VDesai wrote:

Rookie wrote:your crew for tonights game:

Zach Zarba (#15), Tyler Ford (#39), Sean Wright (#4), Ray Acosta (#54)

None of these guys stand out or are memorable to me

Short memory? Zarba reffed Game 3 in Philly - the worst reffing of the series

I was in Sicily. I didn't see the game.

He was slowed on defense (obviously) but this notion that we skated past a hobbled Embiid is slander. That guy was a monster and aside from being a douche put up MVP numbers.

DLeethal wrote:The biggest thing is whether we can hold them under 110-115 points during this series. Knicks don't have a lot of horses to score 120+ points with these guys.

IMO, we need to get Burks going off the bench and hope he can give us Bogie production and we need to keep games under 115 points.

I also think the Knicks can score. Too many eyes on our offense vs. Phili

Do we see Indy playing anything like that? I think a big part of the reason we see guys like OG/DD/Josh and McBride score more is these guys are just not a very good defensive team

Rookie wrote:I’m prepared to say ****ing McConnell at least 10x

I hope McConnell does less damage this series than Cam Payne the last series

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fishmike wrote:btw Embiid put up 33/11/6 on phucking one leg!

He was slowed on defense (obviously) but this notion that we skated past a hobbled Embiid is slander. That guy was a monster and aside from being a douche put up MVP numbers.

And if he had been healthy, I’m not sure we got by them.

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This seems like an OKC type 2nd city move - not a fan- seems like a jinx move.

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franco12 wrote:

DLeethal wrote:

franco12 wrote:We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.

I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.

In what world is Indiana better than Philly. Philly entered playoffs on an 8 game winning streak and had a 60+ win pace with Embiid.

OG didn't play any of the games versus Indy this year. One game against them occurred the night of the trade and we barely had anyone available, with Fournier and Taj playing big minutes. Taj STARTED another game against them this year. Precious started at the 4 two games against them this year, an experiment that has ended for the most part.

We never really played them during a good stretch at all. Record on paper doesn't mean that much without context.

Embid was on one leg in the play offs. Sorry. He still was great, but a shell of himself.

We’ll see. I hope I am wrong.

They won 8 straight to go into the playoffs with that same Embiid. He still dropped a 50 piece and 39 in game 6. And Maxey played at a superstar level.

dude Franco is the guy literally posted "I fell asleep and didnt watch the 2nd half"

Phili's 2 best players are better than anyone Indy has, and the Pacers have not seen a defense like ours probably ever. They are well coached and surely have some firepower. They can produce wild shooting nights.

Most interesting thing to me is how Thibs guards Turner. He's the one guy who we dont have a straight forward answer for. We have players literally lab grown to deal with Pascal an Hali.

I did watch the game, btw - not live because I value life and this group has been the Cardiac Squad.

I hope I am wrong. But we were 1 & 2 against the Pacers.

We just can’t continue to get back with JB carrying all of the scoring load and no one else contributing. We need Dante and we need someone else to step up. I get that the Pacers are not a strong defensive group.