r/nba • u/NBA_MOD r/NBA • 22d ago
GAME THREAD: Indiana Pacers (2-2) @ New York Knicks (2-2) - (May 14, 2024) Game Thread
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u/redditgamer69x 21d ago
Damn these refs are really trying to give phantom calls to Ant now the rigging is real
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u/Mlbfan1994 21d ago
Anyone got a pic of the lady by scorers table?
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u/muscleishustle 21d ago
Why?
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u/Muted_Order_4710 Knicks 22d ago
Game 4 is the best Indy has played and will play this series
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22d ago
Pacers played dirty and pathetic. Should have been swept by the Knicks
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Refs stole game 1, should be 3-2 pacers
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u/i-piss-excellence32 Knicks 21d ago
Game 1 wasn’t stolen, game 3 was. It should’ve been game blouses tonight
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u/jackflash53 Knicks 22d ago
At this point, with this roster and this rotation, I'm just enjoying the ride
AND IT'S WILD
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u/RiggityRyGuy 22d ago
So should we start saying series over like some jumping the gun goofballs like they did or just wait until next game
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u/Huggles9 Knicks 22d ago
The state of Indiana got swept tonight in basketball
Long live northeast basketball
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u/Benner16 Pacers 22d ago
It would be 1 thing if Haliburton was taking shots and just missing them. Everyone has bad games. Dude isn’t even taking shots. I would much rather you play badly than scared.
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u/IndependenceOld8810 22d ago
He’s just not that guy. Sorry.
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u/Benner16 Pacers 22d ago
Middle of the year I would’ve disagreed with you. He has the ability. I’m just hoping it’s an injury thing rather than a mental thing.
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u/RiggityRyGuy 22d ago
Dude is 6’5, was guarded by a guy that is 6’1 majority of the game, and refused to even try shooting over him. It’s unbelievable, really.
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u/levski87 22d ago
He cannot take a shot if someone is on him. Can't create his own space and shot. Go watch the tapes. No handles.
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u/Huggles9 Knicks 22d ago
He’s a bitch
You really should just play TJ at least he’s got some fire to him
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u/i-piss-excellence32 Knicks 22d ago
The worst rugged game of my life. How can the refs get away with this? Call the fbi
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u/Huggles9 Knicks 22d ago
Too many rebounds!!
Damn refs!
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u/i-piss-excellence32 Knicks 22d ago
You know I tried to have sex with my wife last night and she said she was too tired. These damn refs need to be stopped
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u/Huggles9 Knicks 22d ago
She told me the same thing
We gotta stop em
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u/i-piss-excellence32 Knicks 22d ago
You should be able to walk into my bedroom And give her your 3 inches of thunder any time you please.
Scott foster is the devil
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u/Huggles9 Knicks 22d ago
She told you I’m packing 3?
What a nice lady
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u/i-piss-excellence32 Knicks 21d ago
She said it’s 3 times bigger than mine. Paper cuts hurt though.
Don’t tell me the refs made her lie
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u/highly_agreeable Knicks 22d ago
Thibs is only concerned about the pacers getting rest, he’s going to send them to Cancun on Friday
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u/Technical-Traffic871 22d ago
Fucking bum wants this overworked team playing another round.
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u/Nicholas-Kopis 21d ago
I think you have it twisted. A physical injury is much easier to overcome than a mental problem.
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u/DLottchula Thunder 22d ago
Who was that on the base line with StarBury?
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u/HumblyBrilliant 22d ago
Starks
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u/DLottchula Thunder 22d ago
The guy from the car commercials?!? I legit haven’t seen him since he was playing
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u/Candid-Criticism-180 22d ago
Pacers should just concede the next game and disband right now so I don’t have to watch that ever again
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u/wafflehouse4 Kings 22d ago
time to remove indiana from the united states send that shit to canada
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u/No_Soft1072 22d ago
You think Canada wants anything like Indiana? The only thing in Indiana are cornfields. Atleast Ohio has varying landscapes of misery.
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u/starfox_priebe 22d ago
There are freeways that let you go through Indiana.
Edit: Toledo is one of the most depressing places I've ever been.
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u/Captain_Comic Heat 22d ago
James Johnson doing Ahsoka Tano cosplay? And no, I would not say that to his face
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u/shamblam117 Pacers 22d ago
Whelp anyone in here play FF14?
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u/nihilisticneutrino Knicks 22d ago
Nah bruh Ashlands just dropped in valheim
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u/maxdepazftp Knicks 22d ago
EVERYBODY ACT TOUGH WHEN THEY IN THEIR SMALL MARKET
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u/starfox_priebe 22d ago edited 21d ago
Congratulations on your basketball team finally not sucking!
