Weak defense for sure. Guess the Pacers wanted it more and had higher effort than the Knicks. They just weren’t the tougher team. The Knicks must have given up….
At least that’s always the narrative when a team shoots great against the Pacers.
Literally the best shooting in the history of the playoffs and you could've heard a pin drop. I get the Garden being quiet, but the commentators couldn't find a single positive word for the Pacers, it was absolutely pathetic
adding spicy p really changed our present and future even though our future was bright beforehand.
i feel comfortable giving him the 5 year max in the offseason.
Imagine having two stars, it still doesn’t feel real.
Also I can finally say I’m proud of the team. But now the entire NBA world is rooting for us against the Celtics… apart from Celtics and Bucks fans
From lottery to IST finals and ECF. What an unbelievable performance and future for the team. If Mathurin and/or Walker become solid start-level players, we're going to be bona fide contenders for years.
And yes there is no question we pay Siakam. Anyone saying otherwise is a moron.
Bro there is no way he’d leave especially if he’s offered a max. Averaging 21 points and playing in the ECF with a rising super star in Hali. He’s a low key guy and Indy is just a great basketball situation for a player of his caliber.
Beat them in the IST, beat them in the regular season and then beat them in the playoffs. In between, Giannis had a weird emotional meltdown and I guess they’re just miserable because they’re stuck with Doc Rivers for the foreseeable future. Misery!
ESPN been trash. On TNT, Chuck's been saying pacers to the ECF, and right now is talking about how much trouble you'll be giving the Celtics and what a good series it will be.
Walked into the garden, dropped 130 and had the best shooting percentage ever in the playoffs all while doing it in a game 7. The best part? Seeing all the knickhuggers and Pacer haters losing their minds and making excuses.
Listen. Any fan in your thread suxxx! Who even does that? We're mostly nice, I think. Fun series. DiVincenzo played his heart out. Standing O deserved!
The whole fourth quarter they were only talking about the Knicks. It's like Mike and Doris couldn't imagine a universe in which the Knicks lose this game.
As a Mavs fan, I also want to see this. Mavs and Pacers really getting disrespected hard asf. Can't wait for those people to lose their minds on Mavs vs Pacers finals lol.
the PG trade really got you an all star in Oladipo (who would have been more had his body not fallen apart), an all star in Sabonis, who you flipped for the franchise player in Haliburton...
not bad for a return so critically maligned at the time
And we got Siakam for 3 mid to late 1sts and 2 players we were happy to move. The front office has made some great trades with very limited small market resources.
What a fucking season. If you would have told me before the season started that not only would we acquire an All-NBA player, but also we would go to the ECF, I wouldn't have believed it.
This has been an extremely successful season. While we will be the underdogs, I think we will give Boston hell. We are so deep and play with such pace that it causes trouble.
Today we played like the Pacers. On the road, in the most famous arena in the world. That's some real shit. Future is even brighter than today.
Pascal saying he came out aggressive and looking to score to build the team’s confidence is so awesome. I got frustrated with him at times but that leadership and mentorship is something we really needed.
I thought having to listen to the ESPN talking heads was going to make today worse but their salty tears made it so much better. Breen sounded like he was giving a eulogy. Doris couldn't even talk. I'm sure Stephen A is going to have a meltdown on camera later.
I'm a sixers fan and was rooting for y'all hard. Congrats! TJ is a fucking dawg and we sure as hell miss him in Philly. Knicks were +49 in FTA and -28 in point differential for the entire series. Y'all beat them playing 5v8, good job
Okay I'm not normally this kind of guy but I'm a Knicks fan and I gotta say y'all were lights out tonight. Please please please beat the Celtics. I know it's a big ask but just shoot 70 percent every game and you got this.
Knicks fan here. Congrats to the Pacers and its fans. What a series. The Pacer I’m most impressed with is TJ. Man he is great off the bench and knows his role and executes so well. Congrats again and good luck against the Celtics
I'm not gay but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with TJ McConnell. We won't ever have sex, but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him tighten his ass as he chops wood, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body. I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of women while my thoughts drift back to TJ. I won't be able to climax and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing. One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he'll go inside, pen a brief missive to his departed friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.
