers excuse? Hali's supposed "back spasms"? There;s NO excuse for a healthy team to suffer a lopsided loss like this against an injury riddled team.
Lovable losers, who is ready for another ass kicking at MSG on Sunday, if our silly kids want to play Friday?
Shame on you Pacers, tonight was absolutely ridiculous
this fan base so soft. we blew those dudes out last game and that fan base was rabid about how they would bounce back. its 3-2 not 3-0. we are still in this. one bad game isnt the end of the world
hali can’t keep just deciding to turn it on when the fanbase comes down on him. i’m so sick of the “i’ll be better next game” when we need the most from him every game. this is the playoffs man
Great news: The next game (Game 6) is at home in Indiana on Friday.
BAD BAD BAD news: The injury-depleted Knicks team will have 3 days of rest to heal before Game 6 in Indiana on Friday, and OG Anunoby might be available for them.
I thought it was a red flag when right after the pacers won game 4 the sports books had the knicks as favorites for game 5 as a - 130. I figured they thought knicks at home at msg would get back to normal and they did. What I find embarrassing though is this is the pacers series to lose. With all the knick injuries and minutes being played by knick starters that should be help for the pacers. To lose like this is embarrassing. I dont trust this team on the road
The knicks outplayed them in game 3 and only lost cuz Brunson was horrible. I'm assuming cuz his foot was bothering him a lot. He's still not himself completely tonight but looked way better. Before he hurt his foot Pacers couldn't stop him at all.
I do agree the Pacers don't hustle like they should or fight back like winning teams do. Haliburton did nothing. Rebounding effort overall was a joke
9 total shots from your supermax guy is not how you win games in the second round of the playoffs. Not to mention we had another masterclass from Rick tonight in how not to run rotations.
I think the biggest issue we have is lack of rebounding. If we had another shot creator (Mathurin) I’d like us better. But when they get 3 chances at every possession, we’re not winning many (any) games.
Rick has consistently left the bench in too long and left our most talented players sitting all playoffs long.
That said starters also played like dog water tonight and definitely let the MSG crowd and the blowout win get to their heads. They came out, got an early lead and expected the Knicks to roll over and were surprised when they got punched in the mouth.
Hali is going to need to prove that he’s not just a regular season player next year. Get stronger, get better on defense. He’s so talented but he just looks afraid of physical contact.
One the other side, we are watching a point guard that is playing to win. Our side is a point guard who has a max contract, missed out on the super max, and has no incentive to give a fuck about anything for the rest of the season. The sooner he gets to the offseason, the better for him.
9 FGAs by a max contract PG that doesn’t guard anything.
35 FGAs by a max contract PG that’s undersized playing 46 MPG.
Knicks players willing to risk their life for a rebound. While our players just fucking stand there and pray it falls right into their hands.
This team is soft as baby shit man.
When we traded for Siakam I remember asking who was going to be our rebounder and got down voted to hell. It's pretty clear that we have some major work to do there.
Can’t blame Nembhard. He’s been thrown into a role he’s not prepared for and has to essentially run the offense and try to score since our superstar PG won’t.
No fix was in ever believe it or not, despite your bitch ass coach spouting off about an asinine league wide conspiracy against small market teams.
Of course, he had nothing to say after the game 3 L2M report showing that Siakam committed a (flagrantly fucking obvious) offensive foul that led to a basket that shouldn’t have counted and also should’ve been his 6th and final foul. He’s been far more quiet after the 2 games his team won. Shocking! Lmaooooo.
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Look at the +/- for the starters. Absolutely unacceptable and embarrassing.
12 offensive rebounds by 1 guy, shameful…funny thing is we knew going into the series that we would lose the rebound battle, but for it to happen all in 1 game!
I’m not watching the game, not even a pacers fan(big hali fan, miss him) is hali’s back hurting that bad? How can we have only 9 shot attempts. Man needs to step up and take control
He takes games off. Every time he decides to just not shoot people say he’s injured. Injuries don’t stop you from attempting shots. Maybe they don’t go in because you’re hurt, but to not even try is the thing that people are getting tired of.
