This is a total gimme, as the Pacers aren’t even TRYING to win, as they are one of the MOST incentivized teams in the NBA right now to lose games, as they need to get a Top 4 pick to add a top player to next year’s squad on TOP of Zubac (they traded Zubac for their pick this year, so long as it is Pick #5-9. If it is #1-4, or 10-30, the Pacers make the pick, and the Clippers get an unprotected 2031 Pacers pick).
So, well, come on, the Pacers are going to try to lose out from here on out.
So this game will be a joke.
But a joke that the Knicks will win, which pleases me!
Feeling great about 58!
47 replies on “2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Pacers – They’re Not Even TRYING to Win”
It almost feels like preseason in that I’m the most excited about seeing Diawara and Alvarado, and secondarily Kolek and Huk.
Is it me, having lost all ability to judge anything anymore, or is Wally less annoying than he used to be?
Maybe Wally has been marginalized a bit, and was probably told something after the Hali fiasco.
I have kind of felt like Wally has been a bit better this year, although there was a moment where he and Alan were discussing the Bridges shove the other night where we went full Cro- Magnon.
Wally is probably pissed Alan has taken the lead
Btw, Tears for Fears has I hoped made a huge amount of money for letting the NBA butcher that song
Yes Mikal
So good to have Brewn back
I think KAT likes his matchup
Defense, anyone? Or is this exhibition game?
Mike Brown agrees with you, Rough.
Seems like the Pacers read today’s thread and said okay you don’t want us to tank?
I was telling him from the start, Raven! It was so obvious!
Trap game is real
ISM took a gummy apparently
Love that Jose. Awesome. And great block from Mikal
This does feel like an exhibition game.
I think I’m just a little distracted by this: https://jmail.world/
If Alvarado and MCConnell both dive for a loose ball there might be a rift in the space time continuum
KAT’s 3pters lately have no fucking chance in hell of going in.
Knicks tanking for the 4th seed…
KAT needs to screw up his finger like Hart. Worked like a charm for him.
Wish you’d told us what that was ahead of time, ess. I could have done without seeing that open up on my browser. Even after 2 seconds, I felt dirty.
Interesting that you can access that, though.
Who supposedly is guarding Siakam?
Hopefully Pacers sit Siakam for the entire 4th quarter to give the Knicks a chance to win this game.
Man they are hitting absolutely everything
Nobody
Doesn’t seem like the Knicks have a capable defender
“Guarding.” What does this mean? There’s no such a thing tonight!
Doubt we lose this game but it would be nice if we could beat a current bottom feeder wire to wire.
The Pacers really are the Knicks’ kryptonite.
Their center is so bad that even KAT drives by him with no effort! Lol!
They just did vs Washington or the 50 point win vs Brooklyn
This is not defense.
Shamet for president.
Knicks indicating Pacers wont out tank us. No steals, O rebounds or blocks.
No OG, no Mitch, no Deuce…no bueno.
Forget about worst loss of the season this would be the worst loss in franchise history.
We’re shooting 61% and losing by 3
Clarkson enters game.
Clarkson passes to a Pacer.
Z-man, Do you really think we need those to beat this tanking Indiana team? How about some elementary seriousness, defensive effort, and professionalism?
Another example of Knicks playing down to the level of their opponents.
Shamet is the Knick I feel best about this year.
Here i am… for 25 seconds before the break! 😀
Shout?
Well going into the half with the lead is nice, but I don’t think we’re holding them under 100 tonight…
We’ve got a current 86.5 percent chance of winning this, according to ESPN.
I was at that Wizards game. They did close it to 12 points at 44-32, but yeah, we were back up almost 30 a couple of minutes later. Still didn’t seem as easy as it might have been.
That end-of-half play should be burned.
Which is the better song Shout or Everybody Wants to Rule the World?
Shout by many miles. And I’m not saying that I think Shout is any good.
Both are classics but the NBA is using Rule the World
everybody wants to rule the world is some very exceptional theme music…
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