Why Indiana Pacers are ‘the better team’ than New York Knicks in ECF | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

Why Indiana Pacers are ‘the better team’ than New York Knicks in ECF | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

ALL RIGHT, I GOT A TEXT LAST NIGHT FROM THE VOICE OF INDIANAPOLIS. THESE SELF-PROCLAIMED VOICE OF INDIANAPOLIS, DAN DAKICH HOST OF, DON’T AT ME, PODCAST ON OUTKICK FORMER COLLEGE, HEAD COACH PLAYED AND STARRED UNDER BOBBY KNIGHT AT INDIANA. SO YOU SEND ME THE TEXT. ALL RIGHT TELL ME WHY THE PACER IS GOING TO WIN IN 6. HI DP. UM, WELL, I LIKE THE PACERS, YOU KNOW WHY? I LIKE THE PACERS DP. THEY MOVE PEOPLE, MOVE PEOPLE, THEY MOVE THE BASKETBALL, THEY MOVE PEOPLE, UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE REGGIE ON ALL THE TIME AND I’M GLAD HE’S ON THE CALL. UH HAYSBERT REMINDS ME OF REGGIE AND A LOT OF WAYS THEY LOOK SLENDER KIND OF FUNKY JUMP TIME. BUT BIG D, THE BIGGEST REASON. HE AIN’T AFRAID IN THE CLUTCH, MAN. IT’S 2 CLUTCH, DUDES. BRONSON AGAINST HALLE AND LEIGHTON HALL BURTON IS NOT AFRAID, BRUNSON’S, NOT AFRAID. PACERS GOT A GOOD TEAM. CARLOS GREAT COACH AND THEY’RE JUST BETTER. THERE’S BETTER TEAM RIGHT NOW. WELL, THE KNICKS WERE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THIS THIS PAST SERIES. RIGHT. I THINK NICKS ARE TERRIFIC, BUT ARE YOU FACTORING IN THE FACT THAT TATUM GOT HURT AND THEY THEY WOULD HAVE, DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD HAVE BEATEN THE CELTICS? IF TATUM WAS STILL PLAYING AND WAS HELPFUL, I DO. OKAY I DO I THINK SOMETHING WAS OFF WITH THE CELTICS DP. THINK SOMETHING WAS OFF. I THINK THAT THE OF LAST YEAR. LOOK, I LIKE THE KNICKS AND LAST YEAR, REALLY DOESN’T MATTER PACERS VERSUS NOBAY UH, THE INDIANA GRAD. BY THE WAY, HAS BECOME A FANTASTIC 4-WAY PLAYER, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO POST UP, YOU WANT TO REBOUND, YOU WANT TO RUN, YOU WANT TO SCORE IN HALF QUART. YOU WANT TO SCORE IN FULL, IT DOESN’T MATTER. HE’S JUST BECOME A REALLY GOOD PLAYER. HE CAN PLAY LAST YEAR. HARTENSTEIN WAS VERY GOOD. LAST YEAR, I HAVE A TERRIFIC. UH, SERIOUS. I JUST THINK THE DAN THAT YOU KNOW, HOW YOU START OUT AND YOU GO THROUGH CRAP. THEY WERE LOUSY HALLEA BURTON WAS IN GARDEN, A LOT OF QUESTIONED HIMSELF. AND THEN YOU COME THROUGH HARD TIMES AND WHEN YOU COME THROUGH HARD TIMES AND EITHER BREAKS OR MAKES YOU AND THE PACERS ARE GOOD MAN. THEY ARE TOUGH. THEY’RE RESILIENT. UH, THIS IS A MUCH BETTER A BETTER NICK TEAM THAN LAST YEAR, BUT IT’S A BETTER PACER TEAM THAN LAST YEAR, TOO. GUYS YAKIM THIS SEAM, YOU MY FAVORITE ALL-TIME PLAYER WAS BOB, LOVE NUMBER WHOLE AND HE AND BOBBY. TO FACE OFF AND THAT’S AND HE AND BOBBY, DANDRIDGE OF THE BUCKS, USED TO FACE MID-RANGE. I LOVE WATCHING THIS GUY AND THEY’RE JUST REALLY GOOD. THEY’RE JUST REALLY WELL COACHED, AND REALLY GOOD IN A MUCH BETTER TEAM THIS YEAR THAN LAST TYRESE, HALIBURTON’S. DAD ALLOWED