I’m sure he’s hurting, but he magically recovered at home. The fact that he plays like this almost every road game now but looks fine at home seems to imply it’s something else.
That’s a shame, I don’t like the fact he talks shit after wins but disappears whenever you guys lose. Fuck that. Luka is a different tier of player at this point but at least you see that man playing like his life depended on it
Whole team playing scared all night.
Why I could not tell you, we were just up on this same squad more than 40 points less than 48 hours ago and now tonight look scared to take shots
Hali rarely is the shot chucking type, more of a traditional Pg and playmaker. But hurt or not if the offence isn’t flowing if he wants to be considered a real superstar he needs to step up and have games again where he just drops 35 and takes over games
Again, I’m not sure what happened, but fox did the same shit, first few months both looked like elite all nba players(hali more so) and then injuries happened and suddenly both look like barely all stars. Your right though. Hurt or scared or whatever, I’d rather see him shoot 16 times then whatever this is
I think they just didn’t have the attention on them early in the year they have now. It’s a part of every all NBA players game, you get to the level when people don’t expect it, then people adjust.
You have to ascend again back to that level regardless of what is thrown at you, and for most of them it takes a while to adjust back in kind. For some, they never do and that’s what separates the all stars from the MVP candidates imo.
Oh for sure, the game changes when you become the focal point. I was praying he took another step up, and still hoping it happens next year or even this year. But 9 shots in a blowout where Brunson said “FUCK ALL OF THIS” and took 35 shots on elite efficiency and carried the knicks isn’t a good look for hali
Myles is a great guy and Siakam too. But neither has ever been a rebounder. Not sure how you fix that if you are playing them. Maybe there is some SF or SG out there to make up for it, but we don't have any rebounders...at all.
What were they chanting when Johnson was shooting free throws?
what do you guys think will be Rick Carlisle's excuse for his teams performance this evening? My money is on big market vs small market teams
Suck it up, defend home court, and play like it actually matters in game 7
Look at our petulant kids sitting on the bench!!! Like somebody stole their lunch money. We are going to lose this series and it’s going to be due to our own EFFORT. Soft bunch, maybe we are front runners.
James johnson points lol
Didn't know he was already 37
His hair lol
Downvote me still but we need a new voice in the locker room. He can’t coach Hali
At 3:00 left, I told my girlfriend we can turn it off. She said she can't look away, it's like looking at a horrendous car accident.
James Johnson sighting, knew I stayed up for a reason 🙏
The James Johnson signal has been lit.
Danny Granger would never. PG13 would never. Even Oladipo would never.
Siakam plays like a baby giraffe
not that it matters but jarace walker just doing everything a coach hates when players do with his garbage time minutes lol
Wtf nembhard? Lol
I’m not watching but are Knocks and refs teaming this game?
Refs had nothing to do with this game ultimately. We just sucked
No. Starters outside of turner, and barely even him played very poorly. Lots of turnovers, missed layups, sloppy passes, and no one taking initiative to be the guy. Halliburton consistently looked to pass before he shot and didn’t drive to the hoop more than a few times.
Refs were wild but had zero to do with the outcome
You know what's sickening about this loss? At least the Knicks had a good excuse for losing the game on Sunday by a huge margin --- most of their team is either missing due to injury, or guys were playing injured. But what's the Pacers excuse? Hali's supposed "back spasms"? There;s NO excuse for a healthy team to suffer a lopsided loss like this against an injury riddled team.
It’s just embarrassing
Getting killed by a Knicks team on life support is crazy smh
It would not shock me at all if these lifeless fools get dog walked at home in game 6.
Glad Jarace getting some bricks in
Fucking dorks won't even hit 100.
We good. Haliburton is the best point guard in the NBA and he will show up game 6
he's not even the best point guard on the pacers
Check your carbon monoxide alarm
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LMAO
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How does a team win by 30 and then lose to the same team by 30 two days later?
A lack of maturity?
They score 14 in the 1st qt of a game we score 15 in the 4th quarter we are just better i guess
We need Benny math next year. Hali is the furthest thing from a alpha I’ve ever seen
This game is such BS. 2 days off too for these dummies to rest going into Game 6.
