New York Knicks vs Indiana Pacers Game 1 Play-By-Play Show NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference-Finals

[Music] Yeah. One time for the city. Yeah. Same a smoke got meaning you pursue at your own cause of a breed to do it how we cover yours around the world’s most famous battlegrounds. Infamous enough. Feels like it’s been forever since I seen y’all. Feels like it been forever since we been here on these ones and twos doing this thing right here. Feels like it’s been so long, but now we back, ladies and gentlemen. Game one, Easter Conference Finals. The energy is through the roof. Knicks fans believing in the greater good. There’s so much at stake here. Revenge. Getting this damn victory. Starting this series off on the right foot in the garden. I’m excited. And don’t worry, guys. Don’t worry. I’m I’m in uniform. Okay? I am in uniform. You know, we ain’t playing around today. You know, it don’t matter what fits we I’m in uniform. I’m here and ready to go. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to NicksFan TV brought to you by Underdog Fantasy. It is your host of the playbyplay CK2K. Right on time as the broadcast is getting ready to set off. Your boy will be running double duty tonight. So, you are going to be getting used to this ugly mug here for the entirety of today. I’ll be on postgame as well. But before that, let’s get ourselves ready for this game one versus our not so close friends in the Indiana Pacers. So much storyline behind this game. Pacers took us out last year in the playoffs. Pacers uh you know, we have the story about the Pacers and the Celtic uh Pacers Celtics Pacers in the ‘9s, the back and forth. We can also go back to 2012 where the Pacers took us out then to avoid the Eastern Conference Finals. Now the Pacers are in our way to get to the NBA finals. Time for us to strike back. I have said it with my chest. Give me the New York Knicks in five. And I wholeheartedly mean that, man. End this and let’s move on. But this series is going to be a fun one. Going to be a gritty one. If you haven’t already, make sure you subscribe to the channel. Hit the notification bell. Don’t forget to like this stream. Shout out to Twitch fan TV as well. I’mma pull up the Twitch chat as well. We see the Knicks getting onto the court getting ready for the opening tip. A lot of keys to pay attention to here, ladies and gentlemen. We need our New York Knicks to start off aggressive, ready to go off rip. None of this playing around stuff. Starting five is the same for us New York Knicks. We got Brunson, Hart, Bridges, Anobi, and Towns. But who are you guys’ keys in this game, man? Let me pull up the chat. Shout out to YouTube. Shout out to X. Shout out to Facebook. And shout out to Twitch Fan TV. We live, man. We here. We here. We saw the Oklahoma City Thunder handle business at home yesterday. And we’re looking to hopefully see the New York Knicks follow suit and do the same exact thing. But here we go. Tip has been won by Indiana Nemhard with the ball early. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s get this series started. The Garden crowd rocking. Nemhard left wide open with the craziest moving screen from Turner. And Nemhard strikes first, getting the first bucket of the series. Bridges inbounding to Hart. You got to love the strong defense by Nem Hart here early, but you got to like the New York Knicks matchups a little bit more in this one. And you’re going to see what it’s going to look like. Bridges with the great fake. He gets the layup and away we go. Bridges the first bucket, which is a good sign for me. As you can see that I’m going all in on Bridges today. Picked him on the P here. I’m going to say my what’s ups in just a second. Shout out to Black Lok with the super chat. I’m going to do some catch up here real right uh next dead ball. And whole teams right now 100% from the field. Two for two for Indiana. Five to2 is the score and the Knicks hit their first shot. Two to five is the score. Let me refresh the scoreboard. My the scoreboard a little slow here today. Josh Hart with the ball up top. Picked up by Andrew Nemhart finding Carl Anthony Towns. Towns looking for Brunson. Brunson with it. He’s going for the drive. Brunson goes right at Nmith. Nmith goes down and Brunson gets on the ball and it keeps going. Knicks and Pacers still not missing the shot. Both teams 100% thus far. One-point lead for Indiana hitting the third the first three ball of the series. N Smith losing the handle. Goes right after OG. OG with the hand in the face and the ball is going down. Seven to four now. N Smith with the bucket. 10:15 remains in this first quarter and both teams striking fast and early. Ojan Nobi with the pass to Hart. Hart looking to get to somewhere. He finds Towns. Towns thinks he has space and Towns does have space and neither team has missed a shot yet. Sevens on the board. Three for three for both teams. Andrew Nemhard using the screen. We know the story is centered around Jaylen Brunson and Tyrese Hallebert. Neither have needed to score thus far. Hallebertton with the rock right now picked up by Bridges. Bridges looking to keep him scoreless like he did in their first outing this year. But that’s not going to work as Hallebertton drives and gets a layup. Great shooting for both teams to start this one off. Nine to7. Eyescoring game early. Brunson step back. He wants to strike back. First miss, rebounded by Towns. Towns now backing down Miles Turner. Skoop pass to Bridges. Bridges makes space. Can’t make the fader and rebounded by Indiana. First two misses go to the New York Knicks. Pacers still have not missed yet. Hallebertton bounced past to Turner. Turner wide open. Not entirely sure whose fault that was, but Miles Turner left with all the space in the world and the Pacers locked in. Five for five from the field. Lead pass to OG. OG. Extra pass to Hart. Hart can’t hold on to the ball. Hart somehow turns it into a layup. Just like he wrote it. Just like he wrote it. Pass Gasi Yakum. Three ball coming from Nith. Yo, the the the the Pacers have not missed. They are absolutely on fire to start this one off. Scorching hot is Indiana. Towns with the easy drive. Can’t get the finish over Turner. Lead pass to Seyakum. Seakum with the step and the Pacers playing with pace and scoring at will. What a hot start for the Indiana Pacers in New York. Nicks crowd needs to wake up a little bit here. Give this team some energy. Towns posted up by Miles Turner. Towns had a phenomenal season against the Indiana Pacers. So you look to see Towns go after the Pacers early and aggressive. That being said, Towns gets a the shot over Turner. Brings the game back to five. Nemhard with the drive. Nemhard, he’s trying to get an open spot. And once again, Turner finds himself wide open in the mid-range and we just leaving them open to get whatever they want. I talked about I liked our matchups, but right now they are mismatching us like crazy getting open shots. Eight for eight. Jaylen Brunson on the drive. Brunson with a floater. Brunson short rebounded by Turner. Hallebertton looking to push the pace. Nobody’s out there with him. Alurn now picked up by Muel Bridges. Mel Bridges looking for the screen. Martin Bridges not sure what to do with it. Bridges now gets the switch. Netany Smith loses it and they call a foul late again. The egregious refereeing against Carl Anthony Towns continues. This time I want to see if Towns led with his body, but they’re showing the replay from two plays ago. Not sure I feel about that call now. I’ve been really critical of Towns. No. No. That No. For once. For once. Towns. I ain’t even mad without Towns guarded there. That time I’m on Cat’s side. Turnover there. Knicks get the ball right back. Hart has he had the whole possession in front of him. Towns with all the space in the world. He gets the three ball and that’s what you call instant karma and he looks right at the referee flexing the three and the New York Knicks striking back 14 to 18. Timeout called by Indiana. And ladies and gentlemen, it’s a fireworks show to start off this damn game. Are you not entertained? 1418. Both teams shooting it. Well, shout out to the chats. Now, let me show some love real quick. Let’s go Twitch Fan TV. We got Rousavv. Let’s go Knicks. We got B Mills in the building. El Dantastico Magic is here. Be Mill said, “Thank you for the jersey, CK. Knowing it’s 80s something degrees in LA right now.” Yeah, it’s also 80 something degrees in this office right now. I’m about to turn that AC on. Uh, I’m stressing hopefully for no reason. Magic. It is a big moment for the New York Knicks. There is definitely reason to be stressing. Uh, Frank said, “We got the worst commentary with Jefferson and Reggie.” Where’s Jefferson? Richard Jefferson is ESPN. We ain’t got to worry about Richard Jefferson. But yeah, we do got Reggie and Stan Van Gunny. That is the issue right there. Shout out to Frank though. What’s good, Frank White? And then and then Magic adding on saying with Draymond at half gh. Yeah, don’t worry. We gonna be muted. I ain’t gonna be hearing it. Y’all gonna be hearing it more than me. Uh shout out to the super chats in the building. We already had some super chats before we even got this thing started. LD with the $2 super CP $2 super with the Nick. He said Nicks hoops in late May. I can get used to this. I want to go all the way, man. $2 from Pat Nation said Nicks versus the Hicks. Go New York. Go New York. Go Black Lorac with the 500 yen. Bonsai Knicks orange and blue heart. Russell Whiskey with the $2 said, “There’s a spammer in the chat.” Russell Whiskey, you didn’t have to donate for that, but appreciate you, Russell. Aren’t you a You ain’t a mod if you ain’t a mod. I got it. I don’t see it right now. So, the mods must have handled the situation. But shout out to everybody in the chat, man. We got my mods and members rocking with us. Will Rose, Kevin Morango, Unknown, uh uh uh Raphael Duna, respect Shaq Ditri, Frank White over on both sides. Whitaker right switch on everything like with Boston. No drop coverage. You can see the Knicks right now started off with the drop coverage and they switched a little bit later on there. The Indiana Pacers right now shooting at will. Uh no limit rush said what WTF am I watching? Can’t they can’t miss? Yeah, man. Um, CK, let’s go. Let’s go. Louise, Lou Boo, Lou Boogie. CK doing his family show thing. I appreciate you, Lou. We here, bro. We here. We here. John said, “I got it. I knew you would.” John, shout out to John Sento. Clap City currently sitting next to two Pacers fans at the bar. I’m sorry to hear that, bro. I got this. This is just for you, bro. Tragic. Tragic. Hot as hell in here. Hot as hell. Shout out to Emotes in the building. What up, CK? Nick’s dream run. Yeah, man. And it doesn’t stop here. Got to keep it going. But we if we let them shoot at will get whatever they want, it’s not going to be a good series for us. Got to guard up. Peace and love, Keith. I see you. Squid, what up? The call to foul on Towns. That was soft. Yeah, they called it late as hell, too, man. They called it late as hell, too. Oh, John Tento on it. Shout out to John. I was about to get him. John got it. See, John Tento, King Mod every game. CK 2K hustling. You know what I mean? Thomas Donnie, what’s good, CK? Let’s win the chip. Let’s go. Let’s go all the way. But let’s start with this Eastern Conference Finals. And we are back in action. Pacers with the rock. 1814 is the score. Tyresese Hallebertton trying to hand it off. He does. is Hallebertton doing a great job dishing here in this one. Others are doing everything right now. That’s why I picked Hallebertton to have a high assist game. And so far so good. Jaylen Brunson trying to find himself a shot. Fakes the handoff. Goes all the way. Golly bullies Aaron Knee Smith. And this is going to be a much different series for Brunson. Brunson had to see some defensive heavy guards with Assar Thompson and Drew Holiday. this series, I don’t really see a a a defender that’s going to be on him like that where he’s going to have too much fear or worry on how to get the ball to the rock or get the rock to the hole. Right now, N Smith has been the main asalent and Brunson right right on Q scores right over him. So, I expect big Brunson games in this series. And Tyresese Hallebertton gets the flick and the floater to go right over Mikuel Bridges. Mikuel Bridges is going to have probably the hardest assignment of this series chasing around Tyrese Hallebertton. Hallebertton having a solid run in the postseason. But the matchups right now, I’m still favoring the Knicks because I don’t know who can guard Hallebertton nor OG on the other side. Both guys right now have not yet to be used offensively. Right on Q. MueL Bridges says, “K, I got mine.” Two for three from the field. MueL Bridges, four points, but I don’t know who’s going to be guarding the Rings. So, that’s why I like the the little the little uh what’s it called? Little matchup of differential going our way. Another foul called that time. I think a hand on the shooting arm from Josh Hart. I just realized that I am I am severely There we go. out of frame. Jenner G here, I see you. Brew crew fishing unknown. Shout out to my mom’s man. Tai 73 in the building. Ow. Commentators talking like Pacers was not going to miss a shot today. Don’t listen to him. Don’t listen to him. We got it right here. What up DJ? Fly this. Go Nick Knicks. Indeed. Oh, that’s my man. I was thinking Van Gooney type Jefferson. You’re good. Yeah, Richard Jefferson just, you know, that frustration. I understand. What up, Samuel Ramos? Hope you’re good. They’ve been calling games very light. It feels like just our game, but I mean, we did hear the controversial calls against OKC. So, we’re going to see if that’s going to be how it goes our way as well. Seakum getting the free throws to fall. Nick still behind now. Four 517 remains in this. Yeah, this is a already a fast-paced start to the game. You’re seeing Benedict Mathan already overly aggressive ref right in front of the referee and no call going our way. Bridges, as I mentioned earlier, I don’t know who’s going to really guard Bridges like that. Uh, we got a drawn foul on Miles Turner. Mitchell Robinson starting off aggressive. We like that. Mitchell Robinson willingly drawing the contact and going to the line. None of that soft hackage we were seeing the last two series. Mitchell Robinson getting himself to the line and now has some free throws. Mitch Robs, we just need you to split him. Makes misses the first one. We just need Mitchi to split him. But more importantly, we love Mitchell Robinson drawing that contact on Miles Turner. Miles Turner really their only key interior defender. And you take him out of the situation and the New York Knicks can thrive. I mean, Obby Toppin checking in, but we know what he does defensively. Shout out to the former Nick. But again, that bench, man. And the one I’m worried about the most is TJ McConnell. Outside of that, Mitch Robinson not able to get either of the free throws. Rebounded by Obie Topphen. Needed him to at least get one of the two. Doesn’t get either. Four-point lead still. Bridges gets killed on the screen. Bridges gets the hand on the ball right back recovers. And yeah, they’re going to be killing Bridges with these screens. And we’re going to need a lot more switches there as Miles Turner gets the three to fall. Turner having a great start to this game. 11 points, five for five. Key player for the Boston or the sorry, the Indiana Pacers this one. Bridges with the left-handed finish and Bridges starting us off really well. But the defense right now not looking the greatest from New York. That needs to lock down. Mitchell Robinson steps into the face of Hallebertton. Forces the air ball. Rebounded by Deuce who just checked in. Deuce McBride now picked up by Hallebert. He thought about taking the shot. Hallebertton is on his heels. Deuce going right at Tyrese. He’s thinking about it. He shoots the fader. Oh, that’s in and out. Rebound by Mitch. Down goes Mitch. Foul called on topping. I’m telling you, man. I know they got the early lead and they’re shooting lights out, but I’m trying to tell you, I like our matchups versus Indiana. Indiana’s going to have to keep shooting at this pace to get this W. But matchup wise, Mitchell Robinson has been through the ringer. He has been through the ringer through these playoffs. And now when you got just a guy like Miles Turn and that’s it. Mitchell Robinson is going to clean up on the boards. Male wanted to make the extra pass. Good recovery there defensively. And I he was expecting Jaylen Brunson to keep going. Brunson stopped. Brunson pointed at Bridges saying my bad. Brid Brunson stopped right at the elbow instead of going all the way to the corner. Turnover Bridges though. Hallebertton finding Nem hard. The defense now tightening up by New York here. Obby Toppin trying to get the pass to uh Thomas Bryant. He’s an underrated big in the league. Right on Q. Bryant gets the pass and he gets the layup. I like Thomas Bryant’s energy. not the smartest of players cuz he makes some stupid mistakes from time to time, but he is a high energy player that can do some damage for the Indiana Pacers. So, we got to keep an eye on him as well. Josh Hart finding Jaylen Brunson. Screen set there from Robinson. Brunson not using it. He’s one-on-one with Nem Hard. Step back three ball. Brunson right now trying to get that first three to fall for the Garden crowd to go crazy over. Hasn’t happened yet. Ridges staying strong on Hallebertton. Hallebertton getting the ball right back. Moving screen from Obie to no call there. Hallebertton with the pass out to Obie. Obie for three. We know Obie’s not a fan of these MSG rims. Shooting just like he did in the Knicks uniform, but it’s still early. Let me let me let me not let me not hate on our boy Obie Topping. Game in the building said, “What up game hunt? Hope you’re good, bro.” Sweet the Pacers back to Miller’s house. Got to get that lead back first before we talk about sweeping. Goot said, “We are playing the Pacers pace. Not feeling it so far. We got to slow everything down.” Honestly, I’m not I’m not worried about it. I’m going to be real. Pacers right now are doing a great job because they have not missed many shots early in the early going. The minute the Knicks start to play physical and get those stops, make them uncomfortable. I like our odds, man. Pace is doing what they’re supposed to do and they’re just holding on to a seven-point lead. We’ll be all right. We’ll be all right. Jimmy, UCLA Pacers can’t sustain the shoot. That’s what I’m saying. That’s what I’m saying. You’re seeing the You’re seeing the defense starting to muck it up a little bit. I’m okay. I’m okay. Great start from Indiana. Not taking anything away from it, but I’m not going to bet any money that they going to keep that going throughout the entirety of this game. Mind your business said Indie subbed in four guys already. Mhm. Unlimited unbox said, “I don’t like this match up for us.” I love it. I love it, man. I love it. I love it. See, let’s be honest. We always play from behind. I’m fine where we are right now. They at 80%. Yeah, man. If the Pacers can keep this shooting throughout the entirety of this game, then I will I will take that L. I’ll say they got it, but I I don’t feel like that’s going to be the case. We are doing just fine. Just got to keep it close and stay in it. Hey man, this Knicks versus Pacers account mad annoying and it’s just a bunch of different ones. John Tento’s on the case. So, shout out to John Tento. I’m good. Boston thought sameish. They and lost. They can’t keep hitting at that pace. Amen. Shout out to Chuck D in the building. Chuck Ding it down for Nicks Fan TV, the legend looking to see the championship. Another one. We are on a good pace, but we got to get through this series. Can’t can’t look past it. Got to get through it. Shout out to the water jug, CK. You see it? Water just been through it, man. But you, you know, you know what I’m saying? You know what I’m saying? You know what I’m saying? Everywhere we