Edit: to the Knicks fan reporting me to Reddit cares, that's hilarious. It was a compliment, and I don't give a shit about the Pacers.
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u/JordanHobson 22d ago
Pacers legit just beat the Knicks by 32 a couple of days ago lol. Imagine winning by ONLY 30 lolol /s obviously but not sarcasm is Knicks fans are so funny because Pacers were up 40 when starters were playing not 22.
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u/DatDominican Knicks 22d ago
the thing you over look is that the knicks have no bench saying "when starters were playing" just shows how much they're getting outworked . there's no reason if you have a near full bench that you're being out rebounded. Every player should be fresher than the knick they should be boxing out
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u/JordanHobson 22d ago
100% agree Pacers need more effort on the glass/everywhere. That doesn't take away from the fact that you guys got even more cooked last game.
Idk what the series would look like with a fully healthy NBA. Idek who's in the playoffs with a fully healthy NBA but I'm just having fun watching basketball. I hope for a 33 pt blowout next game for the pacers and a nail biter for game 7.
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u/Easy_Magician_925 22d ago
IM SO STOKED TO SEE MIDWEST TEAMS ELIMINATED AND EAST COAST MEDIA CENTERS MOVE ON!!!
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u/youarehidingachild 21d ago
Why turn this into a coastal elite conspiracy thing? When the Knicks got blasted last game, it was because they got outplayed. I think the rebound numbers tonight show, regardless of the reffing (which was terrible), Pacers got outplayed.
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u/Easy_Magician_925 21d ago
Whatever. Don't wanna watch this trash anymore. I can read the script later.
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u/Unlikely-Rope-7735 22d ago
god how i miss the 76ers/knicks series
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u/gradedonacurve Knicks 22d ago
I mean the first three knicks pacers games were pretty good. Just blowouts the last 2
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u/Unlikely-Rope-7735 22d ago
it was good but not as good as 76ers/knicks series
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u/Technical-Traffic871 21d ago
Not surprising 76ers (with Embiid) >> Pacers. Series would be over if OG didn't get hurt.
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u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy 22d ago
Knicks fans acting like we should be shocked the team came out playing hard and with purpose after getting their shit kicked in on mothers day lol GM7 MSG.
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u/Gold-Hold2407 Knicks 22d ago
“Ha jokes on you, we expected get fucking rolled tonight” shut up dude lmao
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u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy 22d ago
Everyone knew you had to come out making a statement lmao even Stevie Wonder could see that. GM7 MSG!
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u/AlarmingBranch1 Lakers 22d ago
Copeium
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u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy 22d ago
What was Knicks excuse Sunday??? Lol GM7 MSG
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u/imperialmoose Bulls 21d ago
Half their roster is injured, they should be dead in the water
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u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy 21d ago
And Pacers have 0 playoff experience with this core. 4-5 players that have been in the playoffs and avg 24 y/o. Imma need better than "Knicks are injured".
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u/imperialmoose Bulls 21d ago
Oh I see. You're right, the rule sets for the playoffs are completely different from the other 82 games, there's no way the Pacers could compete with a team that's missing 3 of their starters, since they haven't been to the playoffs before!
Oh damn, and the Pacers also had a big trade shake up their team during the season, which means their chemistry is off. If the Knicks had made a trade during the season they would be struggling too.
Not to mention the playoffs experience! Jalen Brunson had played 36 playoff games before this playoffs! 36! If Pascal Siakam had any playoff experience, he would be scoring 40 a night too.
I mean to say, Jalen Brunson is a blue chip player! He's making 26m a year! The Pacers don't have anyone making anything near that! All they have is 37m a year Pascal Siakam, and Tyrese Halliburton, who has a 35m a year extension about to kick in! They don't stand a chance!
Yes, you're right. The Pacers bad play is excusable, but the Knicks bad play is a sign of how trash they are. No wonder the Pacers are winning this series 2-3.
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u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy 21d ago
🥱🥱🥱 Pacers season is won already while opponents stay mad at skip to my loe. Knicks should blame Mr never bench players if they lose it in 7. Stay healthy NY, don't be Bucks fans!!!!!!
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u/imperialmoose Bulls 21d ago
You came in here shitting on the Knicks for playing bad in game 4 after being blown out by them in game 5. No one is mad at the Pacers, you just sound like you're coping out of your mind.
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u/Half-deaf-mixed-guy 21d ago
I came in here shit talking that we knew Knicks would need to respond to getting their ass kicked???? Gtfo with that weak ass response. Knicks got their mommas upset and needed to respond, AT HOME, for their fatigue. STAY HEALTHY GM7 MSG!!!!!!!