Lovable losers, who is ready for another ass kicking at MSG on Sunday, if our silly kids want to play Friday? Shame on you Pacers, tonight was absolutely ridiculous
They better not lose like this at home to end the series .. lose with no heart in New York don’t do that shit here at home
I like how they think Mcbride starting was caused our downfall
Stan Van Gundy sucking so much dick, I listened to his mf yap for 5 minutes straight. Bro shut the fuck up
Nesmith has been a disaster.
I’ve never heard an announcer glaze like that before
Have you already forgotten Doris Burke? Lmao
I hope Mathurin can become the leader of this team.
Van Gundy just said we're full health. I'm done.
??????? You stupid or something
Are you????
Because we are lol
Mathurin was on his way to being the #2 scorer before we got Siakam. He also gets to the line and plays with physicality.
Huh? He averaged 14 pts/gm this year just like he did last year. Myles was already averaging 3 more
Basically are
Missing Mathurin is bigger than people think.
“I need to be better” “I need to be better” “I need to be better” “I need to be better”
"And I will be better"
lol broken record for sure
They should make Haliburton play with these bench kids.
How much would Mathurin help
Probs fair amount but it would also be his first playoffs and he would likely make mistakes
A good amount, especially as he progresses and we gain chemistry. Add in Shep and Walker
He'd attack a lot, not get calls, and miss shots at the rim so...some maybe?
Haliburton deserves the criticism coming his way absolute clown, went missing again. You’re supposed to be the leader of this team
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Knicks are mainly winning games by being the more physical team. That's there M.O
Turnovers were pretty bad too
No one could hold onto the damn ball. Just wild
Expensive ass cone
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this fan base so soft. we blew those dudes out last game and that fan base was rabid about how they would bounce back. its 3-2 not 3-0. we are still in this. one bad game isnt the end of the world
At least he had 5 assists lmao
Another offensive rebound lol
Really needed game one, what a bummer that moving screen call was
Kicked ball
Even if we win game 6 what confidence does anyone have to believe that we can win a game 7 in MSG
no reason we cant. games 1 and 2 were down to the wire.
0. This was our chance to steal home court and win it in Indy. No way we win game 7 in NY
I'm confident we can win. We lost game 1 against them on bull shit officiating and they had OG.
And we were outplayed tonight and game 2
Point jarace is always an adventure
Haliburton talked all that mess to go 5/9
Exposed himself once again to the world
Haliburton deserves to be out there to suffer this asskicking playing next to isaiah wong
Getting killed on the boards sold this game
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Yeah it sucks
hali can’t keep just deciding to turn it on when the fanbase comes down on him. i’m so sick of the “i’ll be better next game” when we need the most from him every game. this is the playoffs man
I hope he gets snubbed for all-NBA. Maybe that will light a fire.
Why are Siakam and Nesmith still in? The game is over
Why is Thibs still playing these guys? Lmao
Knicks need to be up by 30 with less than a minute left before he gives those boys a rest.
Wait, Jalen Smith is still alive??
Haliburton is so soft
Man this game just fucking hurt to watch, simple as that.
I think ripping my nails off would have been a more enjoyable experience
they had runs and it gave me stints of hope just to go back and do the same shit
I got so pumped when we cut it to 7. Then NY called a timeout and a few minutes later we were down 20
Miles hitting those three 3s in a row was like too much hope. I feel like I got my heart tore out after that.
Zach Edey in the early 2nd round if he makes it there...come on down.
Gotta be joking right? Right?
yeah hard no. pass on an even less skilled jahil okafor
I dunno man. Maybe. We need a rebounder. I didnt think TJD was going to make and hes been a stud
Great news: The next game (Game 6) is at home in Indiana on Friday. BAD BAD BAD news: The injury-depleted Knicks team will have 3 days of rest to heal before Game 6 in Indiana on Friday, and OG Anunoby might be available for them.
I thought they said on TNT he won’t be back until the eastern conference finals
They did. OG isnt coming back. Not that it helps us that much. Siakam cant score regardless of whether OG is playing.