BACK TO WATCH KNOW, BUT I WISH HE WAS. I DO I KNOW WHAT HE DID WAS STUPID AND I CRIT BUT I WISH HE WAS. I MEAN, OKAY, YOU ACTED LIKE A DUMBASS YOU TOOK YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE PACERS KINDNESS, YOU KNOW, I WAS SAYING NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED PACERS GAVE HIM THOSE SEATS. HE SCREWED IT UP. ALL RIGHT. I WISH HE WAS NO APPARENTLY UNLESS THERE’S BEEN AN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DONE WITHOUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT, JOHN HELLA BURTON WON’T BE ABLE TO WATCH ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GO. LET’S LET HIM BACK IN THE BILL HALBERT. YOU EVER TALKED TO HIM? I’M SURE YOU HAVE, HE IS A GREAT DUDE. LIKE, ALL RIGHT, HIS DAD DID WHAT HE DID, MAYBE HIS DAD’S A PAIN IN THE ASS, FINE, BUT HALLEA BURTON’S A GREAT, DUDE, LET THE DAD IN TO WATCH THE GAME. WHAT A THAT? WHY NOT? HOW DOES HALLE BURTON GET VOTED MOST OVERRATED PLAYER BY THE PLAYERS IN THE NBA DURING THE REGULAR DAN? I WAS TOLD, IT WASN’T BY THE PLAYERS I WAS TOLD IT WAS BY SOMEBODY EACH. EACH ORGANIZATION HAD A VOTE, THAT COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THAT. KNOW THAT 1 WAS THE PLAYERS, THE EXECUTIVE WASN’T WAS YEAH, I DON’T KNOW BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THAT LIST, A PRETTY GOOD LIST, DAN? I MEAN, LEBRON’S ON THAT LIST GIANNIS IS ON THAT LIST. I MEAN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT’S LIKE DATA. THAT’S A THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD LIST TO BE ON. HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE KING. YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HIM? HE’S LIKE YOUR GUY, REGGIE REGGIE, BY THE WAY, REGGIE KICKED MY ASS, MY LAST COLLEGE GAME IN THE GARDEN, UCLA INDIANA NIT CHAMPIONSHIP. SO I’VE ALWAYS ADMIRED REGGIE AND HIS ABILITY WERE YOU GUARDING YEAH, KNIGHT WOULD PLAY ME. HE WAS MAD AT ME AND I WOULD PLAY THE SECOND HALF. WE BEAT TENNESSEE. HE PUT ME IN THE SECOND HALF. I HAD TO GUARD. JOHNNY NEWMAN, A LONG TIME PRO AGAINST RICHMOND, NIGHT WAS MAD. I PLAYED A SECOND HALF CAME OUT AGAINST REGGIE. WE HAD THIS, I TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE. WE HAD THIS CLOWN, ASSISTANT COACH NAMED KAN SMITH, WHO TOLD US TO PLAY OFF REGGIE, PLAYOFF REGGIE, AND, AND FRONT, GARY MALONSON. YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHO GARY MILON IS. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LET REGGIE MILLER SHOOT, YEAH, MCD HEY, THAT WAS A AND THEN NIGHT, I SEE OVER THERE, NIGHT’S TAKING ME OUT SO I HIM OUT. AND I’M STANDING THERE DURING THE TIMEOUT AND NANCY KNIGHT KNIGHT’S. WIFE IS MFING ME. MY MOTHER CAN HEAR IT, DAN MY MOTHER. HE’S LIKE DOCKETS, YOU’RE THE WORST MFING LEADER AND I’M LIKE WAIT A SECOND. YOUR STAFF TOLD ME TO LET REGGIE MILLER SHOOT AND GUARD GARY MILAN HEY, WHY DIDN’T NIGHT SAY SOMETHING TO YOU? HE’S MR. DEFENSE. HE, HE, I