Knicks Face Pacers in Eastern Finals: A Historic Rivalry

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00:00the new york knicks back in the eastern conference finals for the first time in 25 years and an old

00:06foe awaits in the indiana pacers this year's indiana pacers team and last year's indiana

00:13pacers team in the eastern conference finals for two straight seasons how did indiana get

00:20to the eastern conference finals a year ago a game seven victory inside madison square gordon

00:26against the new york knicks so there is a ton of bitter playoff rivalry between these two clubs

00:33drs and even some recent form as we saw just a postseason ago the last time the knicks were in

00:40the eastern conference finals in 2000 it was reggie miller and his pacers knocking new york out

00:46in only six games so where there is a lot of history and rivalry at stake between these two sides

00:54where the new york knicks will enter this year's rendition of the eastern conference finals as

00:59nearly a dollar and a half favorite the knicks minus 146 in the series outright price to knock off

01:07indiana and get some revenge this time around but donnie it went to seven a playoff a go it is expected

01:15to go to seven here in the eastern conference finals in 2025 and really i have a hard time

01:22fault in the odds makers for that anticipation it's a great matchup it's going to be a lot of

01:27fun and we are expecting certainly a longer series here and the question is going to be is how hungry

01:32are the new york knicks he said what kind of question is that donnie of course they're hungry

01:35they haven't won a championship in 50 years i want to see how they come out particularly ben in game

01:40number one because that's a lot of emotion you vanquish the boston celtics you can see the eastern

01:46conference finals you can see now the nba championship rounds if you get there for the nba

01:51finals and i want to see how they come out in game number one because that's going to set the tone

01:54like there will be a lot of panic in the streets in new york after all that jubilation if they lose

01:59game number one to the pacers who are rested and are ready and it's the same thing we talk about in

02:04okc like okay okc not really used to winning championships they don't have one as an organization

02:08they won a game number seven how do they play it out 24 to 48 hours later when they're back on the

02:14court because it's not like hey been there done that we're through this every single year

02:17injuries non-injuries we make deep runs in the playoffs that's not the case here but i do love

02:22the old school 1990s dale davis rick smiths you know reggie miller those teams going at it market

02:28square arena back there in indianapolis back in the day was always rocking madison square garden

02:33obviously as well you know the the new york knicks the indiana pacers the spike lee the choking

02:39instance we're going to get into all of that but i got to tell you i still think a lot of teams coming

02:44into the playoffs like hey we got a chance to win it all nobody gave the pacers any shot i didn't

02:48hear anybody talking about the pacers before the playoffs started you know what i think they can

02:52go to the eastern conference finals or win an nba championship they got me as believers right now

02:57i like this pacers team