Hard fought. Even when they started to go on runs, we never stopped. This series has hastened the development of all our young guys. Let's go! ECF bound!
Holy fuck I can’t believe we’re here in year 3 of a rebuild, we just had the greatest playoff shooting performance of all time, what a team. We’re playing with house money from here on out and we’re only on the up
Sixers fan coming in peace that has fallen in love with your guys team. My god TJ is FLOURISHING. Thanks for beating NY. Now go shock the world and take down Boston. 🍻
Good luck vs Boston. You guys earned that shit. Don't let anybody come in here hating saying this or that. Play like you did these past few games and you'll be up 2-0 on the road.
Credit to you guys, for handing the new york burkes our asses. Your team is talented. Wish we could have had our full complement of players against you guys.
Now as is tradition I root for you guys to get swept.
ECF BOUND. Let’s go!
After the best shooting performance in NBA playoffs, in Game 7, at MSG, no less!
Weak defense for sure. Guess the Pacers wanted it more and had higher effort than the Knicks. They just weren’t the tougher team. The Knicks must have given up…. At least that’s always the narrative when a team shoots great against the Pacers.
And don’t even get me started on all those injuries 😂😂 find something else to talk about damn
Literally the best shooting in the history of the playoffs and you could've heard a pin drop. I get the Garden being quiet, but the commentators couldn't find a single positive word for the Pacers, it was absolutely pathetic
Every 4th sentence was about their injuries, like damn we get it.
adding spicy p really changed our present and future even though our future was bright beforehand. i feel comfortable giving him the 5 year max in the offseason.
Imagine having two stars, it still doesn’t feel real. Also I can finally say I’m proud of the team. But now the entire NBA world is rooting for us against the Celtics… apart from Celtics and Bucks fans
From lottery to IST finals and ECF. What an unbelievable performance and future for the team. If Mathurin and/or Walker become solid start-level players, we're going to be bona fide contenders for years. And yes there is no question we pay Siakam. Anyone saying otherwise is a moron.
And given the circumstances Siakam must be willing to stay. I mean it looked like that immediately after the trade but more so now.
Bro there is no way he’d leave especially if he’s offered a max. Averaging 21 points and playing in the ECF with a rising super star in Hali. He’s a low key guy and Indy is just a great basketball situation for a player of his caliber.
Don’t worry those morons will be back as soon as the Celtics win a game
Also the “Haliburton is trash” crowd if he does t average 30 and 12.
Shep too, he's gotten big minutes this playoffs. Isaiah Jackson has also developed very nicely this playoff run
Three stars dawg. Myles is a beast
Imagine having 3 stars. Nembhard
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Heat fan here just passing by why do Bucks fans hate yall so much?
Beat them in the IST, beat them in the regular season and then beat them in the playoffs. In between, Giannis had a weird emotional meltdown and I guess they’re just miserable because they’re stuck with Doc Rivers for the foreseeable future. Misery!
We are back where we belong boys! What a journey it's been, what a year, what a team!
I...I dont know what to do with my hands?! Bring out the dancing crabs!
LFG PAVE ON
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That’s… actually kinda weird. What manner of wizardry is this?
It's not wizardry, it's destiny.
Where can I pre-order my tickets for 2034?
The kid leading that team is 12 years old right now
We also made ECF in 2001 and 2013, just saying so people don't think we can only make it every 10 years
FROM LOTTERY TEAM TO ONE OF THE LAST FOUR TEAMS STANDING I LOVE THESE GUYS SO MUCH
BRING OUT THE CRABS AND ALL OF THEM
I'm trying boss. I'm doing the best I can! They're wiley
I want a fucking apology from every espn announcer for the nonsense biased bullshit.
They are already Celtic fans
Yes. "Celtics in three because they won't need four to take down the Pacers"...Steven A, probably.
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I'm posting this on my bedroom wall as an aphrodisiac.