go, you know what I’m saying? Blackness said, “Y’all know you doing good when spammers start to infiltrate.” Yeah, man. I’m just trying to figure out how many accounts like is it really worth it because Jean Tento is just a click of a button out of there. Dev says CK we got to muck it up and slow the game down. I don’t necessarily believe we need to slow it down. I think I’m more more on our defense needing to tighten up. I think we can play their pace, but I don’t think we have to play their pace. Be Mill says, “Shout to Chuck D wearing Knicks Fan TV merch on Breakfast Club.” Yeah, man. Chuck D holds it down wherever he’s at, man. Real one. The realest. To have a legend on our in our corner is beyond beyond a pleasure, man. the shot to the legend and Brunson gets absolutely myrtalized from TJ McConnell. His first thing he does as he steps onto the court fouling Jaylen Brunson. We love to see that. Will Admer say salute to my guy CK. Peace to the chat. Nick Fan TV Nicks tape the NBA report. Shout out to you Will Ladimer. Hope all is well. 245 remains. Brunson had some space likes not to take the shot. What a cross mid-range pull. Brunson just cannot find a bucket, but Robinson cleaning up the offensive boards. A three ball for Deuce McBride. And like I said, Robinson has been through the ringer. This very thin Pacers interior is nothing for Mitch Rob. But what a take there from Obie Toppin. Obie Toppin lays it up right over Josh Hart like he didn’t exist. Six-point game. Screen set there. Brunson still trying to find this shot. Hart left wide open for three. We saw the video of him working on that shot. And it seems like it has been working in his favor cuz we know teams are going to leave him open. Deuce McBride. Great recovery. Obie Topphen and Josh Hart. That’s the matchup I might not be the biggest fan of here, but Tom Thibido going to rock with it. Hart’s keeping up on Hallebertton. Extra pass now. Tophin goes right at Bridges. Ends up out of bounds. Thomas Bryant can hit those. Misses that one. Rebounded by Bridges. Nicks now with an opportunity to tie or cut the lead down to one. Bridges going right at Obie. Step back. Obie not ready for it. Muel Bridges. One-point game. Listen. Look, man. Y’all ain’t trying to hear me when I tell you who is going to be guarding Muel Bridges in the Pacer uniform. TJ McConnell though draws the foul. I think that’s going to be on Brunson. Brunson beginning this first. But this is my point, man. Who is guarding Mikuel Bridges over on this side, man? And OG Wait for OG to get things going, too. They don’t have a matchup for our wings. Look at Obie going, man. Obie out the picture by the time uh MueL stepped back for the fader. I like our m our matchups, man. PJ McConnell missing the first free throw. Believe in our team, Knicks fans. Believe in our team. Come on, man. Believe in our team. We good. McConnell trying to extend his lead to a two-point lead. TJ McConnell has not done much as he stepped onto the court. Early foul, missing his first free throw and gets the second one to fall. Two-point game. Tyresese Hallebertton having a quiet one as well. The defense beenounding Hallebertton. I don’t think he see on the other side of things. Hallebertton really hasn’t seen the toughest of defensive opponents in his early start of the playoffs. Alioop to Mitchell Robinson. What a pick and roll between Brunson and Mitch. Gotham lob going the way of blockchess. I said this in the last post game. Mitch right. Oh, another miss. Obie Topic can’t get the layup right over Jaylen Brunson. Nicks have an opportunity to take the lead back. Bounce pass Brunson for the floater. He gets fouled by Obie at insult to injury. Brunson with a little stinger on the back of his neck. Hit from Obie Topphen. Jaylen Brunson who is going to be a part of WWE 2K25. He needs to learn how to take a bump a little bit better than that. He didn’t tuck the neck. Gets hit there from Obie Topphen. He didn’t tuck the neck. gets hit by the stansion. Jaylen Brunson will power through it. That’s what he does, man. Brunson shaking it off, going to the line to give the Knicks their first lead of the game. Have been trailing the entire way. I’m telling you guys, man. Like, who is guarding Brunson on this team? Who is guarding MueL Bridges on this team? Like, who who’s guarding these guys, man? I’m I’m trying to tell y’all. I like our matchups. They got weapons. They got shooters. That’s fine. But let Mitchell Robinson get get his seed legs together and figure out Miles Turner. You know what I mean? Tyresese Hallebertton, he’s going to get his the way he wants to get his. Fine. But Muel Bridg is going to slow him down. Halbert not having the greatest game right now. I’m not worried about the matchups, man. Defense is going to be the biggest key for the New York Knicks in this series. We have to be in tune defensively. And I have no issue. I have no worries. That’s why I confidently believe the Knicks can get this in five. I have no problem being wrong about that, but I confidently feel like we can get this in five. Man, our road compared to the Pacers road to this point has been way way tougher. Mitchell Robinson gets taken down and takes down two Pacers with him. Mitch on the way back out. Ty uh TJ McConnell trying to speed to the bucket. He will. And Josh Hart, if he was Oh, he should have inbound the ball there. But Jaylen Brunson though, man, not the strongest start for him either though, missing one of the two free throws. Also not hitting at a high rate to start this game off. We know Brunson is more of a closer and he said CK I get mine. Gets the layup to fall right. Shout man TV said get the broom out. Yeah, I said it. Two dollar super and the guard crowd with some energy. TJ McConnell on the drive. Good deep. Mitchell Robinson gets the steal. Knicks have an opportunity for the final shot. Knicks right now flexing their defensive guns. 5 seconds remain in the quarter. Extra pass. Hart with the strong drive. He goes for the tough layup. He’s fouled and free throws go Hart’s way to extend the lead to three and giving the Pacers one more final shot before the second quarter. Our playoff journey just means something, people. We went through physicality in a young and upcoming Detroit Pistons. We went through the defending champion Boston Celtics. We’re prepared for these moments, man. But we ain’t prepared for no damn free throws. Golly, man. What the heck? We ain’t prepared for no damn free throws, man. Oh my god. No way. Damn. D7 Art gets the second one to fall. Mitchell Robinson. Wait, what just happened? That the first quarter is not over. No, wait. They didn’t inbound. There’s a clock. There’s a clock mistake. Yeah, there should be 1.2 on the clock. Yeah, Mitch. Look at them. They throw Look at Look at the bodies they sending to Mitch. Who? Who? Y’all trying to tell me y’all worry about matchups. Come on, man. Lock in defensively. N Smith throwing up a prayer that doesn’t go down. And the Knicks with the two-point lead. Should have been more than that if we made our damn free throws, but you know, it is what it is. You see what they trying to do with Mitch, man. I’m going to need Carl Towns to get the same memo, though. I’m going to need Cat to go out there and play big as well, bro. They got nothing for y’all. Got bodies falling all over the place trying to guard Mitch, man. Cat, I need that same energy when you get back out on that floor, please. Come on, man. I see. Oh, you have one, Magic. But I got Let me Let me remember how to Discord Magic. Uh, hey, uh, did you did you did you already send it to me, Magic, I appreciate you. Yeah, if you got if you got a clean one. Yeah, send it to me and I’ll I’ll have to relog back on the Discord and get that on. Shout out to the Shout out to the CK2K Discord. I know they I know I’m being cussed out over there, bro. I’ve been locked in, man. I ain’t getting no haircuts. I’m locked in. This This is the run, man. I feel I feel it. Finals on the way, man. I’m locked in over here, man. Had to lock in. We had to lock in. Uh Bob, shout out to everyone at Jennery. Yes, sir. Uh unknown. And we didn’t have Mitch against Indie last year. Chuck, remind them, man. Remind them, Chuck. They shot perfectly and still lost the quarter. G. Nice. Come on, man. And I wasn’t phased one bit. It’s a long series. Pacers are going to get their moments. They’re going to have their runs. They’re going to be hitting shots like that. And look, it’s not over. But if you want to ask me how I feel about our matchups, how I feel, I I feel good, man. I do. I do. We’ve been through the ring and we’re prepared for this. Everybody was celebrating. Jaylen Brunson did not crack a smile after we beat the Celtics, man. We’re ready for this. Tell Alejandro said smoking on that Pistons back. Smoking on that Seldon’s back. A little premature, but smoking on that Pacers back. Something about TJ McConnell makes me want to slap the family show out of him. I feel that. You send it a wild bat magic. Okay. All right. All right. It’s on me. It’s on me. All right. Let me hold on. John Globe, I appreciate the super. Let me read Let me read these supers real quick. Cynthia said, “Preach. I’m I’m out here. I’m feeling good, man. I’m feeling good.” Nick’s going to They going to back me up. All right. Scully man was the last one I read. Pass Nation with another $2 super. He said, “Solid first. Defense and physicality needs to be up.” Amen. That’s it. That’s it. We got to play our way. John Global with the $5 super says CK looking good. Everyone activated. Need to get OG going. Then we all locked in. Indie will cool off and we are winning. Let’s effing go next. That’s the biggest key. Defense. I’m not worried about the offensive end. I’m not. I’m not. I love our opportunities. I love our matchups. I can’t say it enough. But defense is where we got to figure it out. We got to keep Tyresese Hallebertton at bay. Keep him slow. We cannot keep giving Miles Turner these open opportunities. At least make things uncomfortable him. They don’t like being uncomfortable in Indiana. They like the easy buckets. They like to play in pace. Make them uncomfortable. And that’s what we do best. And we’re going to give ourselves the best shot to get on to the NBA finals. Defense and physicality, man. Jesus with the $5 super said, “The Pacers never really got tested going back last year. We built for this.” Amen, man. Come on, man. One quarter down. Pacers going to fight back. God expected. Blackness with $5 super said, “We wasn’t tough enough to beat Detroit. We wasn’t consistent enough to beat Boston. Now we need to stay awake. 48 to get through Indie. Turnover there by the New York Knicks by the way. This journey sweet. Amen. Will Ladimer with the $5 super said uh finals on the way. We are built for this. Salute to Chuck D. Repping the squad on the Breakfast Club. Yep. PE is in the chat for Chuck D. Holding it down, man. Melo and Jr sitting together. You mean Earl? Yeah, Earl. That’s my guy. Earl, bro. Bending Mattherin going up for his first shot. Clankton and the Pacers get the long rebound. Seakum back to Matin. Campaign tried to go for a charge there. Instead, he gets bumped and they’re going to call a foul off that. Matin with the easiest and one. campaign back to doing what he does and that is uh start runs for the opposing team. Tragic. Tragic. I really thought Tibs was gonna Tibs was going to shift, bro. I I really thought I’m like, “All right, we saw we you know, we we got the campaign experience. Let’s, you know, and I get the idea. You want campaign out there, you know, so he can match the pace. You know, he could play fast. That’s what he does. He likes to push the pace. I get that. But there’s just too many boneheaded plays at this time of the the the season for me to even give him minutes. Give me Delon right, bro. Please. OG with the step back pull and laces the three ball. OG Anobi a scorer this season. We need to see that. We saw a great game one out of OG in the last series and then he really fell flat the majority. And look at how TJ McCarl just went right past Cam. Get him out of the game, please. Tibs, what are we doing? Oh, look at Deuce. Extra pass. OG wants another one. It’s going to be short rebound by McConnell. You see, you see Bridges pointing at McConnell. Dunham, get on him. Bridges then tries to step up and picking up. And TJ McConnell now getting buckets at will. 4139 two-point game. 14 bench points for the Indiana Pacers. Mikuel Bridges with this. Oh my gosh, what a move by Mikuel. Muel Bridges off to a great start here in this series. Campaign gets beat again. Bridges having to help him out. Two players guarding TJ McConnell. Campaign cannot stay in front of him to save his life. Bridges there getting the block from behind. Ojan Nobi losing the handle against his former teammate. Seakum. Here go the Pacers in pace. Seakum with the layup. And there goes Campaign going flying. Campaign taking out the cameraman. What is Why? Why is Campaign out there, chat? Help me. Campaign has not done anything beneficial since he’s checked into the game. He’s getting killed by TJ McConnell. Taken out cameraman. Fouled early. What What is campaign’s point right now? Shout out to campaign. Great hype man. Great teammate. But you know, we got to get him out the game. Tibs. Tibs, please. Oh my gosh. Ain’t been one thing positive since Pay checked into the game, bro. Why? I just He He has been the catalyst at starting runs for the opposing teams since game three. No. Game two, bro, of of the Celtics series. Peace and love, man. Pay a got to go in the trunk, man. Cameron said, “Master Splinter needs to park it on the bench for real.” Oh my goodness. Tibid though. Tips D Soul said he’s the weak link, bro. For real, man. And TJ sees it. There’s no way we should have it. We should be here having to double team TJ McConnell. Above the rim member for five months. He said no more campaign. No more. No more. No more. No more. No more. No more. Oh my goodness. Cynthia like the matches. Yeah. Game has been calling him Master Splinter all season. Yeah, that’s a phenomenal nickname. Master Splinter and Split and Sid from Ice Age. Those are the two best ones for campaign. Magic said word put Sham in. Damn right. I’ll take Sham. I I mean to me the Wright just makes sense for this series. I’ll take Sham. You got Bridges handling the ball anyway. You can run Bridges, Deuce, and Shamut. Shamid still can be off ball. Queens agreeing. Queen saying, “Play the long right ASAP.” What up, White Money CK? What up? Let’s go next. Amen. Let’s go. Let’s go. Oh my goodness. I don’t mean to complain, but Cameron P. Golly, my boy checked in just to get cooked. Dookie said give a one hard foul on TJ coming in the paint. He going to learn that camp got to get in front of him first to get that foul. All right, let me stop. Let me Let me stop. Bro, Russell Whiskey say campaign is fine during a regular season blowout against a bad team. Not in the playoffs. Cynthia W said, “This is why I don’t give tips. All the flowers. Expand the roster. Play Don or sham it.” Cynthia is spitting. Brute Cru said one, two, three strikes. He’s out. Did Tom Thibido get the No, I dare. You know, Tom Thibido, he don’t he don’t he don’t adjust that quick. There’s no way campaign’s not Yeah, Campaign’s still on the floor. Oh my goodness. Pacers up by two. 4341. Payne still getting an opportunity here trying to get past Benedict Matan. He will. Oh my goodness. He’s looking for Bridges. He does get the ball to Bridges. Payne with a nice move there. Bridge with the ball at the top. He finds OG. OG stops. Bridges trying to lead OG, but OG stopped at the free throw line. Another turnover for Muel Bridges. And this second you or this unit right now playing sloppy. Can’t afford to play sloppy right now. And Anobi. Great defense there. Oh, a late call. These New York, these whistles against New York, they happened so so late. The Knicks could have started the fast break by the time that whistle came up. Yeah, OG had Where’s the foul? Where’s the foul? Where even is the foul? Bending Mathan to the line for two free throws. I’m not entirely sure where the foul was on that play. Straight up for both players, but you know, referees will referee. Interesting call there. We got 780 of y’all rocking with us in the chat. Game one here on Knicks Fan TV brought to you by Underdog Fantasy. Download the app. Use that promo code KFTV to get up to $1,000 in bonus cash and a free pick. You see my picks on the screen. I went bold, man. No flex option for me today. I want all the money. I feel like I can go four for four today. So far so good. Bridg is having a great start. Tyrese Halleurn who has taken an extended break. He started off doing a great job moving the rock. Brunson has not given me any threes yet. And Carlenthy Towns eight points, two rebounds. So you know I feel like I can get four for four here today. Bridges extra pass to Pay pay a corner three. He has yet to hit one of those at all this season. Ball is tipped out of bounds and we have not seen good minutes with campaign on the floor. And Stan Van Gundy letting it be known that he has not hit a three since game one of the Detroit series. Tragic. Let that sink in, ladies and gentlemen. But Payne still gaining minutes, man. TJ McConnell. Good shot, but great defense from Bridges is doing everything right now. Nice deuce Mc bro go all the way. Deuce extra pass to OG Pay letting it fly again. And there it is. Campaign. All he needs is one and he has spammed the emotes. He hit every emote. All of Mikuel’s emotes. Pay hit him after his first three since the Detroit series. Tiakum missing the layup. Knicks have an opportunity to get the lead back here. OG, he said, you know what? I’m going all the way. Good defense there. And he tries to save, but instead it goes out of bounds. I wish that save would have counted cuz OG would have got the easiest layup. Look at campaign. He finally gets a three to fall to try and shut us all up. And then my man went on the Fortnite emote alert. I can’t, bro. I can’t. I love my team. But Cameron Pay and Anobi OG not moving with the same type of confidence here in this game. Here comes Towns. He’s a confidence. Lot of contact. No foul called. What a finish by Big Towns. Lead pass there to Turner. Turner can’t get the layup to fall. Good again. Good defense from Bridges. Bridges has been the catalyst. And here comes Payne. He goes for the layup. Way too much. And Anobi finding from McConnell. Hits out of bounds and campaign trying to argue for a foul. I can’t, bro. Please, Jim. I swear to God. I just I can’t. I’m laughing to keep from crying. Get this man off my court, please. Please. Please. Oh, three ball from OG left with all the time and Mikuel. Hey, man. Hey, man. This ain’t this ain’t Male High President talking. Mikuel Bridges is doing everything, bro. I’m so sorry. Peace and love. But Muel Bridges is dog dog walking the Pacers in this game one. He has been everywhere on this court. I’m talking about defensively, offensively, hustle plays. He had those two turnovers because he’s trying to lead past Brunson and OJi. Both of them weren’t ready for it. Turned over. Tom Thibido having a hard time being able to find minutes with him to for him to sit down. Bridges playing a majority of this game. This y this what y’all y’all told me. We can’t take off the jersey. Y’all right. I need I might need to buy a second one because you know I might we might need to get a second Muel jersey. Bro, Queen said said the Nets another pick. Facts, bro. We underpaid, man. The jerseys working. CK, I look man, I guess I guess I can’t. This is it. Y’all gonna be watching all these VODs in the in the future to try and relive these moments as we push this journey along. They all going to be just me wearing this jersey. Muel worth 10 picks, $2 super global. Game might have said, “F them picks.” Dookie said, “I came into this thinking OG would know Seakum’s moves, but it kind of looks like Seyakum knows his.” Yeah, facts. Again, it just feels like OG moving a little a tad bit slower, selling for the three ball, not really driving with the same velocity that we’re used