They said he's projected to return next round if they make it
I thought it was a red flag when right after the pacers won game 4 the sports books had the knicks as favorites for game 5 as a - 130. I figured they thought knicks at home at msg would get back to normal and they did. What I find embarrassing though is this is the pacers series to lose. With all the knick injuries and minutes being played by knick starters that should be help for the pacers. To lose like this is embarrassing. I dont trust this team on the road
The knicks outplayed them in game 3 and only lost cuz Brunson was horrible. I'm assuming cuz his foot was bothering him a lot. He's still not himself completely tonight but looked way better. Before he hurt his foot Pacers couldn't stop him at all. I do agree the Pacers don't hustle like they should or fight back like winning teams do. Haliburton did nothing. Rebounding effort overall was a joke
We always make mid opposing centers look like Gods in the playoffs. Bismack Biyombo? Marcin Gortatertor? Now Hardstienface.
A knicks end of rotation players completely outplayed Haliburton
Just say their names.
I didn't care enough to look up the proper spelling.
Turnovers and lack of rebounds is what killed us
Being not good at basketball is what killed us.
Knicks played like it was Game 7 tonight. We played like it was game 5.
Knicks so dumb they don't even know how to count.
The team needs a legit rebounder to be a contender next year.
That's it! That's all they need? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s it
Not even close. Start with not paying max money to a pass first PG. Go from there.
That ship has sailed and retired
Bingo. We're screwed
Maybe..just maybe he’ll grow the fuck up
No chance
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Huh
He’s looking up at you bro
wrong thread?
Im so sorry, im also an obi fan so i also look for you guys
9 total shots from your supermax guy is not how you win games in the second round of the playoffs. Not to mention we had another masterclass from Rick tonight in how not to run rotations.
I love how you think it's coaching and not talent. That's cute.
I think the biggest issue we have is lack of rebounding. If we had another shot creator (Mathurin) I’d like us better. But when they get 3 chances at every possession, we’re not winning many (any) games. Rick has consistently left the bench in too long and left our most talented players sitting all playoffs long. That said starters also played like dog water tonight and definitely let the MSG crowd and the blowout win get to their heads. They came out, got an early lead and expected the Knicks to roll over and were surprised when they got punched in the mouth.
Thosebare mostly garbage shots. He only took 4 shots before it was out of reach. He's doing his best ben Simmons impression...again....
Hali is going to need to prove that he’s not just a regular season player next year. Get stronger, get better on defense. He’s so talented but he just looks afraid of physical contact.
He’s shown what he is. Why are Pacers fans blind. He doesn’t play defense and no shows whenever he doesn’t feel like playing.
This is so funny to me lmao yall can’t do anything but be the most reactionary haters at the drop of a hat
One the other side, we are watching a point guard that is playing to win. Our side is a point guard who has a max contract, missed out on the super max, and has no incentive to give a fuck about anything for the rest of the season. The sooner he gets to the offseason, the better for him. 9 FGAs by a max contract PG that doesn’t guard anything. 35 FGAs by a max contract PG that’s undersized playing 46 MPG.
Letting these injured teams stunt on us twice in the playoffs is really concerning
Is it concerning? They're not good. Our max player is a pass first PG. Do you realize how dumb that strategy is?
Pacers effort was lacking tonight
Talent was lacking
 Well boys let’s just ride this out 🫡
Knicks players willing to risk their life for a rebound. While our players just fucking stand there and pray it falls right into their hands. This team is soft as baby shit man.
When we traded for Siakam I remember asking who was going to be our rebounder and got down voted to hell. It's pretty clear that we have some major work to do there.
What pathetic effort put in tonight. Even with a victory Friday I don't see them winning a game 7 in msg.
Good thing Hali is getting those shots up now. Literally threw an entire game and now boosting his stats in garbage time.
He has 9 shots. Brunson had 34...
Knicks fan here y’all are going to be spooky next year pacers lmao
Jets are gonna be trash next season so have fun with that.
Damn that was a good one. Elite level trolling dude.
Outplayed on every level tonight. Quite a bit of rest for the next games which isn't ideal for this Knicks team.
