The Eastern Conference SemiFinals are headed to the “city so nice they named it twice” as the New York Knicks failed to close the series in Game 6. The Indiana Pacers are winners of 11 straight home games, and the Knicks have found themselves in a possible upset scenario with the suspected injury to Josh Hart.
The biggest trends of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks continued in Game 6 Friday night. Whether the script remains the same for Game 7 may depend on the health of Knicks forward Josh Hart.
The New York Knicks have an opportunity to make a play for Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant this offseason and ship out two of their best starters to acquire his services in a recent mock trade.
The New York Knicks' Game 6 matchup against the Indiana Pacers was poised to be a decisive moment in their quest for a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.
“Game 7 in New York City. What’s better than that?” That rhetorical question posed by Miles McBride in the Indiana Pacers’ visiting locker room following the New York Knicks 116-103 loss summed up the attitude with which New York must approach Game 7.
The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers, old playoff rivals, are heading to a Game 7. After the Pacers defended their home court and won Game 6 in Indiana 116-103, the series will shift back to New York City and Madison Square Garden one final time.
It’s all plaudits and flowers but at the end of the day New York lost the game. Well... it turned out the Knicks had in their mind to clinch a place in the Eastern Conference finals in front of the Madison Square Garden faithful on a Sunday afternoon of all moments.
The statuses of Knicks forwards OG Anunoby and Josh Hart are both in the air, but the outlook for either being able to play and give 100% in Sunday’s Game 7 against the Pacers isn’t great,
New York limps into Game 7. Check this out. Did it hurt? Cool, that’s the point, because everything going forward will feel much sweeter after another loss, 116-103 this time, against the Pesky Pacers.
With this blow, the New York Knicks may have fallen to their knees. They’ll fight. However, if Josh Hart is unavailable for Game 7, New York’s chance of reaching the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 24 years could go down the drain.
Indiana defended its home court for the sixth time this postseason and gave basketball fans the gift of two Game 7s on Sunday. Here are three stars from Friday night’s showdown with the Knicks in Indianapolis.
New York Knicks guard Miles McBride was excellent in the first round against the Philadelphia 76ers. But, in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Indiana Pacers, he has struggled to replicate that level of production.
Action Network experts give their spread picks, player props, and even a same-game parlay for Game 6 of Knicks vs. Pacers in their best bets for Friday, May 17.
The New York Knicks have found an unexpected spark in Alec Burks during their playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. Burks, who has been a vital part of the Knicks’ rotation, has recently elevated his game, delivering standout performances off the bench.
The New York Knicks are one victory away from reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000. New York will be swinging hard to end that drought when it visits the Indiana Pacers for Game 6 of their second-round series on Friday night in Indianapolis.
New York Knicks center Isaiah Hartenstein struggled mightly in the team’s Game 4 blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers. And to make matters worse, he looked to suffer a shoulder injury after falling to the ground.
Every NBA team needs a player who stays ready off the bench in the playoffs. Alec Burks was exactly that for the New York Knicks in Games 4 and 5 of their second-round series against the Indiana Pacers.
Tom Thibodeau has made the most of his time with the New York Knicks, leading the team to the playoffs in three of his four seasons with the team. Taking over for a franchise that had won an average of 24.5 games per season the previous four years, Thibodeau was given a tall task when asked to redeem a franchise that had lost its way.