to. I don’t know, you know, maybe this playoff run affecting him, but we’ll see. Shaw says CK, don’t you dare buy another jersey. Don’t watch him either. All right, I told you we go to the finals. I’m I’m in New York. Biffy is prepared. itinerary is ready to go if it needs to happen. You know, when you dab me up wearing the jerseys, don’t don’t be too close, bro. You know what I’m talking about. No, I’m playing. I’m playing. I’m playing. I’m playing. I’m kidding. I’m kidding. We good. We We still smelling good over here, bro. I’m kidding. I’m kidding. M Oscar Flores, $2 super. Nick’s doing a great job in this one, man. Defense has been the catalyst in this game. Jesus said we OBK picks facts, man. This is not going to be OG series and that’s okay as long as he’s locking up. Yeah, I don’t know, man. I still feel like I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m going to give him a pass for this game if he can’t get it figured out. But I feel like OG is going to have a solid series, man. Cam got his one bucket. He needs to pull up a seat ASAP. Right. Unknown said, “F them 11th graders.” Right, man? Get them middle schoolers out of here, bro. Getting them middle schoolers out of here, bro. Wait till we unleash the double bigs. Tibs might be a little bit more apprehensive before he does a double big lineup against this team because this team is not that big. I would love to see Tips do it. I don’t know if he will, but we’ll see, man. We’ll see. Man, they showing that Switch to Billboard in New York. I still didn’t even get my um my pre-order, bro. Those who know me know I’m a big big Yoshi guy, big Nintendo guy, and Nintendo don’t be giving me no love, bro. They said, “Nah, that pre-order going, you going to wait on that pre-order.” I sure am. 4845 752 remain in this one. Tyres Hallebertton finally checking back into the game. And Miles Turner like he has been all game. Left wide open. Rebounded by Cat and Bridges now picked up by Nehard. He likes this matchup. Backing him down the post. Everyone giving him space. He shoots right over him. And oh, almost gets it to fall. Rebounded by Obie Topphen. Bridges knew that that was his bucket to make. He can’t get to fall. Now he’s back to guarding Hallebertton. Making Hallebertton’s life a little bit more miserable. Bounce pass there. OG read it. Campaign has numbers. He throws it back to Bridges. Transition three from MueL. Can’t get it to fall. Rebounded by Nemhard. Nemhard finding Obi Toppin. Toppin right back to Nemhard. Nemhard goes right after Payne and loses the handle. OG wide open for the fast break. OG. He blows the fast break layup. Nimhard gets the ball to Turner. Turner. Oh, they’re going to call a foul. Oh, not the best sequence for OG. What the hell? Oh my god. No way. Thank you. M Turn. Thank you. Thank you. cuz they my my son OG out here having a that was a tough that was that was a tough sequence for OG man. That was a OG straight to the bench. OG OG just you know glitched a little bit. The software needs an update. My word right be Mills right Turner splitting those free man those are points we left on the board right there. OG and Anobi. I know some people might point at the town’s pass, but honestly, no. He He gave him time to run up and get it. And Anobi, though, that’s why I said the explosiveness from Anobi just not there. Payne with the fake. Paying for the corner three. And Camp Payne, he tried to shut us up. He said, “CK, I can run in this series. Trust me.” Campaign getting the corner three to fall. Andrew Nemhard finding Hallebertton. Hallebertton gets the step. Alleurn with the float game. Way short. Rebounded by Matine. Matine goes right at Towns. He Oh, and they’re Oh, they didn’t call. Thank God. Knicks now going the other way. Josh Hart looking around. Josh Hart finding pain. Pay with so much space. Oh, the guarder would have blew up. Everybody would have apologized to campaign if he made that one. And Obie topping. Oh, he blows the dunk. Obie topping homies with OG. He must be giving him an opportunity right back. campaign almost traveled right there. Carl Anthony Towns with the crazy. What the hell? Oh my god. No [Music] way. What is this game people? We got We got blown fast break dunks. got layups where they can’t get the like what is happening. My man Towns, my man Towns just hit one of the most 2K step back corner threes I have ever seen. Carl Anthony Towns is different, bro. He is just different. I had one more time, bro. What the hell? Oh my god. No way. This is Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Man, I love this team, bro. I love this team, bro. We having fun, bro. This is This is Yo, that man Obie Thompson doing OG a favor cuz when you think you could It couldn’t get worse than that. OG missed layup. Stoppen said, “Hold my beer.” Obie said, “Hold my beer.” Oh my gosh, man. What What a what a sequence. Sean said, “Take a nap, bro.” At this rate, what a sequence. John Global $2 super said there’s this GradeA entertainment look at look at Towns man look at and look at man bro Carl Anthony Towns is built different bro I look look man I can’t I can’t man I I can’t man I can’t man game hunter said that’s the OB I know JC said I said dynamite he said that was a CK2K3. You saw it, bro. Man, Nicks up by eight. Garden having a good time in this game one. Pacers looking like a team that is reeling trying to get back on track. And Tyrese Hallebertton, another airball via Mck. Oh, you know, P campaign, bro. Okay, if he made that Oh, Muel Bridges almost tips it back in. Bridges gets bullied by N Smith. If campaign had made that, I would I would have not I would I would have apologized and wouldn’t have said anything bad about campaign for the rest of the series. Down goes Payne. But great block there from Towns, but I think they’re going to call the foul on Payne here. Campaign just not committing to the charge anymore. Yeah, they’re going right by him. That that foul better not be on Towns. I’m going to tell you that right now. They they better do that on Payne. And it is. That’s three fouls on campaign. So if Tom Thibble ain’t going to take him out, the referee’s going to force him to take him out. Three fouls on Payne. As long as the foul is not on Towns. Towns still with only one. Jaylen Brunson who has gotten a very very welldeserved rest. We’ll be checking in for the final five and a half minutes in this one. BK last hope with the super. $2 super said I think OG tweaks on the first play of the game. Hopefully not, but good observation. Hopefully that’s like I said the explosion just seems to be off for OG since midway through the the the Boston series. But as long as he is locking up, OG will get his confidence, man. Aaron Nesmith getting the free throws to fall. 4854. Jaylen Brunson picked up by N Smith. Nith gets hit there with the screen from Josh Hart. Looking around. Brunson going for the one-on-one. Oh my goodness. The Euro and a crazy pass. Brunson did everything right but shoot the ball. Jaylen, you got to the rim. They were lost. Why are you passing that? N Smith for three and here come the Pacers. Not the smartest. I get it. I get it. You want to facilitate. That’s what we’re asking you to do. But in that instance where you beat your defender off the dribble, go for that layup. Deuce McBride now losing the handle. gets it right back trying to restart. Brunson with a solid screen take there from Deuce McBride. Draws the contact. Can’t get the and one but will get two free throws. We like seeing Deuce McBride attack the rim. Here comes two free throws for Deuce McBride. Duce McBride trying to replenish the lead that we had. We had an eight-point lead and then the Pacers right back into it. Cut it down to three. Jacob Tess said PJ Tucker wants to play. Man, I I love PJ Tucker in this series. He just might not be he he might not have the gas to play in this series. That’s the problem. We know the toughness he brings. We know he’d be good in the corner three, but in this series, I don’t know if he got the gas for that. Paradise not having a great time with Stan Van Gunny. That’s why we here, man. Go ahead and mute that. I got you. Tyresese Hallebertton finding Obi Toppin. Toppin to Nem Harden at the top. Back to Seakum having a hard time getting within the three-point line. Hallebertton thought about shooting it. He finds Seakum again that they are just not able to get to the paint. Seakum has Towns on him on the elbow. Seakum with 4 seconds on the shot clock. He shoots a fader. That’s no good. And look at Bridges with the tip rebound to Brunson. Brunson with the pass to Hart wide open for three. Hart breaks Nemhard goes for the difficult layup and gets it to fall. Br but Hart not really confident in that three ball there but gets the two points anyways. Nemard going all the way blocking your Bridges. Male Muel Bridges man I don’t want to hear nothing from y’all ever again dog. Deuce McBride for three. That’s short. But Muel Bridges is everywhere man bro. Looking like Mr. Fantastic in this game. everywhere. Andrew Nemhard on the drive. He tries to draw contact. He will get the contact on Brunson. That’s a smart move there from Nemhard. Getting free throws here. Drawing that contact off of Brunson. Nick’s not really doing the greatest job of pulling away here. They’re doing everything right. They just can’t seem to pull away. The Pacers keep getting right back in this one. But Andrew Nehard going to the line for two free throws and can’t get the first of all. Ball don’t lie. Bridg’s new name, Mr. Fantastic. Hell yeah, man. He is everywhere using that length. Nehar missing the first free throw. Has another opportunity here and he makes the second one. Back to a six-point game. Knicks up with 340 remaining in this first half. Yeah, the New York Knicks right now just outplaying the Pacers getting whatever they want and they just can’t get him to fall. Brunson missing the transition three. Here comes Hallebertton going the other way. Goes right at Bridges. Bridges has had a phenomenal defensive game once again makes it difficult, but Hallebertton gets that one to fall. Aaron Nesmith trying to get a little extra physical with Brunson. N Smith has some big shoes to fill with the matchups that Brunson has seen thus far. He’s going to try and muck it up a little bit for JB. Screens being set there. Towns off the dribble. Extra pass. OG just not prepared tonight. Goes right at Seakum. Falls down. He makes the Oh my goodness. OG, what is happening, bro? That entire possession. OG looks like he is in a bad dream. OG and Anobi. Reek Flair said Nixon six, but that was a rough possession there from Ojan and Obi. The way he fell. Terrible pass. 2.6 remains. Hart’s going to have to heave. He fires the three ball. Rims out. Tipped out from Seakum. That’s going to be Nick’s ball. New York Knicks fighting for it. So they’re going to get a fresh 14. Nick’s got to score on this possession though. OJ Noi upset about something. I think he’s looking at towns about something. And I I missed it there. OG having a rough one. A rough go, man. Carly Towns picked up there. He goes back to Brunson. Brunson has all the space. Draws the contact. They might call a jump ball or nope. They’re going to give him two. Brunson drawing some contact. Brunson needs to see the ball go through the rim. Hasn’t been the biggest Brunson game, though. He has 10 points. Two for three from the free throw line. I take it back. No, Brunson having a solid game. Damn, Brunson sneakily with those 10 points, three assists. Now he’s going to go to the free throw line like and man, those Kobes Brunson got on right now are clean, bro. Brunson making the first one. Chat right now talking about OG saying OG got the yips. OG, it just it just OG just looking like, you know, he took a shot before the game and a little wobbly this this this game. CK, give your opinion on the first half when it’s halftime. I do that every halftime and then we open discussion. Right now, the New York Knicks holding on to a six-point lead. Tyresese Halleurn with only six points in that first half. Bridges leading the way with 12. I’m sorry, behind Towns. Halleurn throws up a wild shot. Gets it to fall. Good no call from the referees. I hate when they call those stupid fouls. Referees electing not to call that one. Brunson picked up by N Smith. Towns looking to say a screen. Oh yeah, that’s a moving screen. Why is Towns the way he is, man? Why is Towns the way that he is, bro? Like I It’s what makes it hard for me to go all in on my Towns fandom because like what was the point of that play? You missed the screen. You missed the screen. Just let him go by. Try it again. It’s not that hard. You missed the screen. Why are you throwing your hip into him, bro? Like, it’s just not smart. Now you got two. I was giving you praise for only having one foul through the first half. You do something. Come on, Cat. Lock in, bro. Tyres Hallebertton three ball. He’s trying to get his himself going and Tyres Hallebertton finding his groove now. Right when I was talking trash, Hallebertton finding his shot. Now, here goes the one-point lead for the New York Knicks. Like I said, with all the Knicks are doing right now, Brunson draws the contact and one. I was just going to say with everything right that the Knicks are doing right now, they’re just not doing a great job in pulling away and keeping this lead safe as the Pacers continue to make attacks back in the game. But we love seeing Aaron Nesmith pile up the fouls. How many is that for N Smith? That’s going to be number two on N Smith. them hard with two as well. Their two key defenders on this team in a bit of foul trouble after the first half. Brunson and one opportunity gets it to fall back to a four-point game. Tyres Hallebertton picked up. They’re going to throw a bunch of screens there. And then then Cat does not switch. Cat did not switch there on the screen. Thank god he misses the open three. Cat needs to lock in, bro. Oh, down goes knee Smith. Knee Smith holding on to his knee. I don’t know if he if he went knee to knee, but they don’t take advantage of the mismatch. Town’s now trying to break it down. Town’s doing Oh man, Muel Bridges went to set a screen there. Town’s doing whatever he wanted to do. What the hell was that? Pascal Yakam with a wild take there. No good. Tyresese Hallebertton jump in midair. Brunson has space. Brunson on the drive. Brunson route to Towns. Towns fakes the corner three. Towns puts his head down. He goes up with a floater. Can’t get the N1. I’m sorry, chat, but what the hell? Oh my god. No way. This has been this has been a quarter. B said, “Cat and this drop coverage is going to drive me crazy.” Right. Everyone else switching and Towns was heavily dropping on that three from Halleurn when you know Hallebert just had backtoback buckets in a row. Switch that out. Bridges got hit with two screens and we got Cat falling back on it like come on man. All you got to do is get a hand in his face. Forcing the drive. Come on man. But Town’s making the free throw. game on said pure chaos this first half. That is an understatement, man. Nick still holding on to this five-point lead. Towns has the opportunity to push it to six. Towns made the first one, makes the second one. Town’s a phenomenal free throw shooter. And now it’s a six-point lead. Andrew Nemhard with his third foul by the way. That’s a big big key blow for the Indiana Pacers. Tyres Hallebert extra pass to Seakum foot on the line. Misses everything. Seakum has been a non-factor, but Hallebertton has found it in this second quarter and he continues to scorch. Hallebertton’s done a good job. When Bridges ain’t around him, Hallebertton is taking advantage. And that’s what you got to do at that level. When you got a defender like Bridges on you, you’re doing a great job. When you don’t have him guarding you, take advantage and shoot the rock. And he’s done that off of the screen or off of the arid rebound like that. Bridges gets hit from McConnell. And the Knicks right now have the whistle going their way for once. I’m here for it. Definitely very refreshing for our New York Knicks. Max Dub senior said, “Got to end this first half on a good note.” Amen. Goot said, “In Indiana has uh decided to go for the offensive rebound.” Yeah, welcome. Brunson gets the first free throw to fall. Mitchell Robinson going to check in for Towns. Frank said, “Why does I know you you meant Cat? Why does Cat seem awkward every on the court except for scoring?” That is the question of a lifetime, man. Energy, great point. One quarter at a time, one game at a time. That’s it. Amen. Knicks, even though it has been a sloppy one, Knicks are on their way to winning both the first and the second quarter. And that’s all you can do to make sure you secure this game regardless of the sloppy play. Hallebertton with the step back three over Brunson. That’s no good. Hart rises for the rebound. Brunson with the ball in his hands. They’re looking to get a good shot with the remainder of their shot clock here. Knicks crowd is out of their seats. Knicks up by five after a up and down odd first half. The Knicks though still though on the right side of things. 6 seconds on the shot clock. Brunson right past Seyakum shoots the floater and that is perfect execution by the clutch player of the year Josh Hart now forcing the ball out of Halleurn’s hands. Forces the ball out of Seakum’s hands. Turner throws up a prayer and the New York Knicks put together a phenomenal first half. There was some some interesting moments at times, but the New York Knicks doing everything right. Woo. If the if the phrase it wasn’t pretty, but it was gritty, couldn’t be used at a better time, now is that time. We even got campaign offense, man. We even got Cam Payne offense. Big Mitch back. He sure is. and he is showing his value on the floor here today. Your New York Knicks up 62 or sorry, they’re up 69 nice to 62 after the first half of play. Let’s break down what we just saw. There’s a lot to break down in that half. just it’s just, you know, is we we we we witnessed what was a a hardfought back and forth battle of the Titans in that round two against the Boston Celtics. And this is not shade to Pacers. I’m just saying when you’re facing off against a team like the Boston Celtics, the defending champions, you got Tatum, you got Brown, you got all these guys, got the six man of the year on it. There’s so much that we had to withstand in that series and we were we were playing from behind the entire time. It’s just such a different energy than you’re playing this Pacers team that is like a niche team that does such a good job at playing in pace. When they’re hot, they’re hot. But you can see right now when the Knicks play with that same intensity that we did against the Pistons, did against the Celtics, the Pacers are having a harder time against us. And it’s just it’s just nice to see the New York Knicks do such a great job from the first quarter. Not playing from behind, not lagging, not no from the first quarter. We’re we’re rebounding well offensively. We’re doing a great job defensively. Muel Bridges, Mr. Fantastic, doing a bit of everything. The New York Knicks winning both quarters. 