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

[King Static X]

before i clicked that link, i was like "it's gotta be Zarba, right?"

of course it's Zarba, the ref born in 1975 in New York, Currently lives in Brooklyn, went to high school in Brooklyn, went to college at SUNY

Zarba was no help for the Knicks in Game 1

 

[THE 101]

And Haliban a top 5 nickname in the streets rn underground classic since the league can’t adopt it

I know Mark Jones would sneak it out if he was on the call

 

[GoldenGlove]

I know people don't watch the Pacers but they did beat Boston in the season series this year. The Pacers are really good and have been for several months. If you didn't know that, that's kinda on you

And the Celtics swept the Knicks during the regular season. Nobody was picking the Pacers to make a Finals run over CLE or Boston before the Playoffs began.

 

[superchoops]

Zarba was no help for the Knicks in Game 1

idk breh, three less 3PA, 6 less FGA, 12 more FTA is some good help

he can't help y'all make them shyts as the Knicks missed 12 that game tho

shyt i even remember the 2 minute report having two errors that were both in favor of the Pacers. mans got a subtle influence

 

[King Static X]

idk breh, three less 3PA, 6 less FGA, 12 more FTA is some good help

he can't help y'all make them shyts as the Knicks missed 12 that game tho

That Siakam/OG foul call at the end of the 4th quarter was overturned in favor of Indiana. That was a crucial call.

If he was Knicks homer, he wouldn't have done that

 

[superchoops]

That Siakam/OG foul call at the end of the 4th quarter was overturned in favor of Indiana. That was a crucial call.

If he was Knicks homer, he wouldn't have done that

it got overturned because it got challenged

 

[King Static X]

it got overturned because it got challenged

Yes, and if Zarba was helping out the Knicks, he wouldn't have overturned the call. What's hard to understand?

 

[superchoops]

Yes, and if Zarba was helping out the Knicks, he wouldn't have overturned the call. What's hard to understand?

you can't get away with it like that if it's challenged

regular season, sure. but ECF? hell nah. all ya mans had to do was actually catch the ball and it woulda made sense for that to be a foul

 

[King Static X]

you can't get away with it like that if it's challenged

regular season, sure. but ECF? hell nah. all ya mans had to do was actually catch the ball and it woulda made sense for that to be a foul

Siakam was pulling OG's jersey, pushed him and nearly kicked him in the nuts

 

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[superchoops]

Siakam was pulling OG's jersey, pushed him and nearly kicked him in the nuts

got the ball first, everything else deemed Marginal

catch that ball and that challenge woulda been unsuccessful

 

[King Static X]

got the ball first, everything else deemed Marginal

catch that ball and that challenge woulda been unsuccessful

Nah, Siakam was pulling OG's jersey before getting the ball.

Anyway, Zarba could've done NY a favor but didn't.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

And the Celtics swept the Knicks during the regular season. Nobody was picking the Pacers to make a Finals run over CLE or Boston before the Playoffs began.

People are stupid

Mazzula said the Pacers were the toughest series they had last year. With experience, it's not a total shock they're back at the same spot looking to go further. Indy was tied or ahead in all 4 of the ECF games last year late. They just needed to figure out how to close games.

 

[Fresh]

You can hide one guy on defense. It's very, very difficult to hide two.


This team was built to beat Boston(which to be fair, they did). They don't really have the tools to beat the Pacers. They're uniquely equipped to attack their soft spots.

no disrespect breh, but Boston were the favorites as 2025 champions, and the Knicks defeated them fair and square, by the time JT got injured that game was already over.

So, even though we're down, how can you logically say the Pacers are a tougher team than Boston

Everyone either had the Celtics or Cavs coming out the east, nobody picked Indiana to be doing this good, let's keep it 100

I definitely admit as a Knicks fan I didn't expect us to get this far in the playoffs, I'm really proud of the Knicks

but make no mistake about it, I'm I been following hoops since the 90s, always been a Knicks fan, but I want to win this game tonight more than any game ever

I am not trying to have our long term rivals beat us in MSG

Let's go Knicks !!

 

[RickyGQ]

no disrespect breh, but Boston were the favorites as 2025 champions, and the Knicks defeated them fair and square, by the time JT got injured that game was already over.

So, even though we're down, how can you logically say the Pacers are a tougher team than Boston

Everyone either had the Celtics or Cavs coming out the east, nobody picked Indiana to be doing this good, let's keep it 100

I definitely admit as a Knicks fan I didn't expect us to get this far in the playoffs, I'm really proud of the Knicks

but make no mistake about it, I'm I been following hoops since the 90s, always been a Knicks fan, but I want to win this game tonight more than any game ever

I am not trying to have our long term rivals beat us in MSG

Let's go Knicks !!

Yea I’m not scared of this Indiana team. They’re not chump by no means but they’re beatable. Series should be 2-2 right now. It’s why being in this position is so painful. It’d be different if we were getting stomped out by a clearly better team.