The Knicks welcomed Indiana to New York hosting Game 1 inside MSG and the locals snatched a win from the jaws of defeat late in the game thanks to a couple of lucky bounces and another hellacious effort from the shortened Thibs rotation.
The Pacers did all they could but that was not close to being enough to stop a Knicks team that keeps riding the Jalen Brunson wave as best as one could possibly imagine.
Here is Knicks and Hoosiers said after Monday’s affair.
Tom Thibodeau
On the Game 1 victory over Indy.