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Ian O'Connor

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5-time NY Times bestselling author of 6 books. Pre-order my 7th book, with Dan Hurley: Tinyurl.com/3xe9tdr6 ...20-time winner in national contests

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NEWS: More than two decades after leaving ESPN, Rich Eisen is returning to be a part of the network, The Athletic has learned. Full details on what it means for ESPN DTC, where it can potentially lead for ESPN Radio and NFL Network. ā¬‡ļø ā¬‡ļø

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How many home games are the Giants winning here? I suspect they’ll be an improved team, but man, it’s hard to find some W’s in East Rutherford on this sked.

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Amazing how the roles have been reversed in this series. The top-seeded Celtics are now the loose underdog putting pressure on the Knicks to win Game 6 to avoid a potential cataclysmic defeat in Boston in Game 7.

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The Celtics have 18 NBA championships and the Knicks have a mere 2. So yes, watching the Knicks crush this team’s spirit in the Garden is very meaningful to the old timers in the NY fan base who were so often on the wrong side of these things.

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Knicks-Pacers is going to be a helluva series, one right out of the Nineties. …I got the Knicks in seven for their first trip to the NBA Finals since ā€˜99.

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The Knicks are now the 2nd-best team left in the field—they would’ve been the best had Denver won this series. The Knicks have their best chance to win it all since 1993, when they should’ve beaten Chicago in the ECF, and 1994, when they should’ve beaten Houston in the Finals.

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Very few baseball players ever looked more miserable than Mike Piazza did in the early hours of his Mets career…and that worked out OK. This joyless journey of Juan Soto will end sooner than later and he’ll be fine.

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Just an unfathomable Knicks choke job and collapse like I’ve never seen, and I was courtside at MSG for all of Reggie Miller in the Nineties….. I still think the Knicks win this series in seven.

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Lost fact-Reggie Miller called the Knicks "choke artists" after he stole Game 1, 1995, then followed with soft 3-for-10 non-effort in blowout loss in Game 2. Larry Brown was furious. "He says things without thinking," Brown said. "This time it bit him right in the ass. ...It's

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The Pacers are so relentless in every way. Over the rest of this series, we’ll find out if the Knicks are a special team, or just a good team with one special player.

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The Knicks showed their heart — in large part because of Hart. Now it’s a series. Pacers could be haunted in Game 4 by blowing this 20-point lead in Game 3.

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As a freshman at St. Joseph High of Metuchen, NJ, Karl-Anthony Towns routinely made shots before practice from 2 steps inside the midcourt line—while wearing a Yankees jersey. ā€œLike they were layups,ā€ one teammate said….That range helped save the Knicks tonight.

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Tyrese Haliburton was special for the Pacers. But you gotta give it to Aaron Nesmith, playing offense and defense like that off a sprained ankle. Assuming Towns can go, I would not count the Knicks out of this series.

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The Pacers effectively punted this game, which could come back to haunt them by late Saturday night. … I can’t see this Knicks team losing a Game 7 in the Garden if they get it there.

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Brunson and Towns have to be franchise superstars for the Knicks right now. These next twelve minutes. No waiting for a natural progression to next year’s NBA Finals that might never happen. It has to be now.

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Knicks using up all those draft picks for Bridges makes them longshots for Giannis. But they have to try like hell with a trade package built around KAT. This was a very painful missed opportunity. Championship drought now officially at 52 years and counting.