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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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