Spike: “I would give up an Academy Award. Oscar, for the Knicks to win a Championship.” Chuck: “Well you’re gonna keep ‘em!”
[Highlight] Tyrese Haliburton smiling as he heads off the court following Pacers loss
“They got us up so high I could touch God. That’s the only chance il get too see him. I’m going to hell” - Barkley
[Van Gundy] on the legality of the “hack-a”-player strategy: “The game is for the fans. Who wants to watch Mitchell Robinson shoot free throws every possession?”
[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks stay alive at 2-3 against the Indiana Pacers, 111-94. Jalen Brunson (32/5/5) and Karl Anthony-Towns (24/13/3) deliver for the Knicks.
J.R. Smith rubbing his championship rings on Jalen Brunson’s shoulder and saying “you got ring fever now”
Pascal Siakam went back and forth with a reporter after Siakam said he believed the Knicks played harder than the Pacers in Game 5.
Kevin Love and JR Smith reunion
Chris Finch today when talking about things Ant needs to work on for next year: “Foul drawing, you see right now in the league, you see what gets rewarded. You need to kind of lean into that a little bit, even though it’s not necessarily how he likes to play, but it seems to be effective.”
[Highlight] Chuck: “Why do you be getting them dumb fouls?” KAT: “God only knows.”
[Anthony Slater] “Kuminga, league sources said, still has visions of becoming an All-Star, not fitting into an ever-moving mid-tier rotation role. He wants to be a featured player in an NBA offense and chase the 20-point-and-beyond dreams he’s spent his life chasing.”
Tyrese Haliburton in a potential closeout game: 2-7 FG, 0-2 3PA, 8 pts, 6 asts, -23
Shaquille O’Neal: “The show is still here, baby. You can never kill the 4 horsemen. We’re coming, and we’re coming to take spots, we’re coming to kick ass, and we’re coming to take names, and we’re doing it our way”
Knicks fans after game 5 in MSG
[Highlight] Reggie Miller: I’ve been kissed harder than that”
Chris Broussard on Anthony Edwards: “He is too young & immature to lead a team to a championship right now. He just is. This is not ripping Ant, in the history of the NBA, there has not been a guy 23 or younger to ever lead a team to a championship unless they had a hall of fame legend with them”
If the Pacers win a title this year, they will be the biggest preseason underdogs to win a championship in NBA history.
[Highlight] Knicks fans chanting “Knicks in 7” as McBride sends a laser to Hukporti inside for the slam
R.I.P. Rocco Thompson (Klay Thompson’s beloved English bulldog)
A Knicks fan with a big mistake in a Tic-tac-toe game, letting his opponent to win during one of the intermissions
Chuck on game 6: “It is a must win for the Pacers cuz if they come back here, they’re gonna get another ass kicking like they did tonight”
Landry Shamet on the standing ovation he received after checking out of Game 5 against Indiana: “I love New York. I love these fans. I’ve seen how they ride the wave with us - the highs, the lows. It’s just important for me to give everything I’ve got to them.”
Jalen Brunson’s stats this series: 33 PPG, 2.6 REB, 5.4 AST on 51.4⁄36.1⁄93.3 (65.1% TS)
[Agness] … Just 35 points total from the Pacers’ starters in a game they never led.
The Timberwolves highest paid player Rudy Gobert in the Western Conference Finals vs OKC: 5.8 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 41.7 FT% and 51% TS. Gobert earned 43 million on the Wolves this year and is on the books for 110 million over the course of the next 3 years
Paul George on Tyrese Haliburton: “In my eyes I think he is a superstar. He is the face of the NBA, He is the #1 option. I wanna see him continue to do this, which I know he will.”
The Western Conference Finals have only gone past 5 games once in the past 7 years. Meanwhile, the Eastern Conference Finals have gone to at least 6 games 7 of the past 8 years.
Charles Barkley asks Karl-Anthony Towns about his dumb fouls
With 32/5/5 on 12⁄18 FG, Jalen Brunson puts up his 10th 30 point game of the 2025 postseason to stave elimination against the Indiana Pacers and force a Game 6 (most 30 point games in a single postseason by any Knick)
Naz Reid allegedly arguing with a troll on Instagram who lost money betting on him
[Woike] Without trying to gauge whether Doncic is in awesome shape or in a flattering T-shirt, I will say this: There were people in his camp who felt as though he was in store for a big offseason because of the humiliation he felt in the discussions about his work ethic and conditioning
Tyrese Haliburton with a very loud “F*CK!” while going to the Pacers bench
[Uthayakumar] Pacers are held to 94 points in Game 5, the first time they’ve been held to under 100 points this playoffs.
[Highlight] The New York Knicks defend home court and hold the Indiana Pacers under 100 points for the first time this postseason. They take Game 5, 111-94, as the series is now 3-2.
Jalen Brunson & Karl-Anthony Towns are only the third pair of teammates to score 20+ in the first 5 games of a Conference Final joining Kobe Bryant & Shaquille O’Neal in 2002 and Jerry West Elgin Baylor in 1966
The Knicks hold off the Pacers to extend Inside The NBA on TNT by at least one more episode
Anthony Edwards talks about his body composition. Does he need to drop weight to go up a level?
Lowe: “Just something to watch for Indiana, everyone’s like ‘oh they never go into the tax’… they have a minority owner named Steven Rales… from what I’ve heard, if he ever would be able to get governing control of the team, he’s much more willing to go into the tax than the Simon family”
[Highlight] Jalen Brunson (32 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST) collects his 10th game this playoffs with 30+ PTS and 5+ AST, becoming the fourth player ever to reach that total in a single playoff run. He helps the Knicks force Game 6 against the Pacers.
Brunson and KAT are the first pair of teammates since Shaq and Kobe in ‘02 with five consecutive 20+ point games in the conference finals.
[Highlight] Brunson hits the three in transition over Toppin, and-1
Karl-Anthony Towns full postgame interview on the court with Inside The NBA, wearing flip flops, after game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. 2025 NBA Playoffs.
[Highlight] The Pacers can’t control the defensive board, and Karl-Anthony Towns with the And-1 dagger to seal game 5 for the Knicks (with replays). The Pacers empty their bench
[Highlight] Knicks show the ball movement, Anunoby to a cutting Bridges who hands off to KAT inside for the slam
[Highlight] Mitchell Robinson swats Haliburton’s layup attempt, and on the next play, locks up Myles Turner and forces the turnover on the Pacers
[East] Rick Carlisle on closeout games: “It’s always harder. The reasons are pretty obvious. One team’s trying to move on, the other’s trying to stay alive. It’s never not the hardest game.”
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[Murray] The Indiana Pacers attempted only 74 field goals tonight, a byproduct of 22 New York fouls, but also a postseason high 19 turnovers while also getting only 8 offensive rebounds. The 74 attempts is Indiana’s fewest in the 97 games they have played this season.
[Fedor]: “…I think there’s a framework of a deal between the Cavs and the Magic that would involve Darius Garland and Jalen Suggs…”
Tyrese Haliburton finishes game 5 with 8/2/6 with 2 steals 1 block and 0 turnovers