Jesse Aron

There were two possessions when they went into prevent mode. Well, they took time off the clock every time, but not every time, actually. The two possessions I think people were talking about are Brunson misses a step back three over Ben Shepard after killing the clock. It's a good look. And he had just made that exact same shot the previous possession. The second one was 141 left to go.

It's still 119, 111. Cat misses a catch and shoot three at the end of the shot clock. Great look like Brunson drew a double team kicked to heart who swung it to the cat. Great look. If you want to say they're in the bonus and they're up by whatever, and they should be trying to get twos or get to the line. Okay, sure. Like Brunson did try to get twos and get to the line.

It's still 119, 111. Cat misses a catch and shoot three at the end of the shot clock. Great look like Brunson drew a double team kicked to heart who swung it to the cat. Great look. If you want to say they're in the bonus and they're up by whatever, and they should be trying to get twos or get to the line. Okay, sure. Like Brunson did try to get twos and get to the line.

It's still 119, 111. Cat misses a catch and shoot three at the end of the shot clock. Great look like Brunson drew a double team kicked to heart who swung it to the cat. Great look. If you want to say they're in the bonus and they're up by whatever, and they should be trying to get twos or get to the line. Okay, sure. Like Brunson did try to get twos and get to the line.

He got almost triple teamed and was left to kick the ball out. Those are good shots. Other than that, They actually almost went too fast on some of these. Like Brunson got a layup with 58 seconds left. I mean, he just blew by Shepard, put him up by nine. The next possession, they broke the press. Cat laid the ball up in without wasting any time, really hardly at all. Put them back up by eight.

He got almost triple teamed and was left to kick the ball out. Those are good shots. Other than that, They actually almost went too fast on some of these. Like Brunson got a layup with 58 seconds left. I mean, he just blew by Shepard, put him up by nine. The next possession, they broke the press. Cat laid the ball up in without wasting any time, really hardly at all. Put them back up by eight.

He got almost triple teamed and was left to kick the ball out. Those are good shots. Other than that, They actually almost went too fast on some of these. Like Brunson got a layup with 58 seconds left. I mean, he just blew by Shepard, put him up by nine. The next possession, they broke the press. Cat laid the ball up in without wasting any time, really hardly at all. Put them back up by eight.

The next possession after that is when it all starts to go haywire. When again, they go fast and Brunson hits Ananobi under the rim with a pass that bounces a little high. Ananobi drops it. There's the challenge on the Siakam loose ball. Like... I don't think prevent offense had much to do with it. The Knicks lost the game on defense.

The next possession after that is when it all starts to go haywire. When again, they go fast and Brunson hits Ananobi under the rim with a pass that bounces a little high. Ananobi drops it. There's the challenge on the Siakam loose ball. Like... I don't think prevent offense had much to do with it. The Knicks lost the game on defense.

The next possession after that is when it all starts to go haywire. When again, they go fast and Brunson hits Ananobi under the rim with a pass that bounces a little high. Ananobi drops it. There's the challenge on the Siakam loose ball. Like... I don't think prevent offense had much to do with it. The Knicks lost the game on defense.

They lost the game because their defense on those, uh, knee Smith threes, the switches were late. The communication was bad. They frankly looked like a team that was fatigued. They lost the game on defense again. Um, in overtime when, uh,

They lost the game because their defense on those, uh, knee Smith threes, the switches were late. The communication was bad. They frankly looked like a team that was fatigued. They lost the game on defense again. Um, in overtime when, uh,

They lost the game because their defense on those, uh, knee Smith threes, the switches were late. The communication was bad. They frankly looked like a team that was fatigued. They lost the game on defense again. Um, in overtime when, uh,

Ananobi did not box out Siakam on a critical rebound and Tyrese Halliburton scored on a reset when Andrew Nembhardt back cut Josh Hart for the go-ahead layup and then he deflects the ball out of bounds. You can go back and look at those Neesmith threes. The defense just isn't there. There's just way too much space.

Ananobi did not box out Siakam on a critical rebound and Tyrese Halliburton scored on a reset when Andrew Nembhardt back cut Josh Hart for the go-ahead layup and then he deflects the ball out of bounds. You can go back and look at those Neesmith threes. The defense just isn't there. There's just way too much space.

Ananobi did not box out Siakam on a critical rebound and Tyrese Halliburton scored on a reset when Andrew Nembhardt back cut Josh Hart for the go-ahead layup and then he deflects the ball out of bounds. You can go back and look at those Neesmith threes. The defense just isn't there. There's just way too much space.

Part of that, I think, is the Knicks... I don't know if they relaxed, but it was almost as if they didn't know, are we switching? Are we not switching? Part of that is, I think you have to credit the Pacers. They play so fast and so randomly that things are just happening before you even know that they're happening. And as an example, Siakam to Neesmith on little pitch plays...

Part of that, I think, is the Knicks... I don't know if they relaxed, but it was almost as if they didn't know, are we switching? Are we not switching? Part of that is, I think you have to credit the Pacers. They play so fast and so randomly that things are just happening before you even know that they're happening. And as an example, Siakam to Neesmith on little pitch plays...

Part of that, I think, is the Knicks... I don't know if they relaxed, but it was almost as if they didn't know, are we switching? Are we not switching? Part of that is, I think you have to credit the Pacers. They play so fast and so randomly that things are just happening before you even know that they're happening. And as an example, Siakam to Neesmith on little pitch plays...

accounted for two of those threes in the last minute. Siakam is sprinting the ball up the floor, drives right at Ananobi, one of them, drives right at Ananobi, gets Ananobi backpedaling, Siakam stops on a dime, sets a screen, and pitches the ball to Neesmith in one motion.