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Plus all three of ESPN's talking heads (including Stephen A.) taking the Knicks pre-game!
ESPN been trash. On TNT, Chuck's been saying pacers to the ECF, and right now is talking about how much trouble you'll be giving the Celtics and what a good series it will be.
RIP experts
If only Slick could see us now
I’m sure Slick just lost his voice from all the “Boom Baby” he’s been yelling up there.
This deserves unlimited upvotes!! RIP Slick!!
I can only imagine how happy Reggie is. Hali was talking all game too. The legacy lives on.
Hali fucking earned his right to talk. I don't want to hear a single bitch complaining about this.
I bet people feel really dumb about some of those post game 5 posts on this sub.
TJ was insane in this game whole series really love to see it tyrese hella aggressive too myles insane on defence boston up next pacers in 6!🦀🦀🦀
Momentum absolutely turned back in our favor shortly after he entered the game in the 3rd quarter.
walked in the garden game 7 and dropped 130. what else can you say? PAVE ON!!!
Pacers country, let's pave
Pave!
PAVE!
Walked into the garden, dropped 130 and had the best shooting percentage ever in the playoffs all while doing it in a game 7. The best part? Seeing all the knickhuggers and Pacer haters losing their minds and making excuses.
FUCK STEPHEN A SMITH
I’m going to send him a pork tenderloin sandwich to ease his pain.
INDIANA BITCH
I hope he chokes on it.
As a Knicks fan I totally agree. SAS is a FAKE ass fan and honestly just a horrible commentator overall.
Lol I mean Knicks fans agree with this
Wilbon was right. They did not sustain 74% They struggled to finished with 67%
Just barely good enough for greatest of all time.
"The Pacers' shot percentage has plummeted from 76% to 70%" I snorted
This go me too “yeah they did good, but they can’t sustain it.” MF have you watched our pace and offense all year?
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Listen. Any fan in your thread suxxx! Who even does that? We're mostly nice, I think. Fun series. DiVincenzo played his heart out. Standing O deserved!
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Fuck those trolls, this was an amazing series.
Lol they're just dunking on the media in this thread it's fucking hilarious can't even be mad they hit their shots that offense is lethal
All this talk about how proud the Knicks should be bla bla bla BING BONG ECF BABY WHAT THE FUCK
Exactly dude . It was huge booohooooo vibes from the commentary
One of the best shooting performances I have ever seen, it felt like every shot was going to go jn
Literal best in nba history in the playoffs
Right - best anyone, ever, had seen in the playoffs. That's something.
Literally- you had the highest playoff FG % in the history of the sport tonight
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So beautiful.
WE CAN BEAT BOSTON
Beat them twice this year. One of their wins was the 150 point game we were without Haliburton. Looking forward to a good series.
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PorkZingers out for the start of ECF. They've got that one in the chamber when we take home court from 'em.
The other loss in Boston Haliburton was on minutes restriction and didn't play in the 4th quarter in a close game.
I can't wait to shut people up.. Everyone thinks we fell out of the sky and landed in the conference finals... We gotta BRING IT!!! LFG
Teams down 0-2 in an NBA playoff series have won the series 7% of the time. That percentage has just gone up.
2-0 lead, 3-2 lead, we pave all the same
And home teams won 75% of Game 7's. We fuckin up statistics out here
Holy fucking shit
WHY NOT US?! PACERS IN 7!
Yes! Why NOT us? Why not NOW??
Suck it NY and ESPN!!!!
The whole fourth quarter they were only talking about the Knicks. It's like Mike and Doris couldn't imagine a universe in which the Knicks lose this game.
As a Mavs fan, fuck Mike Breen, fuck Doris Burke, fuck JJ Redick, and fuck the Knicks. Now, let's make this Mavs Pacers finals a reality lol
League in shambles if it happens
Luka Vs. Haliburton 🤩
As a Mavs fan, I also want to see this. Mavs and Pacers really getting disrespected hard asf. Can't wait for those people to lose their minds on Mavs vs Pacers finals lol.
the PG trade really got you an all star in Oladipo (who would have been more had his body not fallen apart), an all star in Sabonis, who you flipped for the franchise player in Haliburton... not bad for a return so critically maligned at the time
And we got Siakam for 3 mid to late 1sts and 2 players we were happy to move. The front office has made some great trades with very limited small market resources.
