Alec Burks making most of Game 3 opportunity for Knicks vs. Pacers
The Knicks’ roster and depth have taken a number of big hits recently, and they needed big plays from other role players. Alec Burks will play in Game 3. The Knicks shooting guard, who played just one minute on the floor this postseason, scored 13 points on 4-of-4 field goals in the first half against […]
Fever’s Caitlin Clark is loving Pacers start in Game 3 vs. Knicks
Caitlin Clark loves a good 3-point shot. The Fever superstar, who was selected No. 1 overall in last month’s WNBA Draft after a historic college career at the University of Iowa, attended Game 3 between the Knicks and Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indiana. was present at the match. After Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton made […]
Injuries have longed plagued Knicks’ playoff runs
INDIANAPOLIS — Actually, Knicks fans of a certain age know this melody all too well. They memorize the words. OG Anunoby’s absence from Game 3 of Friday night’s best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals (and Jalen Brunson limping into the game) was a sign that the basketball gods had told Knicks fans You may feel that it […]
Jalen Brunson will try to shake off injury for Knicks in Game 3
INDIANAPOLIS – Jalen Brunson will try to go. The point guard is warming up with the intention of playing in Friday’s Game 3, Tom Thibodeau said about 90 minutes before tipoff. Brunson is listed as questionable due to a sore foot he suffered in the first quarter of Wednesday’s Game 2 win over the Pacers. […]
Knicks’ Josh Hart slams ‘disrespectful’ Pacers coach Rick Carlisle
INDIANAPOLIS – Just before Rick Carlisle was fined by the NBA for “questioning the integrity of the league,” Josh Hart said the Pacers coach was “disrespectful” of the Knicks and their Game 2 win. ” he said. “Rick is saying whatever he thinks. It has nothing to do with us. But at the end of […]
Jay Wright isn’t surprised by Knicks Villanova trio’s playoff success
INDIANAPOLIS — Jay Wright is proud of his trio of former Villanova players, up-and-coming superstar point guard Jalen Brunson and contributing starters Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo, to lead the Knicks to the second round of the playoffs. guiding. But he knew their work ethic as NCAA champions with the Wildcats and wasn’t surprised by […]
Knicks are a ‘fluke’ and setting fans up for ‘misery’
The Warriors’ season is long over, and Draymond Green, who has plenty of time to podcast during the playoffs, is not a Knicks believer. “In the Eastern Conference, you can get to the conference finals by playing like a very ‘middle’ team, like the Atlanta Hawks. That’s what you guys are doing right now.” Warriors […]
Rick Carlisle’s Knicks whining will cost him
INDIANA – Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Friday morning for “questioning the integrity of the league and its officials and criticizing referees.” The fine was announced by Joe Dumars, the league’s executive vice president and director of basketball operations. Carlisle was lighter in the wallet Wednesday night after he […]
OG Anunoby’s risk, reward has Knicks facing fragile playoff moment
Somehow, the Knicks are in the middle of their most special season in a quarter century while being supported by Silly Patty. The Knicks arrive Friday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Indiana (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) with a 2-0 series lead and the only superstar in the series (Jalen Brunson) […]
Bernard King thrilled Jalen Brunson keeps breaking his Knicks playoff records
INDIANAPOLIS — Bernard King has seen his playoff scoring record go down lately, and he’s glad it happened because of Jalen Brunson. “Records are meant to be broken,” the Hall of Famer and Knicks legend told ESPN’s “NBA Today.” “But for a player like Brunson to break those kinds of records and show the leadership […]