Knicks vs. Pacers: A Riveting NBA Rivalry Since the 90s

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00:00But the Knicks history, you know, 99, they beat them,

00:04but they've never beaten them since.

00:0699.

00:07Like, I mean, like, was Mafia even alive in 99?

00:12I don't even know.

00:13Like, 99.

00:15That's the last time the Knicks beat the Pacers.

00:17Well, listen, they have a long tradition of history of playing each other.

00:21They've played each other, I do believe, six times in the playoffs

00:26with each team winning three.

00:28We can start back, Pharrell, 1992, the John Starks head-butting Reggie Miller

00:34and watching Ewing and Oakley.

00:35They played him eight times.

00:36Eight times.

00:37But I remember going back from 92, obviously 94, winning at home game seven,

00:43the missed layup in 95 by Ewing.

00:46Then, obviously, they beat them in 1990.

00:48The missed layup on the back of the heel and the rim.

00:51That game went right down Main Street.

00:53Right down Main Street.

00:55In 99, Ewing Terrence, you know, has the Achilles.

00:58Larry Johnson, four-point play.

01:00They win.

01:01Pacers get them back in 2000.

01:02And then the last time that we thought the Knicks were really this good

01:06is, remember, Roy Hibbert had that big block of Carmelo.

01:10They beat the Knicks in six games, even though Woody had a great season.

01:13So, this is a rivalry.

01:16Like, this has gone back since the early 90s.

01:19Indiana don't like the Knicks.

01:21The Knicks don't like Indiana.

01:23Our guy Preston Pacer, he's a friend.

01:25No, he's not.

01:26Next two weeks, not talking to the guy.

01:29You're a Knicks fan.

01:30You're not talking to him either.

01:31This is the way we roll now.

01:33We hate him.

01:34But this is big here because the best part about this whole Final Four of the NBA is this.

01:41You have four teams.

01:43One team hasn't won it in 52 years.

01:46Right?

01:47A second team in Indiana who's never won it, only been to one NBA Finals.

01:51You have a third team in Oklahoma City, never won it, only been to one NBA Final.

01:56And then you have Minnesota, who's never been to the NBA Finals.

02:00So, there's going to be a new era of basketball here, hopefully starting with these four teams.

02:05I mean, I just said earlier that the game six was better than sex for me.

02:10Like, I honestly, I was in euphoria.

02:14Like, I have never seen a better Knick game in my entire life.

02:19And here's the thing.

02:20Like, people are sitting there knocking, including our buddy Matt Parole.

02:23Oh, you're going to celebrate a second-round win?

02:28Like, that's like when the Red Sox came back and beat the Yankees.

02:32And they were crying.

02:35We didn't cry, Knick fans.

02:37We just are excited at what's happening with our team.

02:41It's the best chance we've had since the 90s.

02:44Can they finish it off?

02:45I don't know.

02:46But we're going to enjoy it.

02:47But I will tell you this right now.

02:49Listen, screw him.

02:49I love him.

02:50He's a great guy.

02:51And I'm friends with him.

02:52And I love, I think, the world of him.

02:54And screw him.

02:55I mean, honestly, he's another one.

02:57A Bostonian.

02:59Like, go ahead.

03:01Go ahead.

03:02I love the guy.

03:03Screw you, too.

03:05I don't think.

03:07Shut up.

03:09I'll tell you as much.

03:10You saw what it was on 7th Avenue, right?

03:13On after the win Friday.

03:15I will tell you this.

03:16If the Knicks happen to win the title, they're going to have to bring, like, the armed forces.

03:24Like, you know, people have no idea.

03:27That may not be enough.

03:28Army Rangers, Green Beret.

03:31Like, bring them all.

03:32The New York City Cops and the National Guard could not contain that place if the Knicks won the title.

03:38That's how big it is.

03:39Because unlike, listen.

03:41Frank was there.

03:42He was naked and drunk.

03:44People were, they were pouring liquor on him, setting him on fire like tequila.

03:48He was on fire.

03:49I mean, that's a story that you can talk about.

03:52I'm not going in there, especially the naked part.

03:55But I think the thing that people have to say is this.

03:57When you think about New York City, like, it's half Mets, half, you know, Yankees, right?

04:02It's a little bit more Giants than Jets.

04:04It's a Knick town.

04:06Screw the Nets.

04:08It's a Knick town.

04:09It's always been a Knick town.

04:11So, when the Knicks win, that's like Boston winning.

04:14The Nets didn't even matter when they were in the finals.

04:17No one cared.

04:18Yeah, I mean, I'll tell you right now.

04:20I think I could sit on the bench in the old Izod Center, Brendan Byrne Arena, when they

04:26were playing in the final finals.

04:27It had so many names, I lost track.

04:29Yeah, well, they need to bulldoze that thing.

04:32They were pretty good, though, with Insanity and Jay Kitsch.

04:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.

04:35They were pretty good.

04:36They had a little game.

04:38They were a pretty good team.

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