You'll Need a Pace(r) Maker For Two Harts This Time | Official Pacers (#4) vs. Knicks (#3) Eastern Conference Finals Thread

[UpAndComing]

In front of all the celebs that were lakers fans in the first round

and all those fans who have Nets Kyrie merch outside

Yupp. Something that doesn't get talked about are how many bandwagon Knicks fans there are, grew up with alot of them

Just today I was watching a Boxing podcast, completely unrelated to the NBA. And both of the hosts are from NYC. One of them was wearing a Knicks jersey. He was like, "The Knicks are good again, so I had to wear this jersey"

 

[Don Homer]

You can't use game 3 as an example to call it a sweep when game 1 was much more egregious. Having a 20pt lead in the 2nd qtr isn't exactly a guaranteed victory. It was a 13pt lead at halftime and 10 into the 4th. Pacers hit like 6 threes in 90 seconds in game 1 and knicks missed many free throws. Everything had to go right for pacers and it did. Never seen anything like that before. Series should be 2-2. That was the dagger.

fair point

 

[Guvnor]

Brunson and Kat are great on offense but with no cap space we may have to make drastic decisons. We are in a fukked up postion.

Might just have to stick it out with this same squad and make adjustments and improve.

 

[Womb Raider]

fukk that nikka we were still unlucky with him too

fukk that. Buckets took the damn Heat to the finals x2 seasons after that…Sixers are retarded and deserve to be stuck with Embiid and bum knees

 

[Soldier]

Bad part is if Indiana & OKC both win in 5 we’ll have no basketball for a week

The downside to the set NBA finals schedule

That’s the reason why i want both the knicks and wolves to force game sevens in their conference finals.

And it’s the same situation in the nhl, both the oilers (WCF) and panthers (ECF)have a 3-1 lead in their conference finals. So if all these four teams ( thunder, pacers, oilers, panthers) win their series in 5, there will be no playoff action in both leagues for a week, and the only major sport left will be regular season baseball until both nhl/nba finals start.( the nhl and nba final games are on different days)

 

[Harry B]

It’s so funny to see how many people act like their digital footprint doesn’t exist cause Haliburton hade 2 solid series

Even heard Bill Simmons and them tryna trash every team that passed on him in the draft and the Kings too on some “what were they thinking, everyone could see that…”

 

[UpAndComing]

That 2021 Hawks run with Trae was some "once in a lifetime" shyt and basically ruined the Hawks franchise...




The C's realized IT led them as far as he could and completely rebuilt that team.

Yeah as a C's fan, I knew that IT team wasn't going anywhere, it was fun to watch though

Kind of forgot the storyline with the Hawks after 2021. Was it that it made John Collins overvalued and forced the Hawks to trade him and break up the team?

 

[BK The Great]

 

[Soldier]

The Knicks two best players are traffic cones on defense. That is never winning a title.

This conference final run will be viewed like the 2007 Jazz, 2013 Grizzlies, 2019 Blazers. Random flukes by teams that were never really that close.

2021 Trae Young led Hawks EFC run
2016 Isaiah Thomas led Celtics EFC run

That 2021 Hawks run with Trae was some "once in a lifetime" shyt and basically ruined the Hawks franchise...




The C's realized IT led them as far as he could and completely rebuilt that team.

Pretender/fraud Teams that peaked at ECF/WCF level and never came close again:


1997 heat
2001 bucks
2002 Celtics
2004 timberwolves
2007 jazz
2009 nuggets

2013 grizzlies

2013-2014 pacers
2015 hawks
2017 Celtics
2019 blazers
2021 clippers

2016 raptors at the time…. but three seasons later, they traded derozan to San Antonio for Kawhi/danny green and Jonas valunciunas/delon Wright to Memphis for Marc Gasol, and won their first ever title.

 

[Big Boss]

You can't use game 3 as an example to call it a sweep when game 1 was much more egregious. Having a 20pt lead in the 2nd qtr isn't exactly a guaranteed victory. It was a 13pt lead at halftime and 10 into the 4th. Pacers hit like 6 threes in 90 seconds in game 1 and knicks missed many free throws. Everything had to go right for pacers and it did. Never seen anything like that before. Series should be 2-2. That was the dagger.

Series should be 4-0

 

[Big Boss]

Bad part is if Indiana & OKC both win in 5 we’ll have no basketball for a week

we have the wnba

 

[Dillah810]

 

[Sterling Archer]

KAT got no nuts. Have you been following him before he got to the Knicks.

He choked every fukking playoffs. The Wolves are better off without him and he had a bigger role on that team then he does the Knicks imo.

He is an excellent number two but don't go talking crazy. We either need a better Bench or another star that Brunson can play alongside.

Most teams have two or more stars but the fact Knicks went this far with only Brunson as the star is something I'm proud of though it's not enough.

Brunson wasn’t legit in playoffs prior either so I hear you but don’t agree. Beating Boston would’ve been his stamp but they shyt the bed even before Tatum went down. The best team he’d have beaten to be official would be the Pacers…and he’s gonna lose.

So I put them in the same boat. Brunson may have a better seat but it’s the same trip. Id take KAT at this point. He’s playing better with less usage and a bum ass coach that can’t figure out how to use him.

 

[Sterling Archer]

be viciously wrong brehs

Kat is not better than Brunson, nor could he shoulder the load, nor is he as consistent or clutch.

KAT is not a #1

Kat being more effective than your #1 says more about your #1 than him.

 

[RickyGQ]

Ya'll know what these conference finals have shown me? Clear gaps between superstars. There is a gap between Haliburton and Brunson. Same with SGA and Ant man. I don't care about teams or any of that. If these players switched teams. I think the Knicks and Wolves would be up 3-1. Haliburton and SGA have shown that they are above Brunson and Edwards. Gap may not be big. But it's there.

No way. Tyrese would not be used the same way on the Knicks. Brunson would eat the Knicks alive with the spacing the Pacers have. I still think Brunson is better but it’s alot closer than I want to admit.