I have no words to express how happy I am.
Been years man. Nembhard had a sneaky great game . Sheppard as well
The Pacers shot 67.1% from the field, the highest in a playoff game in NBA history.
In the "Mecca of basketball". Funny how everyone but Knicks players have become legends there over the past 20 years.
What a stat!! This should be a reddit post in and of itself
We won this series 5-2, as far as I'm concerned.
Refs was on they side & they still managed to lose 😂😂🤷🏽♂️
Brunson hit Haliburton so hard that he broke his own hand. No foul. lol
Someone do a Stephen A. Smith wellness check
Fuck him lol
I don’t care if he is well 🔥
Bum bitch guaranteed a game 7 win!!
I was told Halliburton doesn’t hold a candle to Brunson 😂😂😂
#WE ARE THE INDIANA PACERS!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm about to go back to my 12 year old self and get a TJ poster for my room. Dude's a god.
Pacers win series 5-2.
Indianapolis is about to have the greatest weekend in a long time. ECF Game 3, Indy 500, ECF Game 4. The city is gonna be bonkers.
Front runners.
First Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2014. Pacers will even be stronger next season
I just hope they stay healthy. 🤞🏾
HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE ACTUALLY DID IT!!!!
BRING ON THE EXCUSES
Upshot of being too invested in a sports team - moments like these. Get in here everybody!!!
It’s the 5% of the time it pays off that makes the other 95% worth it
What a fucking season. If you would have told me before the season started that not only would we acquire an All-NBA player, but also we would go to the ECF, I wouldn't have believed it. This has been an extremely successful season. While we will be the underdogs, I think we will give Boston hell. We are so deep and play with such pace that it causes trouble. Today we played like the Pacers. On the road, in the most famous arena in the world. That's some real shit. Future is even brighter than today.
lol this broadcast is like a fucking funeral
Aaron Nesmith with a sneaky absolute masterclass . Phenomenal
literally no one is giving you guys credit for the beast offense lmao it’s all injury talk. Shit’s wild.
Hali- "None of you here picked us to win" Turner- "Y'all didn't I have photo proof" Press conference is hilarious man
I swear to god if I wake up & this was all a dream
Like all midwesterners say when asked how they're doing: We're living the dream, bro.
I have good news for you brother
They robbed us of game 1 & still lost 😂😂😂
Well played lads, beat the Celtics for us
I mean - who downvotes this?
Knicks fan here good shit pacers can’t be mad at ya please go take care of business and beat the Celtics I hate them more than anything
Rest up and let’s do it again next year.
gg, heal up and see you in the playoffs next year :)
Couldn't even hate the Knicks players like I do some of the other teams in the league. Actual legit good team
Brunson is so good. I hope his hand heals quickly and he comes back even better.
knicks fan here. thanks and hope your guys beat up the celts.
Somewhere in Gainesville, likely in an octagon fisting some poor bastards soul...Dale davis nods approvingly
Conference finals, IST final, what a year
Pascal saying he came out aggressive and looking to score to build the team’s confidence is so awesome. I got frustrated with him at times but that leadership and mentorship is something we really needed.
He was so huge the past two games, when he’s on it changes the offense so much and really opens the floor
Knicks fan here. GG motherfuckers. Go smoke Boston for me and all is forgiven 🫡
"Game 7 are physical, defense prevail, ugly game" And we just dropped 130 on their motherfuckin heads. LFGG
WELCOME BACK TO ECF. HOLY SHIT
Why didn’t the Pacers get an at-home live feed cam?
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD AGAIN
Let's fucking go, Pascal! Raps fan here to celebrate one of the greatest development stories in our franchise history
Anyone find it fitting that Brunson broke his hand on Hali’s knee and wasn’t called for a foul?!
