Pacers-Knicks Game 1 Reaction: Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo & Josh Hart shine | Colin Cowherd NBA

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in the Knicks' strait. The home win trailed for much of the

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, but made the big plays late in the quarter once again. The Nova Trio combined for 92 points, shot 60% from the field, 50% from three and only sat for 10 minutes. Indiana is a deeper team, you know, Indiana in a six or seven

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series should be fresher in the sixth or seventh game, but the outfield is a tough place.

I mean, I really felt for long portions of the game that Indiana was like the Knicks were beating the Pacers by three and a half quarters but then the Knicks Divan chenzo uh commits the foul uh and that was the right call, they went to the replay, you know, people will say I don't love being called at that moment, it's the right decision, um, you know, get real you know, whenever I hear well, I wouldn't call it at that moment, well, 30 seconds before, okay , it's a minute, a minute early, okay, you know, it's the right call, so the Pacers are a deeper team, but again, Def and and

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h Hart Jaylen Brunson all made big plays down the stretch uh, I mean, Josh Hart, you just won't get many offensive Knights like that from Josh Hart, but I will say this about the Knicks, especially in big moments.

They're a very intentional team, they have um, you know, they have almost no bad possessions and they're a limited offensive team, so they come down, they're very intentional, they look good, I mean, Jaylen Brunson is too fast, his first step is crazy um and So for his size he has so many good shots I mean he really does he can separate very quickly. Indiana is going to be tough, they are long, Miles Turner, they had a couple of the best dunks of the season. Nick Obi toppen that was owed to New York for that between the leg dunk and that's Aaron Neith also had one of the cruelest dunks I've seen in the playoffs, but you know, despite being on the bench at the beginning of the game, I wrote this. bench points in the first half were Indiana 27 New York W, so I keep telling myself how long can New York keep playing these guys maximum minutes at some point they wear out but they didn't against Philadelphia and At the Knicks, there are a lot of self-confidence when you look at New York like they're a very confident offensive team down the stretch.

I mean, D Venzo is kind of a rebound around the league player every time he releases the ball at the end. the game that you thought was playing with a lot of confidence, uh, and that's what winning creates and New York, uh, is playing, you know, it feels like it's above itself, but we have to remember, are they playing above themselves in the Eastern Conference against these teams? I mean the young guys from Indiana, uh, you start looking at the East right now with Dame and Giannis missing their series, uh, most of it because of Dame, I mean the Knicks.

I've seen all these teams, they look like the second best team in the East, I thought, Philadelphia. He had more talent and Beads hurt what's new and they were the better team, especially in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter, so you know, I have a lot of notes here, you know, in the third quarter, Nicks, I thought we We were getting into a little trouble and then New York starts. the fourth with a run of eight nothings and then they have a run of seven or nine nothings. Brunson makes a great shot, so I think in football we would call the Knicks a very good situational football team, they make the plays when they need to. make the plays and that's what I see when I see New York, that Villanova hustle and work hard.

Unstoppable Brunson makes incredibly good shots, um effective, you know, they pass the ball incredibly well, you know, it would be easy to say that the Knick know what they're doing. It's not, but they're playing with so much faith right now in the Eastern Conference. I don't know, I mean Boston's deeper team has more high-level talent, but when I watch New York play, I think their belief in a late game against the Celtics, I don't know, I mean, my concerns about Boston They are late game situations. New York is late with the money, they are very late. um there are so many big fish so many big races that people are going to talk about. um Deen jenzo Miles Turner and that block.

I called but it was moving um and you know I think in situations like that you know I don't love at the end of NBA games how many reviews they have but you have to do it right they're pretty fast uh there were three or four go in any sense, plays that if you didn't have replay, that's all I would talk about tomorrow on FS1, that's all I would talk about, but the replays are correct and the New York Knicks made the big plays late and deserved a win is a crazy, you know they are the best now, they look easy in the playoffs and Indiana has a good team, um, Hal Burton is not as good as he was at the beginning of the season, they have good length, they have a tremendous bench, TJ McConnell, um , you.

I know a little guy coming into the league and not being able to shoot threes very well is weird, but he's a bit of a thorn, you know, he, um, you know, you could see him later in the series being a thorn in the side of the Knicks, but I know that these basketball games in the playoffs are close and a lot of that is if you have really intentional possessions and they did, and New York's excellent defense allowed a couple of open jumpers in the second half, which is rare for New York. York. York, but you know, I felt that with three-four left in the game, Indiana was going to win, without a doubt, there weren't five minutes left.

I just felt like New York would make great cubes at home feeding off the energy of the garden, which is amazing. I love watching New York play. I'm trying to think of a team that reminds me of this team and I mean that Miami team in the bubble that was young and got to the finals against the Lakers and lost it was a, you know, you had a hug, um, ya You know. That was the year when a lot of the older teams in the bubble were injured and underperformed and Miami was that rare young team that made the playoffs and just played on skis, but you know when I watch the Knicks I'm still waiting for reality with Josh Hart, you know, I look at his career average, I look at the player he is or D Venzo and they keep making big plays and big shots, the NBA playoffs are heating up, man, they've been so good, I know it's over , but the Lakers Nuggets. it may have been a five game series, it was great Nicks Sixers is awesome, why don't you sign up for the Draftking sports betting app?

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You know, I'm waiting for it to be over and it hasn't been a big win. Especially considering how grueling that series against Philadelphia was to come out with that kind of play and those kind of minutes, the Villanova guys were worth 92 points and they only sat for 10 minutes, 60% on field goals, 50% on triples, those are crazy playoff numbers. It's crazy on a Tuesday night in Orlando in January, when teams come from a back to back and no one plays defense to do it in the playoffs, it's an insane instant

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