NBA Playoffs: Knicks Emphatically Take Game 6 vs. Pacers

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00:03 >> Yeah, and I don't see Minnesota winning both of the next two.

00:07 I would assume Denver moves on, but I'll tell you this Pacers,

00:10 you know, Knicks series, I don't care that the Knicks won by a million last night.

00:14 I mean, Jacob, I think Indiana is probably gonna win the next game and

00:17 then who knows what goes to seven.

00:18 But take nothing away from the way the Knicks have played at the Garden.

00:21 They've had to sweat out the first couple last night was really easy.

00:25 Brunson went nuts again, 28 at the half, 44 for the game.

00:28 He's been the MVP of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference.

00:31 Josh Hart's also been amazing.

00:33 He had 18-11, got some rest after they lost the previous game.

00:37 So, I wouldn't say like the games are coin flip like we're gonna talk about with

00:42 Dallas, Oklahoma City, I got no feel on that at all.

00:44 It just feels like the home team is getting these wins.

00:48 Do you think Indiana wins the next one and then this just goes back to the Garden?

00:52 It sort of seems like it's setting up that way, right?

00:54 >> That's what it feels like to me.

00:56 This feels like it's gonna go seven games and

00:58 I think the Knicks are gonna pull out the win.

01:00 And the reason for that is Indiana just hasn't been good on the road at all.

01:04 That's not to say that the Knicks have been good on the road either.

01:07 I know the Pacers have pulled out some wins over them in their own building.

01:11 But Indiana is just one in five on the road during this postseason.

01:16 I think they won game two in Milwaukee and

01:18 that was against a pretty decimated Bucks team.

01:20 So, I just don't have faith that Indiana on the road against the Knicks can defend

01:25 well enough to beat this team.

01:27 Because the Knicks, when they have trouble,

01:30 it's usually because someone is able to slow down Jalen Brunson.

01:33 No one's been able to do that during this postseason.

01:36 If you can slow down Brunson, they don't have a lot of other high end scorers.

01:40 They have a really good amalgamation of depth and

01:43 role players that have stepped up in the absence of Julius Randle.

01:47 But if you take away Brunson, things get a little difficult for that offense.

01:52 Indiana hasn't been able to do that.

01:53 The Knicks have scored 121 points in all three of their home games, at least 121.

01:58 So, I just don't see the Pacers, even though they have a good offense,

02:01 being able to compete if they allow that many points.

02:04 Because Tom Thibodeau, there's one thing he can do, it's coach defense.

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