Knicks vs. Pacers Playoff Series: Unexpected Challenges Ahead?
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00:03 Look at this series overall.
00:05 J.Y., you said the odds makers expect it to be an easy one
00:09 potentially for the Knickerbockers, but maybe you're not so sure.
00:13 Why can Indiana and how do the Pacers give the Knicks a test here in this series?
00:19 They just make it a track meet and to me, you're looking at a New York team
00:25 that tips plays every game like it's game seven.
00:29 The entire season.
00:31 So this is where you start to get concerned.
00:32 You get deeper into the playoffs.
00:34 These guys are playing big, big minutes.
00:36 And to me, I think that's the key here is I think you have to look at this game
00:40 and look at a way that how Rick Carlisle can get in transition with Halliburton,
00:44 with Nimrod, you know, obviously, listen, I'm not going to expect a guy like TJ McConnell
00:48 to drop 20 points like he did against game six.
00:51 I'm not expecting Ovi to drop 20 points, but I do expect him to get up and down the floor
00:55 and test tips, to make tips, ready folks? To go eight and maybe even nine deep.
01:02 So now we're talking about Prentice Ochoa possibly getting minutes.
01:06 Now we're talking about maybe scrapping, bringing Alec Parks and giving him time.
01:10 God, he's been awful since he's been back with the Knicks.
01:12 So that is why I think this gets up and down a little bit.
01:16 I think this is a six game series.
01:18 Can New York win it in five? Yes.
01:22 Do I think so? No.
01:23 Because I think we'll probably be, I wouldn't be shocked if we're 2-2,
01:28 heading back to MSG in a game number five.
01:31 The other thing that benefits Indiana guys is the fact that in regards to the games,
01:35 the first four games, if I'm not mistaken, there's only one day off in between each game.
01:38 So there's not a lot of rest for these, for a team like New York to get their legs back.
01:43 That's why I think that's another reason why I think it goes six games with the Knicks.
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