36 to 34 in the first, 33 to 28 in the second. You know, it’s just it’s just really refreshing to see that a full uh uh uh what’s that math? A full 24 minutes of play from the New York Knicks, even though we had a little sprinkle of uh funny plays here and there, but you know, with OJ Anobi not having the greatest start, one for five from the field, we’ve seen him do that before. That’s not a big deal. He could turn things around with Josh Hart doing a bit of everything. Six rebounds for him, eight points, three assists. You know, I’m looking at Bridges, Towns, and Brunson. That has become the new marquee for the New York Knicks. We know how good OG has been for the regular season, but in the playoffs, our marquee guys have been Brunson, Bridges, and Towns. And the three of them playing their roles. I, you know, Towns pissed me off with that last foul. But other than that, offensively, Towns has been good. 15 points for Colony Towns, five for seven from the field, 71% three for three from three. Great game. MueL Bridges is my key in that first half though. This team is running off of Mikuel Bridges. Two blocks. Great defensive effort against Halleurn when he is on Halleurn without the screens. Neutralizing guys like Nem Hard. Uh Matin look good. 12 points, four rebounds, two assists. And Jaylen Brunson the quietest 18 points I could ever talk to you about. I’m here talking about Brunson not doing too much. Brunson got 18 in that first half. Six for 11. He ain’t making the threes like I need on my my my play uh my prediction, but having a great game. And wouldn’t you like to see it? The New York Knicks have bench points, ladies and gentlemen. Six from campaign. A headscratching headache worthy six points, but six points nonetheless from campaign. Deuce McBride looking aggressive, looking comfortable out there. Five points, two rebounds, and an assist. And Mitchell Robinson, what he’s doing in this game is not going to be seen on the stat sheet. two points, three rebounds, all three of them offensive boards, one assist, a steal, a block. What Mitch’s impact means cannot be seen on the stat sheet. But like I said, it’s nice to see the New York Knicks play a full 24 minutes. You already see Draymond Green with an upset look on his face, and that’s where I mute because I’m not trying to hear what they’re talking about at halftime. New York Knicks handling business, shooting well from the field. 51% from the field, 42 from three. Good first halfs. Shout out to everybody in the chat, man. Nickfan TV brought to you by Underdog Fantasy. Got to chip away. Get these wins. In the words of Genery, one game at a time. Frank says 69, maybe making number. Shout out to everybody in the chat, man. Shout out to the mods and the members and all of the super chatters we’ve been getting. Shout out to Pastor Will Cruz. OG look like Angel Reese out there missing layups. Angel Reese. It’s been an interesting week. Tragic for Angel Ree. I’m staying out of it. Uh let me see if I missed any other super chats. I think I got them all. We talked about BK talking about the possible tweak in the first quarter from OG and Anobi. Yep. I got all the supers throughout the game. Shout out to all the super chats over on YouTube. Will Ladimer said, “Revenge.” Amen. Amen. This is an important one for the New York Knicks. The Pacers have been handling the Knicks in the last few playoff series that we’ve seen them. You can go from the Euing days to the the Mellow days. And even in the Brunson era, we saw the Knicks injured go down last year. And the Knicks looking to rewrite history and get past the Pacers to go on to the NBA finals. Twitch fan TV getting a little wild over there. Beard beard man brother getting a little wild. We got Mary J. Blah performing at halftime. Hold on. New York pay some money, man. Man, forget forget TNT, man. I’m trying to hear Mary J. Wait, what? Man, forget TNT. If you don’t put the Mary J Blah halftime show on, what in the world? Freeway Hustler uh Freeway Hustler 21499 said, “Turn the TV down. Turn KFTV up. Let’s go Knicks.” That’s the only way to do it in these games, man. I try to tell everybody if you’re not happy with the the the guys, the names that are going to be calling the game that night, I’m here. I got you guys. If it’s not me, it’s going to be JD. You’re going to get phenomenal calls, phenomenal uh representation. You’re going to get great conversation as well throughout the game, man. And you notice that, you know, I look look man, they don’t want to say I’m not going to say no names. I’m not going I’m not going to put nobody out. But you know, you know, I’m here for my Knicks. I’m here all nexted out. We’re here for the Knicks. Knicks fan TV. We do this. But at the same time, like, you know, we call these games. I call these games real. You ain’t going to get a complete 100% homer reaction from me. I’m going to call it like I see it. Knicks do something stupid, I call it out. The other team does something well, I call it out. I give them their props. And like I said, I’m not going to name any names, but you know, from the Celtics series, I did get a few DMs. You know, they said we didn’t want to say in the chat because we didn’t want to get, you know, called out, but appreciate my commentary. That that means something to me, man. The entirety of my life watching basketball, you know, one of the big names that I remember is Mike Breen. And you know, as much as we love Mike Breen, and Mike Breen is so good at what he does, Mike Breen, even on Knicks MSG telecast, Mike Breen, you know, he’s going for the Knicks, but Mike Breen’s going to call that game straight out. He always has something to say about the other team. And you know that and that I feel like that makes for more entertaining playbyplay. It’s obvious. You know who I want to win. You know who I’m rooting for. That that’s not that’s a given. I’m going to be slightly more biased towards our Knicks on big plays. You know what I mean? I’m not going to cheer when the other team makes a big shot. That’s not what happened. But I feel like it makes it more enjoyable if you put some energy behind it, man. We see these corny commentators on the other side that you know they you can hear you can feel them oozing with hate when the Knicks do something against them. That’s why that’s one of my favorite pastimes. And I always say I’m not I can’t do that. That’s not entertaining, man. That being said, Nicks and Fo, you know the vibes. You know what I’m talking about. All that means to mix. Frank White said, “Yeah, Doris Burke.” Exactly, bro. Exactly. I’mma keep it 100, but you know who I’m going for, man. But we have fun. Uh y’all gonna have to tell me what they’re talking about on uh the TNT halftime. I’m not listening to it. I I when I tell y’all I’m muted. I mute it, bro. Uh random questions. Uh you like Imagine Dragons? You know, they got a few cool songs on 2K, bro. man said, “Yep, they dope.” Next question. Um, Celtics game one through five was nailbiting games, but it was fun. Korean Trump supporter. Wild name, but it was fun. SL TK Sloo Nick Fan TV Nicks in five. Amen. Amen. All right, give me one second here. We got we got we got um little little CK here trying to get trying to get something. So, give me one second, chat. I’ll be right back and then we going go back to reading the chat. And y’all going to have to let me know what they talking about DNT. Give me one second. All right, we back. We back. We back. We back. Sorry. Sorry. You know, family man CK in the building. All right, man. We got 920 in the building. Game one. New York Knicks up 69. Nice to 62. Loving what we’re seeing right now from the New York Knicks, but we got to close out the game, finish the game. We saw OKC on the other side of things handle business at home. I ain’t going to lie, man. What what what are you guys looking for in the NBA finals? Not trying to skip past just obviously we know Nick’s on one side, but you know, there’s two stories like do you want that narrative? You want that, you know, that the the the battle of the trade NBA finals? That’s me. I I would love to see Ant Edwards get a taste of the finals, you know, be a part of that history making finals with the New York Knicks. Or would you say, you know, we we heard the stories about the Knicks versus the the the Boston Celtics all season long and we trump that story and now you go up against OKC and then you win a championship by taking out OKC. Again, that again, storyline purposes. Well, do you want that route? You know what I mean? That that’d be a great, you know, barbershop conversation. talking about, man, all season they was talking about we was 0 and seven against these teams, but in the playoffs took out Boston and then we took out like, you know what I mean? Like which which route are you looking at if we get that far? What says you, man? I I I look, I’m here for the I’m here for the the battle of the trade. I think that’d be fun. But uh look, either way, all I know is the Knicks have a job that’s right in front of them. One game at a time. We are eight wins away. I don’t care who it is, right? What we’re witnessing right now is history. What we’re witnessing right now is magical. And man, I’m enjoying the ride, man. OKC is the best team out right now. I want them. See, respect. See, I like that. I like that. OKC take out the best ranking team. Okay. See, this is what I’m saying. I I was curious. He said, “Who cares? Get game one.” Look, we just having some fun. We can have fun, bro. Obviously, game by game. We can have a little bit of fun, dog. You right. You right. Frank said, “I want OKC only because I don’t think T- Wolves are beating them.” Tell Mary Jay Blah, “We need the court now for our halftime layup.” Max, bro. Mary Jay, move. I need Muel Bridges leading the leading the troops out there for layup lines, man. What up, James Baker? 1999, another summer year of the funky drummer Nick Knicks in Eastern Conference finals. 25 years. Amen. Will Rose, we here, bro. How about Mitch CK Dwayne? Mitch is hooping. Mitchell Robinson and Mikuel Bridges to me are the two catalysts of that first half because of the defensive end. Mitchell Robinson, Muel Bridges done a great job there defensively, but Mitchell Robinson also making things uncomfortable for them. So you’re you’re seeing them not really go to the rim outside TJ McConnell who took advantage in that fir the beginning of the second quarter where he had the perfect combo of a being guarded by campaign and b Carl Anthony Towns guarding the interior. Outside of that, Mitch Robinson has been beyond effective defensively and on a rebounding standpoint and Mikuel Bridges doing great all around the floor. We got some more super chats. Let me check. I feel when I was here, I was all caught up. Did we get some more? Yes, we did. We did. All right. So, last one I read was Freeway Hustler. Shout out to Freeway Hustler. Here we go. Yeah, we got Mambarina. $5 Super City in honor of John Tentto for taking out the trash. Shout out to John Tentto. We know he is the goat mom. He is here game in game out handling business and we’re getting the spams that come with the high view counts that we’ve been getting because of our Knicks run. John Tento doing a great job handling business. Blue Boogie $2 said Bridges needs a master lock endorsement locking up Alurn. And Halleurn did find his groove in that second quarter thanks to some drop coverage by names I will not say. Carl Anthony Towns and also him being a lot more confident seeing the ball going to the hoop and getting a few shots up but for the most part he’s done a great job. Pats Nation $2 super says CK the best playbyplay on YouTube. I appreciate you stumbled up on this uh fun thing I but I’ve I’ve loved it. I started I did playbyplays a little bit in the 23 season, a bit more last season, and here we we were all 81 here this year on the channel. So, I’ve been having a great time with it, man. I’m enjoying it. As long as you guys are enjoying it, I’m going to keep doing it. We’re going to keep finding ways to uh, you know, expand on it, improve on it, do more with it as the years go on. But I appreciate all you guys for rocking with us, man. We went from having the playbyplay being just a nice fun option on the channel to now being a a a a regular staple and that’s because of you guys, man. Appreciate y’all. Santana with the $5 super said the Wolves look like they like the old Knicks with off Broadway Randall by the way. Stat was way better than Foolius. Oh, hot take by Santana. I love Sardmire, man. I I I hate how we were robbed of Amari Sodomire with those injuries, but stat was stat was my you know Melo it it look I like Carmelo Anthony but I was I was about that stat Wilson Chandler didn’t that that that team ball Nick’s team right before the trade deadline I was about that team man but um that’s a good question I’m going have to I’m I would need some time to to think about that take Santana I don’t need some time I think I I think honestly ly and this I’d have to I’d have to give the edge to Joyce Randle to be completely real with you, but I get what you’re saying. I get what you’re saying. That’s a conversation for the offseason. All right, that battle. 6962 is the score. Knicks with the ball and Nicks now looking to continue their good start. Turner drops. He finds Bridges. Bridges, he goes the extra pass to OG. They’re trying to get OG and Anobi activated in this game. He’s not going to get the shot up. Step back. Back out to Bridge with four seconds left on the shot clock. He goes right at the door. Oh yeah, a lot of defense there. Hallebertton overly aggressive. He immediately knows it. Leading with his body there to try and get the block on Bridges. And now Bridges will be seeing some rare free throws. If they just played that one cleanly, that would have been a tough shot for Bridge and they could have got the turnover. But Halleurn helping us out. Foul on Hie. Squidart saying OG looks really out of it. Yep. And Bridg is missing the free throw. Come on, man. It would have been all 82 if it weren’t for that pesky Wrestlemania, but we really appreciate you, CK. No, the 80 the 80 the the 82nd game that was missed was not the Wrestlemania game cuz JD held it down. It was Christmas. Remember, we did not have a playbyplay on Christmas. And Bridge of Christmas 41 point game for Bridges. Misses both free throws. Tragic. Tragic. Can’t have that, man. Hallebertton gets lost on the screens. Bridges able to recover. Hallebertton with the take there. Good help from Towns. And that’s all it takes. Carl Anthony Towns. Good. Good switch between Towns and Bridges. Hart not paying attention at all. Loses the ball. It’s tipped out of his hands. Now a reset. 12 seconds on the shot clock. He finds Bridges. Bridges to Brunson. Brunson picked up by Nesmith. He goes right at him. Good defense here from N Smith Bridges or sorry brunts an extra pass and OG with a dunk. Welcome back to the game. OG Anobi sprints back to get to Seakum and swats him away. OG and Anobi slowly powering back up here. Tyrese Hallebertton with a tough take. Gets that one to fall with Towns on his hip. He’s complaining that he was fouled but no call there. Bridges ahead of the pack. Just Nemhard in front of him. He could go for it if he wanted to. He elects to go back to Brunson who’s now picked up by Nemhard. Bridges trying to give him some space. The ISO play here. Brunson goes right at Nemhard. Double team from Seakum. Extra pass to Hart. Finding OG open for three. Will he continue his run? Cannot rebounded by Seakum. Seakum not pushing the pace. I meant to re I meant to refresh. So next dead ball. I’m going have to refresh and I feel like I’m a few seconds behind. Kneesmith gets shoved there. I think that was off of Hart. Hart with his first foul. Oh, I think that’s going to be a second foul. Slow start here for both teams here in the beginning of this third quarter. Andrew Nehard finding Hallebertton. Hallebertton thinks about it. He inbounds it to Turner. Turner loses the handle. Stolen by the Knicks. Knicks is playing physical. Bridges trying to push Hart to push the pace and he loses the handle. Bridges had the right idea. He wants Hart to do that typical coast to coast layup that Hart likes to do, the muscleman layup. But instead, Hart stumbles, bumbles, and fumbles the ball. Hallebertton fires a three ball. He’s trying to complain. He was hit. Oh, Brunson misses. Bridges loses the handle, and the Knicks are going to get it back. Nmith looking to to challenge it. Brunson is pushing them to challenge. And Carile told him, “No, go play defense. Respect to Cardaw when players jumping around asking for the challenge looking like fools. Brunson gets hit there from Nith, but the referee’s letting them play. I’m not mad at it. And now Nesmith now flopping. Oh, they’re going to give him a charge for the flop. And then Nith going back trying to talk some trash to Brunson. Interesting call there from the referee. Clearly looked like a flop there. I don’t know. referees helping him out. Nmith trying to get up and get in Brunson’s face. I don’t know if he’s watched the film. I don’t know if that’s the best decision for N Smith, but you know, sometimes confidence is a hell of a drug. And I think the Knicks are challenging this. That’s actually a good challenge. I just don’t know if the referees are going to be Oh, yeah. And then Nissa tries to take out Brunson too on top of it. lot a lot of extracurriculars there, but the Knicks decided to challenge the play. N Smith definitely flopped on that play. My man my man went down like like like a ton of bricks, man. Manga Abakco said Brunson getting beat up. What else is new? Facts. Magic said incoming Pacers versus refs. Oh, you think? Oh yeah, you already know, man. You already know. Chuck D. [ __ ] ass patience crying. Tell them, man. That’s all they got, man. Looking like a fish out of water. Facts. Looking like a damn magic art, man. For real. Yeah, he felt Oh my goodness. It is what it is, man. John Pettit with the super. I missed it. John Pettit said Fortnite with the $5 super said, “Keep the defense up. keep attacking the rim, getting them in foul trouble and hit your damn free throws. Keys to the game. Don’t forget to add rebounding to the mix, John Pettit. But I completely agree. Goot does not like the challenge. He said the challenge is not worth the risk. Yeah, for the mere fact that I feel like the referees are not willing to admit the bad call, I think we are I I I don’t know if we’re going to win this challenge. I’m going be completely honest. I don’t feel good about this. B Mills does have an argument. He said JB didn’t extend the arm, though. He didn’t. He didn’t. They could even go forward and call a technical on uh knee for tripping Brunson on the way down, but you know, they won’t call that. Shahan said the score is 2-2 this quarter. Facts. Big facts. Yep. We’re trying to win every quarter. And that’s indeed right. It’s crazy the way that they’re allowing Brunson to be defended. It’s the way of the game, man. Somehow Brunson still has 18 points. We ain’t worried about it. We ain’t worried about it. Nesquick fouling the hell out of JB. You know I need to refresh here. I was told I told myself I was going to refresh next ball. So here we go. I don’t feel good about this challenge, y’all. I don’t feel good about it, man. Could have called a foul for hitting Brunson in the face also. Yeah. Here we go. Oh my gosh. Watch it again too from this angle. And the challenge was unsuccessful. I knew the refs weren’t gonna they there’s no way they were going to return that one. I’m sorry. So, they’re gonna The challenge was unsuccessful. Brunson now sitting with three fouls. Kneesmith gets away with a flop there. And we move on. Aaron Nesmith moving around trying to get the rock, but Hallebertton missing him. Screen set there. Good switch between Brunson and Bridges. We saw Turner get some easy ones in the first and he gets a nice shot there over Towns getting Towns with his own game. 6671 850 remaining in this third quarter. Bridges trying to get around the screen. He picks up the rock right back to Brunson. Brunson on the drive. He goes for a floater. Nice and patient right over N Smith and Seakum. And Jaylen Brunson not bothered by the foul. Like I said, they’re going to play physical on JB. JB is going to fight through it, man. Tyrese Halleurn with the rock picked up by OG. They find Seakum, who has been ineffective in this one, gets that one to finally fall. 68-73. Pacers doing a good job here trying to play physical. It’s been a back and forth quarter. Six to four now. Nmith again with the overaggressive. Brunson smiling through it. Brunson right past Allebertton. He gets a side step. He finds Towns and Towns gets the finish. Like I said, man, Brunson ain’t worried about him. He going to play through him. Brunson going to smile and play through it. And it’s a seven-point game again. Josh Hart now trying to reach a little bit too much for my liking. Them hard wide open in the paint. Gets the layup to fall. And they’re trading buckets now in this third quarter. Five-point game again for New York. Brunson goes right into Nemhard. Nemhard with the heavy defense. Uh interesting pass there. Turn over and Tyrese Hallebertton with the rock. Hallebertton finding Turner. Turner. Extra pass to Seakum. And the Pacers doing a good job. Good timeout from Tom Thibido. And the Knicks with a three-point lead with the Pacers playing a lot more poised in this third quarter. John Global said, “All right, get Mitchie in the game.” Very good call. The OG Magic said, “OGG better get this together before we take away Sunni.” Oh man, third quarter going the Pacers way thus far, but the Knicks still holding on to a three-point lead. Great time out there from Tom Thibido. We’re rocking with 880 in the chat right now. Shout out to all of you in the chat. Well said, we don’t need this. activate the double bigs. I told you I don’t I don’t I don’t think Tib is gonna run the double big lineup in this g in this series. I don’t think we see it. I don’t think we see it because then that means you’re putting cat on Seakum. We don’t want that. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t I don’t think Tib is going to run the double big lineup this series. Chuck said, “We playing with our food.” Chuck, I said the same thing in the first half. Knicks doing all the right things, but securing and taking away and running away with the lead. I completely agree with Chuck. The momentum right now, currently in the Pacers side, and the Knicks now, after calling the timeout, need to go right with it. Jimmy UCLA said that challenge uh killed the momentum. Yeah. Got to play through the big man. They can’t guard him. I don’t know. Yeah. I just Seakum right now only with eight points. Seakum has looked uncomfortable. I like the OG matchup. I think the matchups are in our favor when we play small against them. I just I just don’t see the big lineup working in our favor in this series. I just don’t I just don’t now that paradise. I agree with that. He said bring back Deuce and Mitch but watch tape watch tips take forever like usual. Yeah, I completely agree. We got to get Deuce and Mitch in the game right now. Little man opened the door and didn’t want to close the door. I can hear them yelling. Oh boy. Driving and listening hard to chat. Uh let’s go Knicks. Brightest future. I got you. Don’t worry about it. Right now we got 725 remaining in the third quarter. Knicks holding on to a three-point lead. Tom Thibido on the Knicks calling timeout after the Pacers are currently on a 10-4 run. back in action here. Uh, Knicks for Life said, “Got to put Acha on Seakkum.” I don’t think that match up will go the way you think it will. But I like I like the I like the thought. Yeah, they’re definitely pressing JB. Yep. We need boards and in the paint defense while still having Cat out there offensively. I agree. I agree. But I don’t like the matchups for us in that favor if we do the double bigs. They play small, man. They play small. Can’t force feed a big lineup against a small fast-paced running team. Man, I just don’t think you can do it. 7572 Knicks up by three. 720 remains in this first or sorry, this third quarter. I thought we were still in the first half. Bridges with the rock looking to try and get the ball to Towns, but Hart got tangled up. And now Towns tangled up with Turner. So Bridges going to go to the rim himself. Gets the floater right over Nmith. And Bridges continues his hot game. 7772. Knicks though need some stops here. Hallebertton with a good take. He finds a wideopen Turner. Towns left him wide open. Rebounded by Hart. Knicks now finally fighting back after the 104 run for Indiana. Hallebertton grabbing on Bridges. Bridges trying to make a move. Hallebertton trying to complain that he didn’t, but he definitely did cuz Bridges couldn’t get to his spot. Hallebertton grabbing onto him. So, another foul from Tyrese. Look at this here. Bridges gets the the M. Oh yeah, hands on the shoulder. Can’t do that. Alle with foul number two. Both coming in this quarter. 645 remaining. Brunson using the screen. Brunson going to the hoop. Brunson finding Towns. Towns thought about it. Towns picked up by N Smith. Back out to Brunson. Oh, we like this matchup. Brunson versus Turner. Goes right to him. Gets the floater. And right back on track are the New York Knicks. 7972. Tyrese Halleurn over to Nemhard and they got a matchup they might like here with Hallebertton guarded by Towns. They force it over to Hallebertton. Towns trying to stay with him. He somehow guarding him with his backside. That makes zero sense. And Alurn gets the easy layup. Bridges now he gets the good spacing with knee on him. Tests him out a little bit. Gets the ball to Towns. Towns goes right after Turner. Towns with the floater. A lot of contact. He gets the foul call and Turner trying to argue that he’s pushing off. Man, the Pacers remind they remind me of the Pistons. They complain after every play. I know we have our moments where we do the same thing. It pisses me off, but the Pacers are they want to complain after every call. Every single call. So the foul call there on Miles Turner Towns to the line for free throws, but according to the Pacers, they never foul every play. Pacers uh Cat making the free throw. Frank said to look so stupid on defense. Yeah, that that man that man got turned around so bad he tried to play defense with his Let me stop. GOT said Reggie said it’s offensive. CK, of course he did, man. Reggie’s gonna be unbearable this series. And TNT knows it. TNT knows it. I can’t even be mad at TNT for putting Reggie on the call for this, man. Thank God for Kevin Harland. He’s the only voice I care about on TNT. Everybody else, they’re just there. All of their color commentary bad. Grant Hill, okay, but like all of TNT’s color commentary is bad, man. Only good when they got Kevin Harland. That’s all they got. Ah, Towns missing the second free throw. Nick’s loving these missed free throws in this game. Hopefully he doesn’t come to bite us in the butt later on. Benedict Matin, who has been a non-factor in this one. He finds Turner. Turner picked up by Brunson. Brunson’s playing big against Turner. They get the switch now. Matan shooting the three ball right over Towns. Not the best shot. Bounced out from top and here goes Halleur. An extra pass. Obie the corner three blocked by OG gets it back and Obie with a very pretty layup under the basket. That went from a great defensive play to a great offensive one by Obie Topphen. Bridges likes the matchup against Hallebertton. The double team goes his way. Towns now with the smaller defender on him. Expect the three ball to go up by Towns. He decides to go to Brunson. Brunson fakes the three. Brunson on the drive. Brunson loses the handle. Pacers with the turnover. Hallebertton now pushing the pace. Five minutes remain in this third quarter. 80 to 76 is the score. Ojanobi now on Hallebertton with the switch. They get another switch now. Brunson guarding Hallebertton at the top. Hallebertton trying to break down Brunson. Brunson doing a good job staying in front of him. Fadeaway jumper from by Hallebertton. And I knew Brunson was going to get caught on that foul. Brunson picking up foul number four. But yeah, man. What a block from OG. But nobody had an eye on the ball, leaving Obi Toppin to get He already had that same play against Cleveland in round two. Man, he kicked Brunson in the Wait, hold on. There ain’t no foul. In game time, it looked like Brunson was in his space, man. He kicked out for that. Referee saw for that one. And that’s going to be Brunson’s fourth foul. Knicks not happy that they wasted their challenge a few plays ago, so they’re just going to have to eat that foul. Terrible call though. Oh my gosh. On a kick. Damn, that’s a terrible call. We move 7880. Two-point game. Knicks right now, as Chuck said, they playing with their food. Knicks keeping this one close. Indiana having a good quarter. They’re winning this quarter 16-11. Knicks need to clean it up. And how are they going to clean it up? Well, that’s by bringing campaign back into the game. Before that, Brunson going to draw some contact and they’re going to give him the and one continuation play for JB. JB hitting him with the Denzel Washington. I’m leaving here with something. And on Brunson’s way back out to the bench, he draws another foul on Benedict Matin going for the and one. Brunson the leading scoreer with 25. The easiest 25 we have seen from JB all playoffs. Brunson has been fighting for his life to get points all playoff long in this game. A quick 25 even with the foul trouble. Brunson makes the free throw. 8378 back to a five-point game. B Mills. Yep, he did kick his leg out. Yep. Bridges now trying to stay with Hallebertton. Mitchell Robinson does a great job on the perimeter. They’re going to try the one-on-one between Hallebertton and Mitch. Not sure if that’s the matchup Hallebertton actually wants. He shoots it anyways and he gets it to fall. What a shot there from Hallebertton. Brings the game back down to two. Knicks up by two. 8381. Brunson fights through the screen. Math who just picked up the foul on Brunson the last play. Blows through the screen there. Gets him in the air. Deuce for three. Deuce can’t get the fall. Another offensive rebound. Balls moving around. Brunson wanted to make the pass to Deuce. Deuce moved out the way. Brunson now goes right at Hallebertton. He shoots the fadeaway jumper over Howley. Gets another one to fall. And just the way the WWE rid it up, rode it up, excuse me. We got Hallebertton and Brunson battling. Tyrese now on the drive. Tyrese turns around. He throws the pass to Turner. Turner almost breaks a knee trying to make a move. Ball moves back around. It ends up in the hands of Hallebert. He fires from way downtown. He misses everything. Air ball and Nick’s ball. So with the shot clock violation, timeout called by Indiana. I don’t know how that works, but Indiana’s going to call the timeout here. The Knicks do a great job of turning the offensive rebound into a JB fadeaway jumper. And you got to understand with there’s levels to this team. We’ve survived 20 point deficits and now with the with the Pacers out here throwing their best haymakers that they can, the Knicks have fought back on every run. Knicks holding on to a four-point lead, but they’re doing a great job at withstanding the score. This withstanding the storm, excuse me. We got 930 in the chat right now. Shout out to Nick Fan TV if you haven’t already. Download the Underdog Fantasy app. Use KFTV as the promo code to get up to $1,000 in bonus cash and a free pick. But also, make sure you subscribe right here. We’re right around the corner from 100,000 subs. I’m also not that far away from 25K on my channel, so subscribe to me. CK2K, name’s right there. A shout out to everybody in the building, man. Uh, we got KyLix over on Twitch Fan TV. He said, “This might be the most airballs I’ve seen by a player in a while. Keep missing, lol.” Yeah, Halleurn is throwing up some UFOs, but somehow still got 20 points. blockchess monster. Yep. Did Josh Hart attempt it? Yeah, he did. He attempted one and made it. They left him wide open from three on the top left corner early in the first quarter. He made it, but I don’t think we’ve seen him shoot one since. Muel Bridges continues. Oh, what a fadeaway jumper. Can’t get the bounce. Mitchell Robinson fighting for that rebound with four Pacers there. Almost gets it, but here comes Halleurn continuing to push. Uh Tophin finding Thomas. Thomas Bryant gets it back to TJ McConnell. McConnell and Campaign. I don’t like this matchup at all. McConnell is going to rip apart campaign, but he doesn’t get it. Bryant gets the putback dunk. They’re going to call a foul on Mitchell Robinson. So that might equal some free throws, but I do not like that match over McConnell in pain at all. LD $2% series over Nicks to the finals. I said what I said. LD saying it with his whole chest. Nick’s got to get this game one win though so we can get this thing going. Howie throws up some threes UFOs but splashes the ones at the end. Facts. Facts. Allebertton is uh has what is the true definition of NBA amnesia. You forget the ones you miss and keep on shooting. Thomas Bryant to the line. And you guys have gotten your wish with Brian and Ano with Bryant and Toppin out there. Tom Thibido electing to go the double big lineup. I’m not mad at this. Yeah, with Tophin and Bryant. Yeah, this makes sense. This does, this definitely makes sense. So, here we go. The double big lineup getting your first taste here in this game. We got Bridges. Well, I like this lineup. Bridges, Deuce, Towns, Robinson, Payne has our five. Bridges extra pass to a wideopen deuce in the mid-range. And Deuce gets it to fall. And like I said earlier, the Knicks just surviving every attempt at a run by the Indiana Pacers. Topin picked up there by Bridges. And now they’re switching everything, which they can with this five. N Smith shoots that one short. I could have told you that one left his hands. And now Payne pushing the pace here. Two minutes remaining in this third quarter. Knicks looking to steal this third quarter. Right now they’re trailing by three in the third. 21 to 18 for those who are counting. But for the game, 87 to 83. Duce McBride picked up by TJ McConnell. Oh, Carl Anthony Towns from way downtown can’t get it to fall. Rebounded by the Pacers. TJ McConnell scoping the field. He gets it over to N Smith. Gets it right back to McConnell. McConnell to Nath. Top of the top of the key. Wide open. McConnell looked like his foot was on the line. Doesn’t matter. Misses the three. Obie top in line. Oh, they’re going to call a foul on Towns. What did Towns do to warrant a foul? He Obie was the aggressor. Towns is boxing out. Kind of call is that? Look, T. Look, please. Unless Towns did some stupid, huh? And did Stan Good. He just say good call. Man, my TV upped a little too damn loud. He said good call. Oh my goodness. Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. Good call is what Goody just said on live TV. Pascal Seyakum with the pull and Seyakum with the fadeaway jumper there to pull the game within two after getting the ball back. Here we go. This one is going to come down to the bitter end as the New York Knicks fighting through everything. Oh, and a move by Campaign there. It could have been called a carry, but like like thank God referees didn’t call that. Payne picked up by Matin. A lot of campaign here in this quarter. Payne with the floater. He doesn’t make those very often. Tipped out by the Pacers. Should be Nick’s ball. Thomas Bryant as the referees were trying to decide whose ball it was. Thomas Bryant sells them and gives the Knicks the ball back with a fresh 14. New York Knicks is trying to weather the storm, but not the best quarter for the New York Knicks. only 18 points after putting up 36 in the first and 33 in the second with 50 seconds remaining. The Knicks are going to just survive this third quarter. Hopefully still with the lead. Towns with the drive. Towns goes right at Seakum. Oh, what a good move. But how do you lose your handle? Towns. He gets the foul regardless. Towns should go to the line for two free throws. But man, he had him. He had him. Oh, loses the handle. But it’s a foul on Pascal Seakum. makeup call from the referees, but it results in free throws, so I’m not mad at it. Oh man. Oh man. Oh man. Town’s missing a free throw earlier, but we need both of these to go back up uh by two possessions. Shout out to the 950 in the chat right now. Towns making the first free throw. Goot said, “Need to see more of that. Get him the damn ball.” Goot wants more Towns action. Game said, “You fall down, it must be a foul.” Yeah, I I hate that officiating. I hate that mindset. Oh my gosh. OJ Anobi was a raptor. Bridges getting a much needed rest here. Tom Thibido going with OG and Anobi. Towns gets both free throws to fall. Still rocking. Oh no, we’re not rocking the double bigs. We saw Mitch sit down. 89 to 85 here. Defense chance starting to ramp up a little bit. The Garden crowd trying to get into the game finally. Nmith with a wild take. That’s no good. Rebounded by OG. Loses the handle and they’re going to call foul on Nith doing a little bit too much. Not smart by him. He’s in a bit of foul trouble on the other end. Nith, I think that’s going to be his third. Like I said, Knicks are just weathering the storm in this third quarter. They trail this third quarter, but are up by four in the game. And now Anobi, who is fresh, not a beat of sweat, gets two free throws and misses the first one. Tragic. Tragic. Clanks that thing off the back rim. The Knicks miss a lot of free throws, bro. This is crazy. Carlanthy Towns going to the bench here. Not sure. Did Mitch go back in the game or is a ch Oh, Don Wright even though it’s for 26 seconds. Don Wright getting some minutes here. Campaign going to the bench. Don Wright, the vet, getting some meaningful playoff minutes. Now, Don Wright, don’t make me look like a fool. Even though, like I said, it’s only about 26 seconds, but we like the defensive matchup better here with Tyres Halleurn because Tom Thibido needs some Mikuel Bridges bench time. So, he’s going to buy some time by having Alon Wright out there. I like this so much better. Tom Thibbit. Oh my goodness. An adjustment midame. Write this down. Put a bullet point on it. We haven’t seen this. A Tibs adjustment in a game. And TJ McConnell just blows right by Harden and gets the easy layup. Three-point game with 6.9 left. Knicks now have an opportunity to get a point here. Put it back up by five. Oh, deuce is gone. Good, good pickup from Matin. No good there. air balls. It looked like it was on point, but the New York Knicks now holding on to just a three-point lead. For those paying attention to the quarter by quarter, Knicks only put up 21 in the quarter, and the Pacers put up 25. Both teams lowest scoring quarter, but the Pacers win the quarter nonetheless. Now, it’s going to come down to the fourth quarter. The referees now stepping into the game a little bit more. So, we’re going to see how that plays into this fourth quarter. The New York Knicks look good through three and now looking to just close it out. Brunson with four fouls getting an extended rest. Miguel Bridges finally getting his first rest. And we got both Towns and Mitchell Robinson on the bench. came said, “Oh, here we go, CK. Here we go. Indeed.” JC said it’s Jaylen time. Well, with the four fouls, we might not see Brunson till like the 8 minute mark, 7 minute mark. So, we got to hope that the units that’s out there, if it’s Muel Bridges or Towns, they’re able to hold it down and keep this lead where it’s supposed to be. Seek with Baboon. I don’t think I saw Baboon, man. Babon, Baboon. I don’t see him, man. Mark $5 super said Reggie Miller’s a big fan of Derell Wright. Whomever that is. Derell Wright is Don Wright’s older brother, former Miami Heat. Did he say Derell Wright? Did Did Reggie Miller say Derel Wright? I wouldn’t put it past him. Speaking of Mark, shout out to Mark for the $5 super. Let me see if I missed any other supers real quick. Nope. I got LDs. No, we’re good. We’re good. We’re on point. We’re on point. We got them all. Jet Life said a muel led. I’m comfortable. Amen. Nick’s problem is missing too many shots, especially at the free throw line. Yep. Reggie Miller said that on purpose. He said he didn’t. Whatever. Squid is saying it’s kind of scary how bad OG is playing right now. Yeah, Ojana Nobi has been a nonfactor in this game, but the Knicks still with a three-point lead. All we need is one good right. McBride wants no parts of TJ. Get your revenge, man. Mickey Mouse Miller Pacers best quarter and we still up. Time for the fourth quarter lockdown. John Pettit preaching. All right, we’re over 1,000 here with the fourth quarter getting ready to bid. Can the new begin? Excuse me. Can the New York Knicks handle business and close this one out and take the 10 lead to start off the series or are we going to see some shenanigans take place here by the Indiana Pacers? Why is Jared McCain on my screen right now? What What is that? What is going on