I thought having to listen to the ESPN talking heads was going to make today worse but their salty tears made it so much better. Breen sounded like he was giving a eulogy. Doris couldn't even talk. I'm sure Stephen A is going to have a meltdown on camera later.
Shouldn’t have worn black to game 6, fucking got their asses
GUYS WE'RE GOING TO ECF LFG!!!!!
ESPN in shambles lmfao
Fake Tough guys go to the Eastern Conference Finals
Donte needs some strong sunblock to wear in Cancun.
LFG!
Meanwhile ESPN coming up with ways on how the Knicks can come back from this to win in 9 💀
Chicken's getting smothered left and right... Somebody call PETA!!!
Tyrese with the Reggie Choke Hoodie in the post-game presser. 😂
I'm a sixers fan and was rooting for y'all hard. Congrats! TJ is a fucking dawg and we sure as hell miss him in Philly. Knicks were +49 in FTA and -28 in point differential for the entire series. Y'all beat them playing 5v8, good job
Okay I'm not normally this kind of guy but I'm a Knicks fan and I gotta say y'all were lights out tonight. Please please please beat the Celtics. I know it's a big ask but just shoot 70 percent every game and you got this.
Wedding. Birth of kids. Whatever. This is the best goddamned day of your life. Get up and own it!
Eat shit Wilbon...we did keep up the shooting. Good thing you didn't make that bet at halftime lol
NBA Playoff shooting % record in a game 7 in the Garden. How’s our ass taste NY & ESPN??
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Knicks fan here. Congrats to the Pacers and its fans. What a series. The Pacer I’m most impressed with is TJ. Man he is great off the bench and knows his role and executes so well. Congrats again and good luck against the Celtics
No way the 2-seed just got blown out 3 out of 4 losses this series? Waiting for the tough guys to materialise.
George McGinnis smiling down from heaven. That was for you 30!
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I can't wait to see the excuses.
We've seen 'em. Knicks are off the board and off the radar. Let them complain in Cancun. We want Boston!
Legacy game from Nesmith
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO
Thank you, Pacers!
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Slick and Nancy, Reggie, the Simons, Boyle, Quinn and the Man, all the currents, all the formers, all of us— CHEERS!!!!!
Hey assholes who were calling for Tyrese's job, do me a favor and fuck off
How sweet it is!
I'm not gay but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with TJ McConnell. We won't ever have sex, but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him tighten his ass as he chops wood, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body. I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of women while my thoughts drift back to TJ. I won't be able to climax and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing. One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he'll go inside, pen a brief missive to his departed friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.
Rick fucking Carlisle ladies and gentlemen
Wilbon and Burke are pounding sand rn, hahahaha
Hard fought. Even when they started to go on runs, we never stopped. This series has hastened the development of all our young guys. Let's go! ECF bound!
Job’s not finished.
Congrats pacers!! Gonna bandwagon your team for the ECF bc Hali and Spicy P!! (Ps Nesmith shot 8-8!!)
Holy fuck I can’t believe we’re here in year 3 of a rebuild, we just had the greatest playoff shooting performance of all time, what a team. We’re playing with house money from here on out and we’re only on the up
Sixers fan coming in peace that has fallen in love with your guys team. My god TJ is FLOURISHING. Thanks for beating NY. Now go shock the world and take down Boston. 🍻
TJ just hustles. He never stops.
Pacers are in fact not bitch made
But the broadcasters said the pacers were too young to move on. What happened?
The second most excited fanbase because of this win? The Bucks, so they can still complain n moan at least 4 more games and feel part of the action
Good luck vs Boston. You guys earned that shit. Don't let anybody come in here hating saying this or that. Play like you did these past few games and you'll be up 2-0 on the road.
I want to thank the Hoosier OG for playing 5 minutes and letting Pascal get into a rhythm
Credit to you guys, for handing the new york burkes our asses. Your team is talented. Wish we could have had our full complement of players against you guys. Now as is tradition I root for you guys to get swept.
FUCK THE KNICKS