That moron is OP btw lmao

I missed this while having 5 consecutive heart attacks, where did this happen

It’s crazy just how they needed them all to win. If nesmith misses one of those, they probably lose. And he still woulda been hitting insane shots. Never seen such hot shooting in a short amount of time

In MSG as a neutral, watching his explosion was wild.

Knicks fans had no idea what was happening since they were up, so I felt like being in the matrix where I was the only one who was awake.

Until the sixth one. They knew what was happening on the sixth one lmao

Being up by 14 against the Pacers is the most dangerous score in basketball

I fucking love the NBA

What a fucking game!

I have. This black magic fuckery must be stopped.

Hardest road merchants Indiana Pacers

1. Don’t play any defense until L2M

2. Steal the ball and make every three

3. ???

4. PAVERS BASKETBALL

Even the ones we miss: “How funny would it be if that ball bounced 10 feet in the air and dropped in the hoop?”

Teams up 14 with 2:45 to go were 994-0 before this (in play by play era aka since 1997). Knicks made history.

Credit to Josh Dubow for that stat.

The moment it bounced was magical. I thought it was off but it rolled back a bit and it fucking went thru WHAT

I was laughing my ass off when there was only a handful of seconds left and instead of passing to a wide open Turner Hali dribbled all the way back out for that ridiculous turn around fader. Somehow I knew it was going in even after the bounce. He is inevitable in those situations.

It woulda been perfect if it’d won the game but this is a decent consolation prize. Absolutely phenomenal tonight. 31/4/11 with only 2 TOs and one of those was the handoff to KAT to end the game. No lights too bright for Tyrese.

It still will. Reggie’s choke sign was legendary and they lost that series

Call an ambulance but not for me

Hali making the choking symbol is gonna be iconic

They play with such a tempo and sometimes irrational confidence which makes no lead safe against them!

Must be cool seeing ur team be this clutch after the last ECF

No Haliburton for games three and four which I feel like everyone just forgets about

3 or 4 of those games came down to the last few minutes right? seems like this teams late game execution has drastically improved, likely because of that series

Getting outscored 20-6 in 2 ¹⁄₂ minutes is fucking crazy

Went 20-6 at that point, too.

Neismith got HOT at the three.

AARON NESMITH IS MY GOAT

They have been my team all playoffs, I hope other people recognize how beautiful they play on offense. They play so fast and yet so under control, even in an intense playoff environment! Normally things slow down and become hard, but not for Indy.

Reggie Miller is very much alive

NESMITH

Bucks: haha (I’m in trouble)

Cavs and Bucks: First time?

FTFY

Seriously I kept telling people we were lucky to sweep that series. Should’ve lost at least 2 to them.

The Pacers cut 7 points off the lead in 36 seconds as well. When their offense is clicking, it’s next level. Their entire team can make a 3.

On the bright side, we won that series. Not over yet but this one sure hurts.

And this is gonna sound silly but McConnell was also huge for them. There was a stretch I think in the 2nd quarter where they were sort of sputtering and he comes in and gets a few consecutive buckets that weren’t easy, grabs a few boards and just sort of keeps them in it. And I think it really mattered.

The pacers are either the team of destiny or somehow have learned to harnessed the dark arts to use in their favor. Either way I am fascinated by their run.

They weren’t calling literally anything in OT unless it was damn near murdering another player lmao. Absolutely loved it

Refs just confused if game was on play because there was no defence from the knicks there, what a choke job

Courtside, actually.

You’d get murdered for real

Legit might die lol

Nah Fr you’ll actually be under threat tonight lmao

I freaked out over the shot and then cringed hard when they called it a two. So glad they closed it out.

The people coming in from NJ are in HELL rn

“We need to pick between Fox and Hali..”

Trades both anyway

the acceptance stage

I tuned into the game to hate watch, and by the 4th quarter it was impossible for me to not cheer on the Pacers… including Haliburton lol.

Glad that game somehow healed the pain of last series bc damn they’re fun to watch.

No thank you. Four is enough.

genuinely could have been a top 5 game winner ever with context

I usually don’t like when people overreact in the moment and call games all timers, but that was an all timer. Has everything you could ever want in a basketball game. Even had a tough AND1 dunk at the end there (uncalled) for the three point haters.

which is pretty funny considering that earlier play where Jon Hamm genuinely just grabbed the ball before it actually hit the ground out of bounds when Hali could theoretically still have saved it

it doesn’t matter since they won but i was actually shocked that the ref just went ‘it’s whatever’ like it’s a fucking playoff game how is that just allowed? that’s insane to me