there? What was any of that? Oh, AT&T got a little playbyplay. Oh, that’s cute. Man, the minute YouTube allows us to do these playbyplays with uh with the screen, bro, these playbyplay is about to be the best in the game, bro. One day. One day. It It’s slowly starting to become a thing on these live streams as long as they’re sponsored, but we’ll see. One day. Right is greater than pain. Agreed. Teach McConnell is a ploy player. You expect him to pass so you don’t attempt to block. He bets on you thinking he sucks. That’s a good That’s a good scouting report. We look Knicks fans, we should know that he don’t suck cuz T.J. McConnell has taken our lunch money a few times. Passka missing everything. Matt Matan throws up. Oh, he got fouled. Interesting call there from the referees. Matine threw up some nonsense, gets fouled. And now Matine going to the line for two. The Knicks now need to muck it up now. Got to get back to mucking it up. The Pacers now getting everything they want here down the stretch. Knicks now need to get back into it. Matherine gets the first one to fall and right back on the bench. Yeah, when I saw the 26 seconds, I’m like, uh, I should I should have known. I got too excited. TJ is a YM. Very good point. Yeah, he’s a YMCA player. Yeah, he’s very very very good comp to his game. Mathan getting both free throws to fall. The Pacers cut it down to one. And oh, I we got Brunson in the game here early. Brunson, Bridges, Mitch, OG, and Deuce. This is the CK lineup. Didn’t think we’d see Brunson this soon. Brunson shoots it right over the defender and gets it to fall back to another three-point lead for the Knicks. Back and forth we go. But now it is winning time for the New York Knicks. Defense chance in the Garden. McConnell with the take. McConnell almost losing his handle. McConnell looking to get to somebody and Anobi staying put on Seakum. Deuce McBride staying on Matine. Mathan now finding his groove. Mathan getting another bucket there. Benedict Matin, who has not been the biggest name in this series, getting four points early in this fourth quarter. Jaylen Brunson just skipping to the I’m telling you, this is not like the other series. Brunson is getting whatever he wants here offensively. Knicks just need to lock back in defensively. McConnell fires him in Ranger. That’s no good. Rebounded by Mitch. Back to Brunson. Three-point lead for the Knicks. Brunson lead pass to OG. OG bounces it almost out of bounds to MueL Bridges. Bridges stays on stays inbounds. Resets it. Goes right at Seakum. He wants the fader. He’s going to get the fader. Can’t get the bounce. And it’s going to be Pacers ball. Bridges has cooled off a little bit here after starting off the game as hot as he did. They get the switch there now. Brunson picking up McConnell. Brunson staying on McConnell. McConnell gets him in the air. Oh, he gets block. Oh, they’re going to call a late foul. Looked like it was a block there on Brunson. And Brunson now in unfortunately some familiar territory. We saw Brunson foul out in game five of the last round. And now Brunson with a 31point game. Dangerously close to fouling out again. and TJ McConnell. I I am not a fan of that play by Brunson at all. Brunson, why are you fouling at that moment? This is why I don’t like I didn’t like Tips putting Brunson in right now. I I don’t think that was a good idea. I I I I I’d rather just have Brunson play the remainder of the game with those two fouls and let it rock. Now he’s sitting on one foul. He’s going to have to extend his break. We’re at 10:05 right now. I I don’t I don’t like that decision there by Tom Tho should just kept the long with it, but now Tom Thibbo going with the double big lineup and Deuce and Bridges. So now Bridges needs to find his his shot again. He had a great start to the game. Bridges not hitting the last few opportunities. And no, I lied. Bridges on the bench as well. part in the game. So, an interesting lineup here by Tom Thibido. We’ll see what they’re able to do. Yeah. Is the sole ball hander going to be Deuce McBride? I don’t know how I feel about this, but maybe OG could find his groove. Selling for a three ball. He said, “CK, you ain’t been watching this year. I make those big three ball from OG Anobi. Not the best game from OG, but making it when it counts.” McConnell fires it back out to Seyakum. Towns gets the defensive stop. Knicks now in pace. Hart does not make the pass. He does now. OG with Matin on his hip. He’s going to go right at him. He spins into the double team. And here comes OG and Anobi. Never give up on OG. OGA finding his groove. I asked and I got my answer immediately. I said, “Who’s going to be the one to step up for us offensively other than Cat?” OG said CK they must have forgot OG chance in the garden right now definitely deserved and welcome back [Music] OGAa 950 in the chat witnessing holding on and surviving to try and take this game one win. I have to sneeze and it will not come out. Excuse me. Jet life trying to remind them we got weapons, folks. Nick’s got weapons for any occasion and that’s showing right now. Thank you, B Mills. Thank you. Thank you. Magic said bigger lead if we had made our free throws. Amen. Appreciate you, Frank. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All the blessings. Appreciate. Appreciate it. Appreciate Appreciate the BL Milton. See, I see you. I see you. Appreciate you. Appreciate you. Be on fly. Hold standing on business. Brings out the brooms. New York Knicks now trying to get game one. Now, there’s some there’s some stat statistic. I don’t want to talk about it, but there’s some statistic that the probability of the team that wins game one more times than not wins the series. I, you know, I I don’t know if you’re one of those that’s really uh superstitious and believes in that stuff, but another reason why the Knicks should go out here and finish this game. He said, “Don’t talk about.” Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. My bad. My bad. My bad. My bad. I Look, man. I’m just doing my job. I’m just announcing, you know, the statistics and You’re right. We’ll not be brought up again until after the game. You’re right. My fault. My fault. That sneeze. The sneeze right out of my brain. My bad. My bad. Bring up what? We ain’t talking about him. Knicks right now up 9992. Good run for the Knicks. OG and Anobi. Some great plays. Nope. Not talking about anything. I just, you know, we here. We here. We here. My bad. The only stat that matters is that we are 01 against Obi. So, we got to get it done this year. Marcus out here dropping some facts that I don’t feel like reading out loud because this year is different. It’s all about defense now. It’s all about defense in this entire series. Shout out to the 1,00 in the chat right now to watch the closing of this big game one in New York. More importantly, seeing the New York Knicks handling business at home is definitely a wanted sight. Shout out to all the Nick greats in the building here. Put one of them on the mic for TNT. And watch how much more professional they would be compared to Reggie Miller. Aaron Nmith trying to sell a flop there again. Referee right there. Not falling for it. Shout out to him. We’re going to see if Ojanobi wants to keep it going. Don’t forget Towns is out there as well. Hart gets the pass to Robinson. Robinson back to OG. OG now picked up with the double team. He fakes the pass. He finds Deuce. Deuce with two seconds on the shot clock. Deuce big three. Wanted the and one, but he will get three free throws. And for the love of God, Deuce McBride make all three of them. Matter of fact, I ain’t even gonna talk. Deuce McBride going to the free throw line for three free throws. Knicks up 999 92. Take it away, Deuce McBride. I ain’t saying a damn thing. All right. What the hell? [Applause] Okay, deuce goes two for three. We’ll take that. We’ll take that. Would have loved all three of them, but we’ll take the two from three. 10192. Knicks back up by nine points. You can see the Pacers going for their kill shot. Starters are all out there right now. Pascal Seakum going for the poster. can’t get it cuz Deuce McBride is him. Josh Hart looking around. Josh, I take it too long. Towns fires it. He’s hit from Turner or from Nmith and the Knicks get three [Music] more. But can we talk? Was that a a solid block? Look at Deuce not scared of Oh, he does get the block. Deuce McBride. Hallmark play after Hallmark play. Aaron Nmith with the stupid play and three more free throws. I’m going to shut up again. I just I just I’m going to shut up again. Okay, three for three. Man, that last one scared it down me. All right, we good. Nick’s back up by double digits. And all this with Brunson and Bridges on the bench. OG Anobi, Carl Anthony Towns, Deuce McBride carrying us home to close this one out. Hallebertton shooting a desperation three. Mitchell Robinson made that rebound. Extracurricular. OG for the open three. Oh, that one’s off. Mitchell Robinson. He’s going to hit it out of bounds. That should be Pacers ball. Oh no. They’re going to save Nick’s ball. I saw nothing. I saw nothing. Y’all didn’t see it either. We saw nothing. We saw nothing. We saw nothing. Good effort there from Mitchell Robinson. Oh, it good. Good. Okay. Great call. N Smith with the touch last. Deuce with the inbound right to Towns. Towns not ready for it. He cleans it up. Towns with the the hook shot and the New York Knicks now pushing or pulling away, excuse me. Biggest lead for the New York Knicks if I’m not mistaken. A 14-point one. Seakum now he tries to make the extra pass. Hart not playing great defense. Oh ne foul. Oh, that’s great defense there from Hart. Knee Smith gets away with one. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, bro. Oh, give me that steal from Hart, man. Terrible call. All right, inbound there. Miles Turner with the rock. Pascal. Seyakum going right. And look at Carl Anthony Towns the double block. Seakum going to go for it again. Seakum. Oh, down goes Seyakum trying to keep his balance. Nam hard forcing the shot up. No good there. And Seakamin in towns playing uh uh Twister. OJ Anobi with the sideep. He gets the layup and the Knicks now pulling away. The Garden is rocking. The Knicks are swishing and this is a defenseled team. Got Seakum over there playing Twister. Towns blocking his shot. Nell Hard not ready for the mid-ranger. your New York Knicks with a 16-point lead. He said, he said, “Kaithin a figure four.” Let’s [Applause] go. Let’s go. Shout out to everybody in the chat, man. We had as many as 1,500 in the building. Your New York Knicks pushing away. Pulling. I keep saying pushing. Pulling away. BDNYC said this is real. Is this real? Holy mother of sweet Jesus. It is real. But there’s still 722 remaining in this game. Knicks right now are on a run. This is a team that has had to go through the likes of the defending champion Boston Celtics. Don’t play with your food. Finish the job. Pats Nation $2 Super said, “Keep this lineup out there. Give JB a break.” Yeah. Don’t force anything we don’t need to force. This lineup’s cooking. Let him cook. Kurt Angle Towns. Push them away. Facts. Let JB and Muel rest. They Yeah, we are running right now. They are good on the bench. Mark with the $5 super. Look at the plus minus right now. Look at this squad playing without cap. Love it. Uh all this talk about Pacers bench. What about the New York nick boxers? Amen. Great super there from Mark Man. Oh my goodness. Finish, finish, finish. Nick, see, look, man. Knicks fans, we know, man. We know this ain’t our first rodeo with big leads. 16-point lead for the New York Knicks. And all the chat is saying, keep pushing. Do not settle. And that is the right mindset we need to have to close this out. New York Knicks right now are hooping. Look at Mc Deuce McBride with a plus 24. Towns plus 17. Hart plus 15. Mitch Rob plus 13. The Knicks right now are balling right now. What a block by Deuce McBride. Oh my god. Come on, man. BK last hope $2 super says CK can you feel it? Pause. The Knicks are different. Amen. Knicks right now are in their bag, bro. Win with the $5 super. Ah, so this is what happens when the Pacers play a healthy team. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, but you damn right. You’re damn right. Let’s go CK. Uh, let’s go Knicks. What up CK? What’s good? Haten Nate. Shout out to all the supers. Rare Edition said, “Bangers and mash fish and chips. OG balling. Let’s go Knicks.” Okay, OG out there killing, bro. And Seakum though you you know like I said he also a champion so he is going to keep his head down and try and push this team back over the edge. But it’s so nice to see this team doing all of this knowing that you still have a Jaylen Brunson on the bench ready to go. I have not paid attention to any of my stats. Did I get anything? Hallebertton is at seven assists. So we’re not done there. Town’s one rebound away. Bridges 14 18. So 22. Free throw missed by Seakum. Nemhard gets the rebound finding Allebertton. So everybody’s just right there. I think Brunson is not going to get the three ball though. Yeah, he has not made a three yet. Mark with a $5 said, “If Bridges hits two threes, I hit my nine leg and win 2.3K on a $10 bet.” Look at you, man. Mark, I need to talk to you. You You about to be my bookie, bro. Knicks get a stop again. Towns wants to put it away. Oh, that’s short. That’s short. Eat check there from Carl Towns. Tragic. Yeah, Magic. I need to download that. Oh, that Oh my god, cuz that would have been it right there. Crosscourt pass there. Oh, Shepard. Ben Shepard, who he was a key player to this team last year in that series, the rookie, but he has lost some some play time this this time around. He was a solid three-point shooter for the for the Pacers. I remember him well, but now he he’s out there for desperation. The three-point lineup, if you will. Bridges and Brunson still on the bench chilling. Hart crosscourt pass. Towns wants another chance and you should not give you just a word to the wise. You should not give that kind of shot to Carl Anthony Towns. You got fooled by the air ball the time before. Don’t give that shot to him. Nam hard with the fall away jumper that goes down 9611. You You should not give that shot to him. Deuce McBride. You can hear Don Thibido yelling. I don’t know who he yelling at. Yelling for something. Oh, he’s yelling at Towns. He wants Towns to go up there and get it. Hart now gets it to Towns on the block. Picked up by Seakkum. Towns now about to take the Knicks home. Crosscourt pass. Oh, give it to me. Oh man, big three ball missed there, but rebounded by Hart can’t cap keep it in and it’s going to be a turnover. No, it’s not a turnover. Okay, cool. So, the Knicks get the ball right back. Still Knicks ball. Oh. OG. OG. OG. OG. OG. Needed that one. Big OG. OG with the fake there. Picked up by Namar. That’s a push off. Right in front of the referee, too. OG. Anobi gets the foul. Can’t push off right in front of the referee. Yeah. Can’t do that. Can’t do that. Also stepped on his foot. Not the smartest play by OG. Knicks though still in a good spot. 535 remaining. Pasciakum going to try and get everything going down the stretch here. Spicy P knows what it means to win these meaningful playoff game moments. He’s probably one of the only killers that I really will keep an eye on down the stretch here. Him and Nemhar trying to lead the pack. But the Knicks now, we do need to get another bucket. Knicks have stalled out and we haven’t seen them score here in a little bit. 13-point lead. Deuce McBride picked up by Nemhar. We’re seeing Duc Bry too flourishing before our eyes. He’s handling the rock here. He makes the move. Mid-range pull. That’s no good. And they’re going to call a foul on them. Nmar doing a little bit too much grabbing and pulling to ask if you ask me. And that’s going to be the foul on Nemhard picking up Carl Anthony Towns, 1100 in the chat. That was a beautiful pull there from Duce. Just can’t get it to fall. And he had Towns not even getting the opportunity at the free throw at a at a rebound, excuse me. And that was like a makeup call from earlier when Towns got called with that that box out foul. I don’t know if you remember it. I feel like that was like a makeup for it. Deuce McBride with some great minutes. He’ll go to the bench. Mitchell Robbins going to the bench and Tom Thibido closing out with his starting five. And here we go. We’re going to see if this Knicks team can close it out. MueL Bridges right off the bench goes right after Shepard who has not played many games and he goes right at him and points at him. That is high IQ play. This kid has not seen minutes in this game checked in for three-point purposes. And a big three ball from Nmith 442. There’s still a lot of time on the clock with a 12-point lead for the New York Knicks. The Knicks need to keep applying pressure. Defense is going to be key down the stretch here. Brunson and Bridges in the game now. Brunson going to go again. Same thing right at Shepard. Shepard is getting bullied here down the stretch. Main point why he has not gotten minutes in these playoffs. Shoots right over Shepard. That’s no good. OG with the putback. Can’t get it to fall and it goes right to the hands of Bridges. He finds Anobi. He shoots the three ball and that’s no good. Rebounded by Towns. Towns holding on to it. Towns goes up with it. Up and under. Oh my goodness. Call Anthony Towns doing his best. OG impression and for good and with good sportsman with a a very good a very very sportsmanlike move from the New York Knicks as they go for the intentional foul so that they can get whoever it is that’s down and looked at. Oh, Thomas Bryant be flopping a lot but he be doing that on a regular basis. So I don’t think he’s seriously hurt. I don’t think he hurt. Peace and love but Thomas Bryant this is you can put a a highlight reel the amount of times he be doing this crap. Yeah, you from his. Look, look, look, look, look, look. Find him. When are we going to start calling the man? Hold on. Towns. [Music] Golly, when are we going to start doing these flopping finds again, bro? And Halleurn can’t make the clutch free throw. Anyways, shout out to the Knicks for making sure he’s all right there. going for the f quick foul. But come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. Like, what are we talking about right now? Hallebertton splitting those free throws. Four minutes remain. Knicks need to stay in attack mode. Put this one away so we can take the 10 lead in the series. Matt, look, I’m telling you, Shepard is being picked on right now. And now you got Jaylen Brunson on him. That is the best matchup for the New York Knicks. I’m letting Brunson go for it. Yeah, I’m let Yeah, that’s a smart play. Pick him. Pick. You got to do it. He is their worst defender on the floor right now. Go at him. This is phenomenal play here. I know we typically get mad at the dribble dribble, but this is smart IQ play. Go after him. That’s what See, Cat’s even telling Brunson, keep doing that. As long as you’re going to leave him on the floor, which I would be very surprised if Carl leaves him on the floor right now. You got to take him out. Keep bullying him, bro. Keep bullying him, man. Poor guy. The minute that him and Bridges came out there, they’ve been bullying that kid, bro. First free throw down from Brunson. I I would be very surprised. No, he’s still on the floor. And their defense gets even worse as Obie to I’m sorry. I couldn’t even say with a straight face, but their defense gets even worse with Obie Topphen checking into the game. Time out by Rick Carile. Rick Carl, if anybody knows Jaylen Brunson, Rick Carile knows him well. And Brunson and the Knicks absolutely winning the mind games battle down the stretch. He said, “Damn, I couldn’t even when I said it, I was like, damn, somebody ain’t gonna like that. That was too far.” But I’m just saying, bro, defense did take a little step down. Not only is Ben Shepard out there, Obie Toppin checking into the game. Kim said that poor guy getting bullied. And the crazy thing is this man Rick Carlile leaving him on the floor. So look, I am completely cool with just get the rock to Brunson or whoever he is guarding unless his heart and let them cook them. Okay, I agree that the Pacers are front uh are front runners. Facts. Uh that’s part of Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. They not going to be tough now that they’re losing. Oh, yeah. You’re not going to hear anything from them. All that jucking and jing and yucking and Yeah. All that stuff. You ain’t going to hear none of that right now, bro. They only got something to say. They only tough when they in the lead. Look at how mad Reggie Miller and Stan Van Gunny are, bro. Kevin Harland is like he he even is holding a smile. He’s looking over like, “Yo, why are y’all so pissed off?” See, bro. Oh my god. It is what it is, man. It is what it is. We gonna fight through it. I can’t I can’t, bro. I can’t, man. I can’t, bro. My man’s Yeah, y’all called him Nesquick. I like that. That That’s gonna stick, man. Brunson cannot capital. Yo, our free throw shooting is abysmal, bro. My god. Tyresese Hallebertton trying to use the screen, trying to get himself open. N Smith back to Hallebertton. Hallebertton forcing it over to Seakum. Bridges stands tight on him. He forces the pass. Extra pass to Obie to fakes the three. He’s going to shoot it anyways. You know we what we say about Obie Toppin and these MSG rims, they don’t get along very well. Muel Bridges though laboring with something. Not entirely sure what happened there. He’s hobbing a little bit. Not sure if it was the ankle, but playing through it. Inbound to Obie Topphen and Bridges fighting through it. Not entirely sure what that was. Big screen there. Nmith getting another big three to fall. Still a lot of time, man. 312 remains here. Nicks holding on now to an 11-point lead. Pacers trying to pull a Knicks right now, but the Knicks got to not allow him. Got to keep their foot on the gas. And here we go again with the bully ball. Got to get the points out of this though. Brunson, you got to the foul line. Only made one of them. Brunson. Oh, with a lot of space. Jaylen Brunson. Huge three there. And now the Pacers now playing the trading game, which is not going to be ideal for them. Halleurn throws one up and that’s going to go down. And as I mentioned, the Pacers trying to trade buckets with the Knicks right now. 68.8% from free throw. You already know what my Saturday night going to be on on postgame. 