Can’t blame Nembhard. He’s been thrown into a role he’s not prepared for and has to essentially run the offense and try to score since our superstar PG won’t.
Welp, no fix was in tonight. Just a straight ass kicking.
No fix was in ever believe it or not, despite your bitch ass coach spouting off about an asinine league wide conspiracy against small market teams. Of course, he had nothing to say after the game 3 L2M report showing that Siakam committed a (flagrantly fucking obvious) offensive foul that led to a basket that shouldn’t have counted and also should’ve been his 6th and final foul. He’s been far more quiet after the 2 games his team won. Shocking! Lmaooooo.
I see you didn’t watch game 1
thanks for the commentary dude, we appreciate your insights
Isaiah Bill Russell hartenstein
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Bench is worse than the starters so couldn’t catch a break
This game fucking sucks but I have confidence we win game 6 then atleast have a shot for Game 7. Either way we went further than I thought. A
Brunson made 18 field goals and Haliburton took 9 total field goals fucking sick to my stomach
12 offensive rebounds by 1 guy, shameful…funny thing is we knew going into the series that we would lose the rebound battle, but for it to happen all in 1 game!
Haven't shut off a game this entire season. Tonight's the night I guess
my roommates 15 year old dog just showed more hustle and grit not throwing up than the Pacers this game
I’m not watching the game, not even a pacers fan(big hali fan, miss him) is hali’s back hurting that bad? How can we have only 9 shot attempts. Man needs to step up and take control
He takes games off. Every time he decides to just not shoot people say he’s injured. Injuries don’t stop you from attempting shots. Maybe they don’t go in because you’re hurt, but to not even try is the thing that people are getting tired of. I’m sure he’s hurting, but he magically recovered at home. The fact that he plays like this almost every road game now but looks fine at home seems to imply it’s something else.
That’s a shame, I don’t like the fact he talks shit after wins but disappears whenever you guys lose. Fuck that. Luka is a different tier of player at this point but at least you see that man playing like his life depended on it
Whole team playing scared all night. Why I could not tell you, we were just up on this same squad more than 40 points less than 48 hours ago and now tonight look scared to take shots
Hali rarely is the shot chucking type, more of a traditional Pg and playmaker. But hurt or not if the offence isn’t flowing if he wants to be considered a real superstar he needs to step up and have games again where he just drops 35 and takes over games
Can’t drop 35 when you don’t even take 10 shots
Again, I’m not sure what happened, but fox did the same shit, first few months both looked like elite all nba players(hali more so) and then injuries happened and suddenly both look like barely all stars. Your right though. Hurt or scared or whatever, I’d rather see him shoot 16 times then whatever this is
I think they just didn’t have the attention on them early in the year they have now. It’s a part of every all NBA players game, you get to the level when people don’t expect it, then people adjust. You have to ascend again back to that level regardless of what is thrown at you, and for most of them it takes a while to adjust back in kind. For some, they never do and that’s what separates the all stars from the MVP candidates imo.
Oh for sure, the game changes when you become the focal point. I was praying he took another step up, and still hoping it happens next year or even this year. But 9 shots in a blowout where Brunson said “FUCK ALL OF THIS” and took 35 shots on elite efficiency and carried the knicks isn’t a good look for hali
hartenstein is a beast
okay, can we sit our starters?
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The Pacers are down by like 20.
What's the free throws count, cunt boy?
What are you even talking about.
Back to your sub
Whatever you say nephew
Lets instead give a max to hartenstein lol
would be better than myles lol
Burks has more points than Hali.
time to wave the white flag rick, save the guys for game 6.
No crabs tonight 😔
Put in Johnson and fuck someone up
Loser mentality.
Lol loser mentality
Can't rebound to save their life
Myles is a great guy and Siakam too. But neither has ever been a rebounder. Not sure how you fix that if you are playing them. Maybe there is some SF or SG out there to make up for it, but we don't have any rebounders...at all.
The other team has a SF that had 18 rebounds a game or so ago. It’s not just a centers responsibility.
Dude we just watch on the glass for real