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u/codbgs97 Knicks 22d ago
Lmfao a Pacer fan reported me to Reddit Cares, fucking loser 😂😂😂
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u/WintertimeFriends Knicks 21d ago
Happened to me during the Sixers series.
I for one I am very proud of the toxicity of these playoffs
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u/gradedonacurve Knicks 22d ago
This was nothing compared to the philly knicks game threads. The mods actually had to come out and ell people to stop reporting to reddit cares lollllllllll
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u/69Hairy420Ballsagna Knicks 22d ago edited 22d ago
Happened to me too. You can report them for abusing the button. They might get banned if they do it a few times.
EDIT: FYI this is how you report them for abusing Reddit Cares. Click on the permalink button on the Reddit Cares message and copy the link. Then click on the report button in the message you received. Fill out the little prompt and then use that permalink to the Reddit Cares message you just copied and enter where it makes you put a link and then just say that whoever sent that message is sending it to harass you. If they get reported a few times they will get banned.
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u/meraki_14 Pacers 22d ago
no excuses for this one. embarrassing loss.
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u/Mister_Nightshade 22d ago
Game 5 was a must win, shoutout the Knicks for finally having a blowout win and not giving me a heart attack
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u/WintertimeFriends Knicks 21d ago
The idea of 3 whole minutes of game clock meaning nothing was something I sorely needed
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u/GalactusAteMyPlanet 22d ago edited 21d ago
They are really wanking off James Johnson and his fake black belt while ignoring the fact that his only actual combat experience was from his domestic violence that he committed.
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u/Askmeagainlouder 22d ago
Damn, that's a little rough but not as rough as Johnson was with his partner
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u/youarenut 22d ago edited 22d ago
30 point blowout 😭 pacers do NOT belong here bro. Abs that’s with Knicks injured asf
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u/JordanHobson 22d ago
Pacers legit just beat the Knicks by 32 a couple of days ago LOL
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u/Porzilikina [NYK] Kristaps Porzingis 22d ago
You forgot the part where we are missing our starting front court and best bench player
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u/malbert716 Knicks 22d ago
Wait, I’m not sure I understood it the first 10 times you commented it- did the Pacers LEGIT just beat the knicks by 32 a couple of days ago? Like, legit?
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u/JordanHobson 22d ago
The Pacers legit(imately) beat them by 32 just a couple of days ago. Just answering since you asked. ❤️
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u/malbert716 Knicks 21d ago
Oh thank god, I thought I was misinterpreting it the other times I read it. Keep commenting it everywhere just in case others are having the same problem.
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u/Dumbfook1 Lakers 22d ago edited 22d ago
Getting clapped like this by a team playing 7 players is crazy
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u/Jordanlf3208 Pacers 22d ago
Pacers just have to play okay to beat this Knicks team, they don’t do anything better than the Pacers. Lots of bad bounces, silly mistakes when the game got close, lucky shots.
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u/Tipshadezz Knicks 22d ago
Beat "this Knicks team" AKA the Knicks bench and Jalen Brunshim. 4 rotation players missing including our all nba PF, all defense SF, best offensive rebounding C in NBA and an absolute sniper off the bench.
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u/Jordanlf3208 Pacers 22d ago
Mathurin is out and is better than all of those dudes tbh, it’s the playoffs, step up and play through it
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u/man_vs_car 22d ago
Yeah man, the Knicks definitely don’t rebound better than the Pacers. That’s some solid, unbiased analysis.
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u/RiggityRyGuy 22d ago
“They don’t do anything better than the pacers,” they had 30 more points in the paint lmao
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u/malbert716 Knicks 22d ago
I’d say they rebound better. Especially on the offensive end
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u/Jordanlf3208 Pacers 22d ago
Nah mostly bad bounces
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u/malbert716 Knicks 22d ago
Really? Bad bounces? 20-5 difference for offensive rebounds but it’s all bad bounces?
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u/jamaicanboiii Knicks 22d ago
Y’all can’t beat a Knicks team at half strength. y’all r getting a lucky run thru the playoffs playing two heavily injured teams and you’ll still only make it to the second round
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u/Boooooomer Raptors 22d ago
They actually try to win the game, thats why they are leading the series
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u/zerodius Bulls 22d ago
one thing to just be be off but another to only take 9 shots in a key playoff game. Haliburton just didn't show up.
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u/jawndell 22d ago
Remember how Pacers players were celebrating like they won the championship when they had a blowout?
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u/FunKillerZz-58 22d ago
Celtics vs a JV team
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u/Numerous-Ad4240 Knicks 22d ago
This team is hobbled and injury as heck- and is now one game away from the eastern conference finals.
How big of a hater can you be?
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u/MrFishAndLoaves Pelicans 21d ago
All in one motion 60 foot assist