223 remains in this one. Knicks need another big bucket. And here comes the matchup again. Brunson sees food, misses the three though. That is beneficiary for the Pacers. Pacers, they might be getting what they want here. forcing the Knicks to just settle for the three ball. N Smith gets one up. Can N Smith get N Smith is now pulling away. 111 119 Knicks now need to slow it down and let’s not settle for those threes. Look, I’m here for the bullying, but if we ain’t going to come away with the points, move the rock. Don’t forget about Carl Anthony Towns. He has a mismatch right now with Nmith. Towns gets it right back to Brunson. Brunson goes between two defenders. Extra pass. Towns wide open for a three of his own. And the Knicks now settling for threes. Here come the Pacers. A minute 35 remaining. Knicks desperately need a stop here. Halleurn’s going to try and force something up using the screens here. Gets the switch on Towns. He has Towns on him. Extra pass to Seakum. Seakum does get fouled. Hart a little overly aggressive there, but a good defensive round there from the Knicks. But right now, the Knicks getting a little trigger happy from three. You got the mismatch. We talked about the mismatch. Can’t just settle for threes. Go after the kid. And now here comes more free throws for the Pacers to cut this lead down to six with not much time or with plenty of time left if you’re the Pacers. So here comes Pascal Si Yakum. The Knicks just not finishing the job right now. They need to lock in and get the best available shot. Come on now. We got one. We got ones on the board. We got 1,111 in the chat. And typically I don’t get really specific with it, but I got and with Seakum. Oh, misses the free throw. So, it’s going to be a seven-point game. A little bit more uncomfortable if you’re the Pacers. Knicks need to dribble out the majority of this shot clock here and get the best available shot. Terren trying to get Brunson open and will. Brunson now the double team coming his way. Picked up by Shephard. Brunson. There we go. Get to the rim. Switches hands and that’s the kind of shot that the New York Knicks need. They kill the clock. Get the best available shot. And that’s what we’re looking for. He can’t guard you on the dribble, Brunson. That’s what you need to do. Don’t settle for those step back threes. Nmith, who has been on fire, throws up another one. Nmith off of a prayer trying to give the Pacers a chance. Brunson to Hart. Hart lead pass to Towns. Towns thinks about it. Gets it to Bridges. Back to Towns. Some extracurriculars. Gets the layup. And the Knicks are doing just enough to try and keep this away from the Pacers. Pacers playing with Hart right now. Another one for Nith. Nmith thinks he’s T-Mac. Aaron Nmith thinks he’s Tracy McGrady. Timeout called. Aaron Nmith right now looking like my childhood hero Tracy McGrady as he is making three after three and the Knicks just keep giving him space. What is going on? The Knicks just do not, I repeat, do not like to make this easy on our hearts. I feel like it’s too little, too late. But anything is possible. We have been on the right side of this twice in a row. We cannot, I repeat, cannot be on the wrong side of this type of history this time around. Oh my goodness. 12318. If the Knicks just need to score on this possession, do not settle for any threes. Just score on this possession and we’ll be okay. Just score on this possession. Kill clock and score on this possession. Man, Jaylen Brunson really one that gonna sell me this game, huh? Knicks need to eat the clock. They did a great job in the in the last possession by Josh Hart. Got to run up this clock and get and end up with a bucket and we’ll be just fine. B Mill said this 1994 Reggie Miller. I got a PTSD moment. No, no, no. Not the same. Don’t do that. Don’t do that. I purposfully did not say his name. Muel Bridges looking for the inbound. He finds Brunson, but down goes Shepard. Extra pass. OG, please. For the love of God, OG, grab the ball. Why? Why is OG having such a hard time? Golly, that was a that looked like a normal pass. What? What? Just grab the ball. No, he he led with his left hand. Are they challenging us? Challenge it. That’s fine. The Knicks should win this. Yeah, this should be a Knicks win. But golly. The Pacers really Pacers really trying to ruin our uh our fun here in this game one. If there’s any definition of what this team is going to look like through this series, these last few minutes, say it very loudly because they can get points up quick and in a hurry. Hallebertton, knee smith. But I need OG and Noi to grab the damn ball. He be doing that way too many times for my liking these playoffs. Oh yeah. OG with the Nerland Noel’s hand. Yeah, something is up with Ougawa tonight. He had a nice little run and they ain’t looked back. Oh my goodness. This should be a foul. Again, I was wrong about the last challenge, but this should this should be this should stand. This should still be a foul. OG should get some free throws here. This is definitely going to be a wasn’t pretty but gritty win for the New York Knicks here. They just got to hold out with 30 seconds remaining on the clock. Yeah. No, that’s a foul. And kicked him in the nuts for good measure, too, bro. Yeah, that’s a foul, bro. That’s a foul, man. That’s a foul, man. That catch is pissing me off. Stop showing the the miss the the fumble. OG needs some spider tech. My man Seakum, man. Triple threat there, bro. Grabbed the jersey, slapped the hand, kicked them in the nuts all in one play. And somehow someway watch them win this challenge, bro. So OG and Anobi, I expect this to stand and Anobi got to go to the free throw line and none of this splitting crap. We we we’ve passed the time of splitting free throws, I need this team to lock in and make these damn free throws cuz this is starting to get ridiculous. This is starting if our free throw percentages look like some team’s field goal percentages. Like what are we doing, bro? What we doing, man? Come on. Wasting time, you know. Actually, we like this cuz this is cooling down Nmith. So, you know what? Take it. Take your time, reps. This is actually cooling down Nmith. So, cool. Go ahead. Take y’all times, man. No, let them take their time, ref. Don’t get mad. This This is cooling down Nesmith. is cooling down N Smith, man. Especi Especially if this ends up ends up being uh this ends up standing and ends up being a foul for the Knicks. legal [Applause] where my god They’re doing it again. They’re doing it again. They’re doing it again. Anything after his incidental brother, he in one motion, he hits the arm of him. He’s grabbing onto his jersey to keep him from going higher and kicked them in the nuts. What is What do you mean anything after that’s incidental? Hey, bro. Man, f the Diddy trials, man. I need every single one of these referees on the stand immediately. What are we even talking about? Oh my goodness. And now the I don’t know what they talking about. I I I’m not listening to what these clowns are talking about. Inbound is happening. 29.9 Nick starting five. So they’re talking about the Tom Thibido trying to throw out some substitutions there while it’s going down, but and and they can. So I don’t know why this is a conversation. MueL Bridge is about to give us some more heroics here defensively down the stretch. N Smith who is Oh my god. Why is heart on N Smith of all people? Why is heart on N Smith? Why is heart on N Smith? Plenty of time. Aaron Nith really is channeling in that Reggie Miller. Like this is I I don’t mean to laugh but this is actually kind of crazy. And then we put Hart on him. Heart down there doing the chaa slide. Look. No, cuz heart was on him. The only What are we doing? What are we What are we actually doing? What are we doing? Where is Where’s Deuce? Who’s Deuce guarding? Deuce is guarding Ben Shepard. What are we doing, Tibs? Why is heart on Nie? What What is actually happening right now? Tibs, are you in on this, brother? Demetri said chucking. If the Knicks don’t score on this possession, then we going to have to have a conversation about the next one. If the Knicks do not come away with two points on this possession, we have to come away with two points. But this man threw heart on him. Like that was the intention. Deuce McBride was over there chasing Ben Shepard. Ben Shepard. We know. We know Mikuel’s going to be on Tyrese. That’s right. You bring Deuce in the game, you immediately think, yeah, you got to have him go chase him around. Hart of all the people we know Hart’s track record with those guy those kind of scorers, man. Kill clock. And man, this is gonna come down to free throws. tonight. I don’t feel confident about that. We can’t even get an inbound. Hold on to it. Just hold on to it. Don’t shoot. We don’t need to shoot. We don’t need to shoot. Good. Good. Great. Great. Great. Outside of the inbound. Great play from the New York Knicks there. We don’t need to shoot. The the shot clock is dead. Carl and we got the ball in the hands of the right person. and and Andrew Nemhard over there grabbing and pulling on Josh Hart. Almost get he does get away with Oh no, he slipped. Oh no, that’s clean. Hart just slipped. But the ball ends up in the right person’s hands. Carl Anthony Towns. I trust you to Cat. I trust you Cat. Come on. We need these big guy. Cle drains the first one. Towns at the very least puts the Knicks up by three points. So that hurdle has been crossed. So, at the very least now, the most they can do is tie the game. But what’s more important is making this second free throw. Tom Thibido electing to go to his defensive lineup. Shout out to the Indiana Pacers. Shout out to Aaron Nesmith down this stretch, man. Making us sweat. What was a game where it looked like the Knicks had it in the bag. Aaron Nesmith out here doing his best. Reggie Miller impression has all Knicks fans across the world sweating for these final 15 seconds. Towns in line for the second free throw. Biggest free throw of the game. Knicks do not have any more timeouts. Pacers have one more timeout. You would expect them to use it. And Towns misses the free throw. And it’s a three-point game. I don’t care, bro. I want Deuce, OG, Mikuel Bridges, um what’s his name? What’s his name? Um Mitchell Robinson. And I don’t care who the I don’t care who the fifth is. It can be Towns. That’s fine. I don’t care. And I need all three of them on their key shooters. N Smith is eight for nine from three, brother. They really out here trying to stress us out, bro. Knicks gonna win this game, but they really trying to piss us off with this crap, man. These free throws are going to drive me up a wall, man. These free throws are going to drive me up a goddamn wall, man. Knicks need to rap and foul. I don’t care. Knicks need to foul right now. Knicks, don’t even give them the chance to tie it up. Knicks need to foul right now. Both teams out of timeouts at this point. I’m not trying to hear Diddy in the garden right now. I’m tell you y’all gota find a new hype song. You can’t play the You can hate me now no more, bro. We need a new hype song, bro. We need We need a new hype song in the garden, bro. 121 124 three-point lead for the Knicks. The Pacers are lined up like a football team trying to run a play here. They get it over to N Smith and OG fouls him before the shot. Great foul. Carmemelllo Anthony catches him and they’re both in the bonus. So Nmith should get two free throws here. That was close. I ain’t going to lie to you. No, actually it wasn’t close cuz OG fouled him well before. The referee just almost missed it. So now we’re going to see what needs if I’m just make them. I would say make them and foul the Knicks because the Knicks don’t make no damn free throws. If I’m the Pacers, make both of these. Make it a one-point game and foul the Knicks and expect what to expect. And if I’m Tom Thibido, no, you got to keep Mitch in right now. That’s Oh my god, bro. It doesn’t matter. Yeah, they’re going to say it’s out of B. No, no. They the foul happened before he went out. It’s fine. If I’m knee Smith, I’m making this and then foul because with the way we don’t care about free throws, bro. Eight for nine from three. Wow. He He ain’t doing that again. But Lord have mercy. He makes both of them. All right, here we go. No timeouts from either team. We need someone to come down and help. Brunson gets it. Brunson, what are we doing? OG and Anobi saves it. And Anobi now gets picked up. That’s I don’t know if he’s the one I want to the free throw line. Brunson almost falls on Clyde Frasier and they get the hands in the ball of OG and Anobi for two very important free throws. Brunson Brunson I don’t know why we’re doing that at that point. Thank God three Pacers were in that spot. Knicks right now they’re they’re closing their execution closing this game out is not great. Knicks just need to escape with this win and we can discuss and figure that out going down the stretch in game two. But my god, 7.3 remains in this one. OG and Anobi to the line for two free throws. These are the biggest free throws of the game easily cuz the Knicks need that three-point cushion at the very least to be able to go home with this win. They need it. Come on, OG. OG Anobi misses the first free throw. The most he can do is make it a twopoint game. And that means that the Knicks aren’t going to foul. They’re going to have to defend. You’re going to have to defend. And this this this could end this could end the way that we are all hoping it won’t. But we just set the table for that ending. Ojan Nobi makes the second one. And buckle up. I’m going to try and call this the best I can. Tyresese Hallebertton with the inbound. Mikuel Bridges on Hallebertton. Hallebertton with the drive. He loses the ball. Shoots it over Mitch. Mitch gets a piece. He shoots the three and it bounces back in. The the the India and the Indiana Pacers take the win. Now, what I the reason why I’m not saying anything, I want to see where his foot was on the line before we get too crazy. It I think it’s going to be for the tie. His foot’s on the line. So, it is going to be a tie game. Big shot. And that’s going to be a long two. We’re going to get overtime, man. Yeah, he’s on it. Tom Thibido, man, that execution down the stretch was god awful. God awful. God awful. This better be the best five minutes of basketball I see from this team. Nick’s terrible free throw shooting got us to this point and that execution down the stretch made no sense. I’m talking about starting Jaylen Brunson in the beginning of that fourth quarter, forcing him to be out as long as he was and then when you throw them into the game while the five that was on the floor was heating up, why would you take them out? Those are dumb plays. But on the Knicks side, you got to make your free throws, man. How many opportunities do we have down this stretch to close this game out? Carl Anthony Towns clanks a free throw. Nine for 11. Oenobi, biggest free throw of the game. and clanks the free throw. It’s like the Knicks are playing out there like they do not want to win this game. Pacers have all the confidence in the world in this in these next five minutes. The Garden crowd is shook. So, we I don’t know what confidence we going to get from the Garden crowd. Our players have not done anything of note in the last few minutes. We had every opportunity. We had Ben Shepard out there and we’re over there settling for threes instead of going to the damn basket when we’ve been killing them around the basket the entire game. Like I just don’t understand the execution of this team down the stretch. Made no sense. And then what do we do? We keep throwing Josh Hart on on on Aaron Aaron Neith thinking that maybe at one point Josh Hart’s going to get a magical block. Like come on man. If we going to play like this, then we don’t need to win this game, bro. And let’s not forget Jaylen Brunson going into overtime with five fouls. Let that sink in. Terrible, terrible, terrible final minutes of that game. And now we have overtime where we need to figure it out and hopefully win. Knicks right now getting a taste of their own medicine. We are on the wrong side of what we were doing right in the against the Boston Celtics. Now we’re on the wrong side of it. We’re the ones chucking up threes and making terrible shot taking terrible shots while the Pacers I mean they’re just out there with some magical stuff. 16-point lead, y’all. We got to wake up, man. We got to wake the hell up. We got gifted five more minutes. Nicks need to go out there and hope and take this dub. Time to wake up. Time to wake up. Let’s go. Shout out to the 1500 in the chat. Time to lock in and get this dub. Pacers on a 17-6 run. But the problem the P with the Pacers is they didn’t kill us. Now it’s time for the New York Knicks to handle business. Muel Bridges with the rock. He goes up against Shepard in the same spot that they keep slipping on. Down went Muel and Hart taking the ugly shot. That’s no good. Bridges fall on the same spot that we saw Hart slip on. Defense chance allowed in the garden. Bridges telling Brunson to stay on them hard. I forgot Miles Turner was even a part of this team. He’s getting some minutes now. Interesting choice fought by Rick Carile. He was out of the game majority of that fourth quarter. So that helps us out. The Knicks now need to be in the offensive. They got to score here. Brunson getting some space. He has Turner on him. The M mismatch between Towns and Nmith. Towns double team on the way. He rough. Interesting pass to Hart. Hart for a three. That’s no good. Tapped out of bounds from Turner. Knicks need to wake up. Knicks need to wake up. Knicks need to wake up. 14 seconds on the shot clock. 