I THINK HE HAD CHECKED OUT, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE IT WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE NIT, THE GARDEN WAS PACKED. IT WAS UCLA INDIANA. WE’RE LIKE NOW REMEMBER WE’RE TAKING AWAY MILAN AND I’M LIKE WAIT A SECOND. I WATCHED LATE NIGHT WITH THE PAC 12 OR 10! WHATEVER THE HELL IT WAS PACK 8. IT WAS CALLED, I KNOW REGGIE MILLER’S THE GUY. ANYWAY, I DIGRESS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. COACH KNIGHT YELLED AT ME AND I HAD A SIT DOWN 1-ON-1 WITH HIM. UH, SO I WAS AT THE GARDEN COVERING THAT AND I SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND I WAS ASKING HIM ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE NIT. I KNEW HE LOVED THE NIT. YEAH AND AND AND AND SO I’M TRYING TO PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS A LITTLE BIT. HE THINKS I’M CRITICIZING THE NIT FOR SOME REASON, AND HE SAYS SOMETHING, AND THEN HE GETS UP AND STORMS OUT. AND I WAS LIKE WHAT YOU? WHAT JUST HAPPENED? I I THOUGHT IT WAS SAYING SOMETHING NICE AND THEN HE STORMED OUT OF IT AND THEN THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN PRP WILL RUN IN LIKE WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED? I GO. I HAVE NO IDEA. THAT PROBABLY HAPPENED TO YOU A LOT OF TIMES WHERE YOU GO. WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE? HEY, BIG D. WE LOST MY SENIOR NIGHT AND TO MICHIGAN GARY. GRANT HIT A SHOT TO BEAT US. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME NIGHT LOSS SENIOR NIGHT AND SENIORS IN INDIANA, TALKED TO THE CROWD, RIGHT? ROOM. SO I GOT WOULDN’T PEOPLE THERE AND I GOT TO START MY SENIOR NIGHT, YOU KNOW, NICE SHOT THERE. SO I SAID WELL I GUESS HE’S NOT COMING AND THEN AFTER HE TOLD US WE’RE NOT GOING TO THE TO PLAY. SO UV BLAH. YOU REMEMBER UVE BLAH? YEAH, YEAH, DROP WE WENT DALLAS. YEAH, WE WENT BACK TO SO UV BLAH, YOU REMEMBER UVE IT BY DALLAS. YEAH, WE WENT WELL, SEASON’S OVER, LET’S GET DRUNK. SO WE STARTED DRINKING BEER, NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, I GET A CALL ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER. HEY DOC, IT’S FLOP. GET THE TEAM IN HERE. WE’RE GOING TO THE NIT, LIKE, WAIT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE WE’RE 12 BEERS IN AS COLLEGE KIDS, RIGHT? SO, NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, WE’RE IN NEW YORK AND NICE SCREAMING AT YOU. THERE YOU GO. SO YOU GOT THE PACERS GOING TO THE NBA FINALS. THEY’RE GOING TO FACE WHO YEAH, I’M NOT GOING AGAINST OKC EVEN THOUGH I WILL SAY THIS, UH, MAN, I LIKE WHEN ANTHONY EDWARDS IS ABOUT, AND HERE’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ANTHONY EDWARDS, HE’S HE’S REALLY RIDING RUDY GOBEAR. IN A GOOD WAY. RUDY GOBER’S, GOTTEN GOOD. I KNOW GOBEAR, I’M WATCHING GOBEAR IN THIS SERIES GOBEAR IF YOU WATCH THIS, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A BASKETBALL GUY. HE’S ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT SPOT. YOU KNOW, OFFENSIVELY. HE GOES OPPOSITE THE BALL. HE’S NOT GONNA CATCH IT. OTHER THAN THE DUNCAN AND DEFENSIVELY. IT’S GOING TO BE HUGE BECAUSE GIL, JUST ALEXANDER PUTS YOU ON AN ISLAND AND HE GETS GOING TO DEFENSIVELY, I THINK I I I THINK IT’S, UH, IT’S GOING TO BE FASCINATING, BUT I OKC’S JUST THERE’S MUCH BETTER. I JUST I THEY’RE SO GOOD. THEY’RE SO TOUGH AND D. HERE’S A LAUGH, MAN. I LOVE THE CROWDS IN THESE PLAYOFFS OKC’S. GOT GREAT CROWD. THESE ARE GREAT CROWDS, MAN. THIS IS A, THIS IS A BUNCH OF FUN, BUT OKC’S BEEN SO GOOD MUCH. SEE, THE THING IS IS I WATCH AUNT IN COLLEGE AT GEORGIA AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT HE WAS KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT. YEAH. AND THEN SHAY GILIS WAS JUST ANOTHER KENTUCKY PLAYER AND THE CLIPPERS DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY HAD BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR ALL THOSE FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS. DEAL. LIKE, IT’S WEIRD HOW THOSE PLAYERS YOU GET OUT OF A SYSTEM. DEVIN BOOKER DIDN’T EVEN START AT KENTUCKY AND THEN GOES IN AND AVERAGES 28 AGAIN. LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? WHERE THESE GUYS ARE DO, COACHES, KEEP THEM DOWN. THEY, HEY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DUDES IN THE NBI, I LOVE CAL BUT THESE GUYS, IN THE NBA MATCH HIM, I’LL MURRAY WAS ALL RIGHT. HE’S A GOOD PLAYER AT KENTUCKY. I DID THEIR BAHAMAS TRIP. LIKE KENTUCKY SAID, GREENBERG AND I WAS LIKE 3, 4 GAMES IN THE BAHAMAS. SAY, GIL, JUST ALEXANDER WAS OKAY. DAY, DAN. I DID AN ENTIRE BATTLE OF THE B, ATLANTIS WITH DEVIN, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, DEVON MET OR DEVONTE, MITCH OR WHATEVER. THE HELL. DONOVAN. YEAH. DONOVAN. EXCUSE ME. IF YOU’D HAVE TOLD ME, THAT’S THE 16, PICK IN THE DRAFT, I’D HAVE BEEN LIKE, YOU’RE OUT, I DID 4 STRAIGHT GAMES WITH HIM, HE WAS GOOD. TAKE THE OLDEST ALEXANDER WAS GOOD. HE WASN’T LIKE, OH, MAN. HEY DAN, THIS GUY’S GONNA BE THE MVP. NOW, YOU KNOW, HANG ON HERE. NO WAY, NO, NO. IN FACT, ON THOSE TEAMS, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE BEST PLAYER ON KENTUCKY, THEN WAS TYLER ULIS. THE LITTLE POINT GUARD, HE HE WAS THE GUY EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I DON’T KNOW IF COACHES KEEP HIM DOWN MAN, BUT I KNOW THIS THOSE DUDES THAT KENTUCKY, THEY GET IN THE NBA. AND NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, HOLY MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. EVERYTHING ELSE. IT’S IT’S GOOD TO BE A PLAYER FROM CAL TO GET IN THE NBA. THAT’S FOR SURE. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR

Dan Dakich joins Dan Patrick to preview how the Pacers and Knicks match up in the Eastern Conference Finals and why Indiana is “the better team” in the series. #DanPatrickShow #NBCSports #NBA
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