00:00Let's hear from Tyrese Halliburton, who struggled last night with only eight points about what went wrong in game five and what we can all expect as this series extends to a sixth game back in Indy.
00:11No, no. I mean, we're up 3-1. Their season's on the line today, you know, so I understand they're going to come out and play hard, you know, increase the pressure, do whatever they got to do to win.
00:22And they did a great job of that. And, you know, now it's on us to respond in game six.
00:27So I think when you get here at this point, there's no such thing as surprises.
00:33You know, you got to be prepared for whatever is to come.
00:37So, you know, kudos to them. They played better than us today. And we got to be prepared for game six.
00:43Donnie, it's always a really interesting response, right?
00:46In a game five on the road for the team that is a road underdog and yet leads by two games trying to clinch a spot in the NBA finals.
00:54Maybe they don't feel the overwhelming amount of pressure to get it done as they know there is a return trip at the very least back to their home floor to win it in front of the home crowd and celebrate there.
01:06But it was a 17-point win for the New York Knicks in a series in its first four games that has been highly competitive.
01:13The Knicks led the entirety of our 48 minutes last night inside Madison Square Garden.
01:18Has your assessment on this series really changed at all based on the Knicks' result in game five?
01:25No, because I've always said before game one, I think the Pacers are going to win this series.
01:29The way it played out, oh, look at that. They can close out in game number five.
01:33You heard me yesterday on the show. There was no doubt in my mind the New York Knicks were going to win that basketball game, and they won it going away.
01:38So there's nothing creepy. Oh, you know what? Can the Knicks steal game number six?
01:42Yes, they can. It's not a 15-and-a-half-point spread.
01:45It's basically three-and-a-half, four points, depending on where we're going to be at game time tomorrow night.
01:49They can, but it doesn't change my opinion.
01:51That game could have been, again, 111-59.
01:54I don't care. I'm still taking the Pacers, who I think are going to close them out in six games,
01:57exactly where I thought the New York Knicks would win that game last night.
02:00I would love to be wrong, because that would mean we get a game number seven and more great content to talk about next week,
02:06and that garden being on fire for a game seven and an epic comeback from the Knicks.
02:10I just don't think it's there.
02:11And sometimes, you're right, and Halliburton talked about it.
02:13Man, they had everything up against it, but they were at home.
02:16The same way we talked about the OKC series, Minnesota wasn't at home for game number five.
02:20That's why they got blasted.
02:21Like, hey, man, the avalanche is happening.
02:23We're on the road.
02:23Like, the home crowd can't even save us.
02:25The Knicks were in front of their own crowd with a good basketball team,
02:28came out prepared and ready to play, had the energy that Indiana couldn't match,
02:32and Halliburton basically understood that.
02:34Hey, give them credit.
02:34They're a good basketball team.
02:35They won on their home court.
02:36They couldn't afford to lose, and they didn't.
02:38We'll be fine for game number six.
02:39I like the response that we got from Halliburton after a game where he didn't play well,
02:43and neither did the Pacers.
02:44I completely agree, DRS, right?
02:46You want to see how a team responds to it.
02:48Ultimately, that deciding factor will be on the hardwood tomorrow night inside game bridge
02:52field house in Indianapolis.
02:54What is the actual response?
02:56But I thought the assessment postgame from Indiana, Rick Carlisle, head coach,
03:00Tyrese Halliburton, their star, even Pascal Siakam.
03:03Hey, their season was on the brink.
03:05Their backs were against the wall.
03:07They played better than us tonight.
03:08We're not making excuses for it.
03:10They were just simply better.
03:12But, Donnie, it is really interesting when you see a game in a series that has been so
03:16tightly contested, decided by 17 points, what exactly is that mind space going to be for Indiana?
