Comments on: 2024 Playoff Thread: Knicks vs. Pacers, Game 5, Best of 3 Opener, which is kind of a thing

By: Farfa

Farfa — Wed, 15 May 2024 07:33:43 +0000

We will win this in 7.

Jesus Pags what are you doing

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:24:02 +0000

Yeah, but they were playing for that idiotic, insane lunatic Pat Riley…

I’m sure there was somebody (perhaps even a young finance student on the Bronx campus at Fordham) who stayed up late that night typing indignant rants in an AOL chatroom about how Oakley was going to be too tired to stand come playoff time, and that Ewing’s knees (which had already been wrecked by Rick Pitino’s full court pressing) were going to explode at any second #fireriley.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:10:40 +0000

In reply to Early Bird Writes.

The Celtics are also soft… just saying

I mean, it’s Tatum and Brown who are soft, but they are the two most important players on the Celtics, so it’s a fair enough point. And yeah, I really do think this team can beat those dudes in the Conference Finals if the Knicks get there. Tatum and Brown just seem to always play down to the occasion, and without KP, that team just isn’t that special. They’re very much set up like the Knicks. With KP, that’s a whole other element, something the Knicks can’t match. Without KP, they are very “matchable.”

By: The Great Clown Pagliacci

The Great Clown Pagliacci — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:57:54 +0000

This was impossible, but it happened. My confidence is restored. We will win this in 7.

Best reddit comment: “To be fair the Pacers were missing Haliburton.”

By: Ben R

Ben R — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:55:45 +0000

That was a fun game. Good to see Brunson with his springyness back. I hope this puts the Nesmith can shut down Brunson nonsense to bed.

The Knicks needed this win to be decisive and it was. Now Indiana is on the ropes and going back home with their tail between their legs. Good stuff.

I said we needed to kick them in the teeth and we did exactly that. Beat them by 30 despite them shooting 44% from 3. We took 29 more shots and 8 more FTs. That shot discrepancy is insane.

Awesome!

Now let’s take game 6, get some rest, and come back with OG healthy for Boston.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:31:17 +0000

Games like this should hopefully remind people of why Jokic is the best player in the league and the MVP. If anything his brilliance has been understated. 40 points on 22 shots, 13 assists with no turnovers, against the DPOY… I mean what the hell.

By: tastycakes

tastycakes — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:26:45 +0000

I listen to a lot of NBA podcasts these days. The league intelligentsia are generally very aware of the concept “recency bias” and yet continue to practice said bias with aplomb. The narratives shift constantly. Denver had an “easy” road last year to a chip? Minnesota clearly ready to take the leap, favorites for the titles? The Ant-Jordan stuff is kinda shameful for a dozen different reasons, and everybody knows it… but hey, it’s fun to talk about dumb basketball shit! So whatever!

BTW Twitter is poison and nobody should use it.

By: ras

ras — Wed, 15 May 2024 05:07:30 +0000

very funny NBA twitter like a week ago decided Ant was the evolutionary Jordan and Jokic was a fraud

The league punditry has been repeating this about Jokic for what should have been four consecutive MVP seasons. They have no shame.

By: pepper

pepper — Wed, 15 May 2024 04:57:00 +0000

“We got annihilated on loose balls, rebounds. Gave up 20 offensive rebounds and 29 more shots. So, we all own it,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “But very embarrassing. Very embarrassing and a hard lesson.”

By: DRed

DRed — Wed, 15 May 2024 04:45:14 +0000

very funny NBA twitter like a week ago decided Ant was the evolutionary Jordan and Jokic was a fraud