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Ant was 1/14 from midrange in the first two rounds of the playoffs He's 7/12 from midrange in this series What an unbelievable performance from him tonight

Minnesota literally played a perfect basketball game today. Better in every single phase of the game. Exceptional response after two convincing losses.

Logan just told me he is preparing to glaze Anthony Edwards harder than anybody has ever glazed before Lock in

One potential counter to Ant walking into pull-up threes vs. drop... start Caruso, put him on Randle, put J Dub on Gobert & switch everything out of pick & roll The double-big looks haven't been effective all playoffs anyways & OKC needs more shooting out there. Why not try it?

Two of the last three champs have lost playoff games by 38+ points, very interesting presentation on this tweet

The Knicks have a big problem... they cannot guard the Pacers Carson Breber breaks down how Indiana has shredded New York's defense: youtu.be/ZIWfC8U0B44

Tony Bradley's out here attacking mismatches, man The Pacers are taking depth and equal-opportunity offense to levels we've never seen before

TJ McConnell has been able to get deep in the paint literally whenever he wants this entire series

In a shocking turn of events, the Landry Shamet/Delon Wright minutes were not a success Genuinely, what the hell is Thibs doing Play your starting guards 45 minutes, play Deuce with 3 fouls... I'd do just about anything before going to a Shamet/Wright lineup

A game like this was looming. New York was only so close in the first two games because Brunson was flat-out sensational. When he has an off night, the Knicks offense stalls out. Meanwhile, the Pacers have gotten great shots at will all series and that's continued tonight.

The truth for the Knicks is really harsh and dark, but no team has ever won anything of significance with two defenders as bad as Brunson & KAT as their two best players. There is no solving that with moves on the margins. It's just the reality. The core is inherently flawed.

This is just ridiculously good stuff from KAT with the season on the line

Tony Bradley minutes with six minutes left in the 4th, when he’s not a scoring threat off the roll and also can’t guard KAT, were crazy

The second half has been the worst offense we've seen from the Pacers all playoffs. They inexplicably weren't attacking KAT until very late, and once they finally started to, Mikal did a great job navigating screens and New York's rotations were great. Plus, no Brunson to go at.

It's not a coincidence the Knicks have played the last two fourth quarters almost entirely with either KAT or Brunson off. Their best formula is one star carrying the offense and a functional defensive lineup around him. They executed it to perfection tonight. What a comeback.

THEY'RE CALLING IT THE KAT GAME

Logan and I disagreed on the show today… who’s the WORSE defender?

OG’s defense has been so ridiculously good in these playoffs and tonight was some of his best. Dude defended the whole team in transition on one possession and took Nesmith’s soul on another. Averaging 1.9 SPG and 1.2 BPG with a 42.3% DFG% allowed in the playoffs.

By the way, Thibs deserves a ton of credit for having the massive balls to basically close B2B games with one of his stars off the floor. Not an easy decision, but the right one, and something I hope we see more of in this series.

I meant to touch on this on the show yesterday too, but I have no idea why Indiana has been insistent on staying home and not doubling Brunson/KAT more all series. They’re the only guys killing you, which they are more than capable of doing in single coverage.