125’s on the board. Towns with a difficult inbound. A lot of pulling and pushing going on. Town shoots right over. Turner gets the big shot to fall. 127 125 340 to go. Let’s go back to the defense that was working for us throughout the majority of this game. Bridges now on Hallebertton. Hallebertton trying to get past Towns. He shoots up a floater way short. Knicks now with a two-point lead. They need to continue to push it away. Jaylen Brunson looking for the screen. Brunson double team coming at the top of the half the half court line. Brunson needs to throw it somewhere. Towns with it. He finds Hart. Extra pass to OG. OG with a difficult layup and it goes down. 129 125 307 to go in overtime. And the Knicks defense is 1,000% more locked in than we saw in those final moments. And Miles Turner is a New York Knick for the last few minutes. The Knicks on the break. Bro, that’s a tr that’s a goalending. They don’t call. They’re going to call the block there. Brunson with the big layup, but he definitely got the ball after it hit the backboard and Nemhar gets the corner three. But the referees now are going to they’re going to decide to review it. But he definitely got that after hit the backboard. Carthy Town’s trying to Can we see the replay? Damn. Yo, these TNT and ESPN broadcast be so raggedy. I miss league pass. I miss league pass. That’s backboard. That’s back. Yeah, he got it. Nope. That’s goalending. That’s goalending. They Thank god they stopped it. That’s goalending, bro. Give us the two points. Oh, no. They’re not They’re not even going to review it. I thought they I thought they said they were going to review it. It was easily a goalending, but the referee’s not G. Anyways, 128 129 Knicks with a one-point lead. Jaylen Brunson picked up by Aaron Nesmith. Brunson runs right into Turner. Hart drops on the ball. We’re going to get a jump ball between Hart and Pascal. Look, we’re going to need to move this ball around because we keep seeing Brunson end up in a double team. He spins right into that double team. Terrible screen set from Towns. Knicks need to lock in right now. The Knicks are almost playing like they’re shook, which is understandable with the way we just saw that fourth quarter end. But they need to lock in here. They got to lock in here. You got more time. You got more minutes. The past is the past. Got to lock in here. Jump ball between Pascal Seakum and Josh Hart. 224 remains in this overtime. And this is just game one, ladies and gentlemen. this. If there’s any story to be told about what this series is going to look like, this is it. Obi Toppin saves the jump ball and the Pacers have a possession and have an opportunity to get their first lead since what, the second quarter. Nmith goes right at Brunson, gets the layup. And there it is. The Pacers take the lead. 1301 129. Yeah, first lead since 4544 in the second quarter. And Jaylen Brunson loses it again. Obie topping with the steal. And now Obie finding Nesmith. Nesmith goes right at Towns. Why does Towns jump? It worked out. Knicks get the stop. But we need this ball to move around. It’s the same thing every time. Brunson is just dribbling and losing the ball. Move it and get it back to Brunson. Get him in a better situation. Brunson trying to draw some contact. Throws up a shot and gets fouled. But man oh man, the referees are trying to do everything they can to not get Brunson the foul call. So, we got to make it easier on JB. He’s out here pushing and trying to get him. And the referees are reluctant to get him the call. Brunson does get the call eventually, but man oh man, big free throws for the captain here. Pacers finally take their first lead. Knicks now need these to take the lead right back. Not a great spot, man. Gets that free throw to fall. Seamos said, “Come on, bro. Got the iciest toughness.” Yeah, he does, man. But I’m just saying there’s ways to make it easier for Brunson to get to his spots. And I feel like just giving him the ball, making him figure it out, that’s that’s working towards the Pacers, helping the Pacers out. Brunson tied it up 130, by the way. He has an opportunity to take the lead now. And he gets the free throw. Brunson 10 for 12 from the free throw line. 131 to 130. A minute 42 remains. And this one’s going to go down the stretch. Obby, top of the moving screen there. Gets away with that. Nesmith with the big shot over Towns. It’s going to be short hard and no that’s off Seakum. They’re going to say it’s off heart. So they’re going to give the Pacers another opportunity, but that looked like it was off Seiakum. Nobody has any challenges. Oh no, that’s off heart. Nope. That’s the right call. That’s the right call. That’s the right call from the from our point of view. It looked like it was off Seakum, but it was definitely off of Hart. 13131. Seakum hands it over to Tyres Hallebertton. Brun or Bridges, excuse me, gets there. Quick screen coming from Obie Toppin. Hallebertton with the drive straight up. Gets it to roll in. Good defense from Hart. Now the Pacers back up by one. 122 remains in overtime. And the Pacers now with another lead. The lead going back and forth. And our def our offense has gone stagnant. Brunson gets hit in the face and it’s going to be a foul on Hallebertton. That was good defense from Hart. I ain’t going to lie to you. That was really good defense from Hart. Tough tough make there from Tyrese Hallebertton. Yeah, man. Yo, do you see man, they are grabbing and stepping all over JB, man. These referees are trying so hard to not call these fouls on Brunson, bro. Come on, man. JB to the line. 131 132. Big free throws here. Brunson makes the first one. Ties it up. You can hear a pin drop in the Garden right now. Garden crowd seems to be shook. This game looking all but over for the New York Knicks. Brunson putting up 40 points here tonight. And there is a very real possibility that the Knicks could drop this game one. But the Knicks right now fighting through all of it. Mitchell Robinson checks in and Brunson makes both free throws. Brunson now down the stretch, the NBA’s clutch player of the year making the clutch free throws. Knicks need a stop though. Defense chance in the guard and Brunson gets beat by Nemhard. Extra pass to Seakum. Extra pass to Nmith. Wide open for Hallebertton. He fakes it. Shoots the three. It’s off. But Obie with the putback dunk and the Pacers with the one-point lead. 134133. The Knicks got gifted with a missed three from Hallebertton, but could not get the rebound. And now they’re trailing by one again. 134133. Brunson picked up by Nith. Oh, he breaks him. Gets the floater to fall. Nmith backpedaling and Brunson is trying to take this one home, but it comes down to defense, ladies and gentlemen. Big defensive stop incoming here for the New York Knicks. Much needed. They get the switch. Hallebertton on Brunson. Extra pass to Nmith. And N. Can we get Can we get Deuce in the game for Hart, please? Timeout call for the New York Knicks. Nemhard is getting some of the easiest shots he’s gotten all game. We need deuce, bro. We need deuce, man. Oh, we need deuce. We need deuce, bro. We need deuce, man. This one is getting tough, man. Josh Hart has a hard time here defensively since the fourth quarter, and they are taking advantage. Nemhard getting it going, man. 136 135. This one’s coming down to the wire, bro. Will Rose says, “K, you doing postgame also?” I am. I am. Um, I will go back and catch up on the super chats I missed. My apologies. Uh I I’m locked in right now. This this game has really got me feeling the type of way. I just need the Knicks to come out and get this win cuz this can be really deflating if the Pacers somehow come out here and steal this win. When we talked about it, man, we said it throughout the game. The Knicks playing with their food. The Knicks finally take that 16-point lead, but then take their foot off the gas. And N Smith making three here, three there. And now we’re in overtime looking at a back andforth game. Knicks trailing by one. 26.7 on the clock. Knicks have the ball back and we’re going to see if what what’s going to happen. We know what the possession is going to be. It’s been the same thing the entire overtime. ball to Brunson and let Brunson cook, which I’m not mad at, but we’ve had a lot of close calls with this Indiana defense. Brunson inbounds it to Towns. Towns almost fumbles it. Towns finding bridges. 22 seconds on the clock. OG back to Brunson. It’s tipped out of bounds from Nemhard and it’s going to be Nick’s ball. The Pacers looking to possibly challenge that. And yeah, they’re going to they’re going to challenge it. They’re going to challenge it there. That that’s going to be really close. And that could be really scary. That’s off on Brunson. They’re going to win this challenge. They are going to win this challenge. That’s That’s off on Brunson. Nemhard tips it and then Brunson gets it. Yeah. It changes the tra trajectory. Shout out to everybody in chat, man. All Knicks fans at the edge of their seat. We’re at one. We’re at 1,400 in the building. Knicks right now on the wrong side of what we did in round two to the the Boston Celtics, amassing a massive comeback. But the Pacers just coming back from being 16 down, pushing this to overtime. And right now, the Knicks fighting for their their lives to get this game one win. But the Pacers right now just they just seem in this entire overtime that they have had their foot on the gas the entire way and the Knicks have been the ones playing from behind. It’s going to be it’s going to be Pat’s ball. Yeah, it’s Patience ball. No, it’s the right call. It’s the right call. I need Deuce in the game, bro. I just I look, peace and love to heart, but we need Deuce in the game down this stretch, Tibs. Please. I don’t understand. Well, now Tib’s going with the defensive lineup right now. 20 seconds on the shot clock. So, I I mean, there is no shot clock, so the Knicks are going to have to foul here and force them to shoot some free throws. Yeah, take you need as much time as possible. And Obie Tophin goes for the dunk anyway, so it worked out in their favor, I guess. Three-point lead. Knakes with another timeout. Wow. Who was guarding Obby Topin? How did he man? And that they they got away with the foul, too. That could have been an N1. What is What is What is going on right now, y’all? But it’s Oh, it’s Mitch. Mitch. Yeah, we got We got away without a foul there, too. Yeah, Bridges got him. This series about to go to seven, ain’t it? this series. We’re about to go seven. You know what? Maybe this the Knicks needed this wakeup call, bro. All this favoritism, everybody choosing the Knicks in this play in this series. We are the favorites according to Vegas. All that all that crap. Knicks needed this wakeup call, man. Oh boy. Smart thing to do if you’re Indiana is foul because you know we ain’t making free throws. So that could then we can have a free throw battle here down the stretch unless the Knicks are somehow someway able to get a shot here. But I would wholeheartedly expect the Pacers to foul here. There there’s no there’s no point in giving us the chance to even try and get a shot off. But they could also stay home and lock in defensively. They’ve been doing a great job here defensive in this defensively in this overtime. We’ll see what they end up doing. Mikuel Bridges with the inbound looking for somebody to get to the Brunson just at the end of the five count. Brunson picked up by Nemhard. Brunson with a big three ball. That’s way short. Rebounded by Hart. Wide open for Towns. Big three and it’s way short. Bridges fighting for the rebound. He loses it. He’s trying to get something going. There’s a lot of lot going on down there. And the the Pacers are gonna get the ball and it’s that’s game. Towns missed it so short, too. He was so short with the three. He was so open. How was he so short? I mean, I ain’t even mad. That That was on point. It was a good looking shot. Can’t even be mad at him there, man. Wow. Wow. And why are they Why are they taking a timeout? It’s a wrap. They got it. I hear you. I hear you, Cynthia. I got to go back and read the super chats. I I just can’t believe what we all just we I mean we we we saw this. We just on the wrong side of it this time. And now look, now they ch now they chirping and now they got all this to say. All Yeah, they they they really are front runners. They ain’t got nothing to say when they losing, right? God, I hate this team. All right, we really about we might see a sevename series, huh? We really about to see a seven game series now, huh? Well, Nicks, what more of a wakeup call do you need than that, man? What more of a wakeup call do you need than that? What more do you need than that? 28 of 40 from the free throw line. and would be in the Garden, too. Game one. I got I got no words, bro. I got none. We choked. We lost. We let we gave them the game. Pacers did exactly what they were supposed to do. 16-point lead and we had we we we decided to start chucking threes and then didn’t want to take care of the lead. Huh. That’s crazy. That’s crazy. Taste of our own medicine, man. Taste of our own medicine. All right, let me read these supers and then we gonna get postgame started since we got those extra five minutes. I I I am I am shookth right now, bro. I can’t believe what I witnessed in that fourth quarter. Like we re we really just did what we did to the Boston Celtics. We and we just I’m shook, bro. I’m shook. Um let me see. Man, back when it was happy times. Look at the chat. Back when it was happy times. All right. Jesus chairs with a $2 super said if they lost Miles Turner to injury, they screwed. No, he was just not playing well, so they took him out. Uh as and that’s why they did it again the second time in overtime. Terry Cal with a $2 said, “We played around long enough to make this cardiac.” We sure did. Uh Joan Ko Cat $2. I don’t know what that sign is. Cardiac Knicks ain’t playing ain’t paying my hospital bills. CK, they definitely are not. Diesel $2 super said, “Nah, Harley choke karma coming up. We got this.” Then we got a $2 super from Vic from the sty. Can nobody choke like the Knicks? pull to Boston. Yeah, man. And then I saw CC. Yeah, CC with the $10 super said we had that game and we choked. We sure did, man. Play with our food, bro. Play with our food, man. We got Boston, bro. I ain’t got no excuses, man. I ain’t got no excuses. You ain’t gonna hear me cry and give excuses. Patience went took that game, bro. Went and took that game. And what did we do? We we played around with that thing the entire way and now here we are now. They got that first game. They got the confidence. We going to hear them talking. The front running’s about to be diabolical for the next day and a half. Well, now what do you do next? I know I know you need to do. You need to make sure you take that second game at home. Don’t drop two to start off this series. We saw how that went. Big wakeup call, man. Anyways, man, shout out to everybody over onuh Twitch fan TV side of things. OG f to get beat up in the locker. Yeah, OG. OG Anobi, man. OG Anobi, man. I can’t I can’t I Look, man. They got us. They got us. No excuses for me. We uh had the game, didn’t get it. That’s all I got to say. But let’s uh get ready for post game coming up next. We have 1,400 in the building right now. Shout out to all you guys for rocking with us on yet another playbyplay. Unfortunately, it ends in a game one loss. All the excitement, all the energy. Knicks flounder it. Do not take advantage. Once again, in the garden, get chumped at home and now it’s going to be the center of conversation for the next day and a half. Tread lightly. media is going to be annoying, ladies and gentlemen, until we get a chance back at it on Friday. But, uh, shout out to Twitch fan TV. Shout out to Toxic Penta, Frank White in the building, B Mill, Ace Nova, um, I’m not saying your name, but shout out to you. Uh, uh, Greater Society. Uh, we had, who else we had in the building? We also had, um, Game Hunter was here with us. Magic was here with us. So, shout out to Twitch Fan TV. We’ll see you guys on Friday. Uh, and a shout out to the YouTube chat holding it down. We’re at 1,600. We’ll be back live for the post game coming up next, but I got to wrap this thing up. Shout out to my mods and members. Ditri OG and Josh need to get their ish together. Oh my goodness, that’s an understatement. Sparks Mattism, what’s good? Uh, worst fourth of the playoffs this year for the Knicks. Yes, for the Knicks. Yeah, by far. By far. Um, BLW, shout out to you, Chris. Shout out to you. Crazy dog. Crazy indeed. Salute CK chat SMH. Sorry game. Sure was militant but we move. Um Dwayne Freddy Hubard choked unreal. Sure did. We sure did. Shout out to O. Shout out to Omar Shallabby Jennery. Jennery was saying it the entire game. Jenny was saying the entire game. You too Cynthia. Shout out to you. Jet life draws mman and anybody else I might have missed from my mods. Remember shout to everybody in between. Mquel Wells, Anthony Neeves, Josh Smooth, JT Simba, Stockchaser, Paul Arnold, Ace Phthalos, Scott Beno, Benwis, excuse me, I’m pissed, man. Now I got to go post game and so stupid, bro. This team, bro, h they love to run up our blood pressure. But the beauty of this is the series doesn’t end after one game. How do we respond? We’ll find out on Friday. I’ll see you guys at Postgame, man. It’s your boy CK2K. We no music. We don’t get music tonight. That’s how pissed off I am. See you guys in post game in a few minutes. I’m out.

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20 Comments

@EtreNameless 8 months ago
Pacers in 5
@THOTHAnnunaki187 8 months ago
Knicks are depressing
@Zhyrok 8 months ago
IM GONNA SAY IT AGAIN. AWESOME CLUTCH PLAYER BUT BRUNSON NEEDS TO PASS THE BALL TO THE OPEN TEAMMATES SOMETIMES. MAKE THE GAME EASIER FOR YOURSELF AND THE KNICKS.
@EricGoldstein-m6g 8 months ago
Knicks in 6
@joseamparo3931 8 months ago
Rigged ass sports basketball anit like it use to be knicks anit winning nothing this year nba is trash
@mikemyers8970 8 months ago
Thibs lost that game for the Knicks. They had good momentum with Brunson on the bench in the 4th. Mcbribe was playing good defense, but when Thibs put Brunson back in with 3 and some change to go, they lost the momentum and had no pressure on the shooters for Indy.
@MIlesTeg1000 8 months ago
Love your passion for the Knicks… but it is what the Pacers do. They finish. They are the most clutch team in the playoffs. No lead is safe…They always get out shot at the FT line but find ways to win. 5 v 8 and they still win. It is why the rest of country (other that NYC) is cheering for the Pacers.
@HYMpwin1 8 months ago
Brunson over dribbles, and he is a lot out of control and clumsy at times WTF
@mikemyers8970 8 months ago
They didn't need Brunson to finish that game. The subs had it won.
@empire7179 8 months ago
Everyone says Knicks in 6 but they don't want them to lose?? I want the media to be Annoying, because this is a wake up game for us. Plus you young Knicks Fans need to calm down. You guys are embarrassing the whole city. Every time the Knicks lose, all year long. You guy talk garbage about them, which is sad. A team that just started playing together this year. The Pacers have been together for a while.
@dawud8538 8 months ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🫵🏾
@omarfernandez5733 8 months ago
Bruh…
@isaachaaze3 8 months ago
Every Knicks team, every time, same old song
@mothmanevolved8748 8 months ago
up 3 why the fuck is thibbs having us foul to give them 2 free throws
@Mr.Byrnes 8 months ago
Knicks fans getting humbled in the craziest way
@boomercoco1 8 months ago
3:05:02 PAUSE ⏸️
@westrueblood8178 8 months ago
Why is it front running to celebrate a win in the ECF?! 😂😂😂😂
Of course they didn’t celebrate like that before they won. Who celebrates a win before they have the win?
@mrsoftnessful 8 months ago
I blame KAT and OG fir this. Missing free throws in the 4th quarter will always come back to bite you in the ass
@mikeyylol4574 8 months ago
WHAT HAPPEN BRO? 14 POINT LEAD AND YOU YAPPING LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
@rjgbass 8 months ago
2:49:00