The New York Knicks completed the biggest collapse in franchise history in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Pacers and Es Baraheni and Andrew Claudio of Knicks Film School are here to break it down. They discuss the hot shot making of Aaron Nesmith, Haliburton’s huge shot, the overtime and so much more.Host: Es BaraheniWith: Andrew ClaudioExecutive Producer: Andrew SchlechtAudio Producer: Grayson Moody Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: What happened in the Knicks vs. Pacers Game 1?
Good morning and welcome to the Athletic NBA Daily. Coming up, oh my goodness, one of the greatest games in NBA history just went down. The Pacers pulled off the improbable again. We've got Andrew Claudio of Knicks Film School here, and it's a safe space. Knicks fans, let's talk about it. All right. It was 113 to 98 with four minutes and 54 seconds left.
Now, Andrew, I thought we were going to come in here, talk about Carl Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson, both of them being dominant. They combined for 78 points in this one or the Mitchell Robinson effect, rebounding the size advantage that the Knicks had in this one or the wing trio of OGN and OB, Josh Hart, Mikhail Bridges. They were all great guys.
But, Andrew, we have to start with four minutes and 54 seconds left in this game. The Knicks were up 15. Andrew Aaron Neesmith hit 16, hit six threes, 16. It felt like 16 threes, honestly, at this point. Why were they playing drop, Andrew? I have no idea. I have no idea. He also buried two clutch free throws. The Knicks cut the lead to one.
Chapter 2: How did Aaron Neesmith perform in the game?
OG Ananobi went to the line, split a pair of free throws, and then Tyrese Halliburton has the ball in a clutch situation, and we've seen what has happened over the last couple of weeks when Tyrese Halliburton has the ball in a clutch situation. He hits a clutch shot, does the Reggie Miller choke reenactment, which I'm sure was great for you to watch, and the toe was on the line.
Kevin Durant is somewhere yelling that the toe was on the line. The Knicks still have a chance in this game. We go to overtime. The Pacers end up pulling it out in overtime. And I have some stats and I don't mean to do insult to injury here, but we have to hear the stats because it truly is incredible. OK, my good friend Kierthika, she pulled this up.
NBA teams were 0 and 970 when down by 14 or more points in the final two minutes and 50 seconds of regulation in the playoffs over the last 27 postseasons. Andrew, they are now one and nine hundred and seventy since 1997. 1998 teams are four and one thousand six hundred and forty nine when trailing by seven plus in the final minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime.
Chapter 3: What was the significance of Tyrese Halliburton's clutch shot?
The Pacers account for three of those wins all in these playoffs. They had, the Knicks, a 99.7% win probability at some point in this game. And I say all of that. I give you this big spiel because I want to say I'm sorry to your beloved Knicks that were on the bad end of one of the greatest basketball games I've ever watched as an impartial fan. So I say all that to say, how are you doing?
Well... Let's start here. Thank you for having me. Yes. Mr. Schleck behind the glass, thank you for the invitation tonight. Yeah. Never thought that when I'd be honored to make my first appearance to the Athletic NBA show, non-Trade-A-Palooza edition, that it would be after the worst loss in Knicks history. And I don't think...
I've found one yet in my memory bank that has felt like this is a fan. I'm going to be 37 years old, so I don't have a fond memory or even not fond memory, a memory of the Ewing finger roll also against the Pacers. If I were to go to many a Knick fan, they would say that the finger roll game or Reggie Miller 8 points in 8.9 seconds would be their two.
The solace I've been trying to make work is that the... the game in which Reggie Miller put up the choke sign, they lost that series. A lot of people don't remember that. That was game five. They then blew a game six in Indiana in which Reggie missed two big free throws down the stretch. John Starks had a very big game to force a game seven in which the Knicks won and went to the finals.
And this basketball team that has had so many ups and downs during a season that we thought we were resigned to how the season would end. This would be a team that gets the three seed, hopefully gets to the second round against a tough Detroit team. Yeah. It goes out in a gentleman's sweep against the defending champs.
And then we look for a new head coach gives us this, this moment, this feeling over the past four days here in the big Apple that, uh,
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Chapter 4: What led to the Knicks' collapse in the fourth quarter?
I don't think any of us have ever felt like any, any time the Knicks have prospered in their franchise history, it's coincided with a hint of an expectation, especially when you factor in the underdog that they were plus 1000 going into the series against the Celtics. Yep. Yep. So you show up for this series, not just having overcome all that, uh,
put a lot of doubt from a lot of people in the past, one of the most raucous environments in game five. And you kind of recreate it in that fourth quarter when you go on a 14-0 run after Jalen Brunson picks up his fifth foul. I didn't think his process was great when he came back in, but I do understand Brunson in crunch time being like, they can't guard me.
Chapter 5: What stats highlight the Knicks' historic loss?
The guy was 13 of 18 from two-point range tonight, had 43 points. They don't have an answer for Jalen Brunson. And the 14-point lead that you had at 116-102, they call a timeout. Chuck Carlisle called a very smart timeout to freeze Brunson before the second free throw. He misses it, and then the Neesmith onslaught happens.
And if you look at the anatomy of a collapse S like so many things have to go wrong to blow a 14 point lead.
Oh, it has to be perfect from the other side.
So it's like knee Smith has to have the heater of all heaters. OG Ananobi has to have two turnovers. Jalen Brunson has to miss. He obviously missed the first free throw. Jalen Brunson also has to inexplicably pass the ball to OG when running the ball out, like literally run the clock, run the clock out, run the ball, run around. You're the point guard.
And you add in a missed Karl-Anthony Towns free throw, a missed OG Ananobi free throw. And yeah, that's history. And you add in the insult to injury that Halliburton, I know his foot was on the line, but the Kawhi bounce that ends up happening.
Yes.
Look, last year they were up six with 30 seconds left against the Sixers in game five. And Tyrese Maxey went on a seven-point run seven to one run by himself right over that stretch that was also a crazy series I mean yeah that was at least game five and you let the Sixers back into it and that was that felt like pulling teeth the whole time
the Knicks were three minutes away from celebrating a game one victory in which so much good could be taken out of it. What you're getting from your two bench players, Mitchell Robinson and Deuce McBride. I mean, you said you thought OG played well tonight. I thought this was one of OG's worst games, especially when you're looking at, um,
especially when you're looking at the, the offensive and defensive process, how late he was on a lot of these, uh, coverages, those knee Smith threes in that is a very valid point, but how about you? You don't drop so far when they're clearly going to shoot threes. Yeah. Yeah. Um, Yeah, I thought they... I will say... They took five... Go ahead, sorry. They played perfectly up until that moment.
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Chapter 6: How can the Knicks bounce back after this loss?
after a game one loss that ripped your heart out and took again, all of the things to be a collapse that you make a radical change like that. But man, as far as what I'm looking for in game two, you mentioned it. It's mental. If they clearly look like a team that is battling with the realization that they now have to win five games in this series, because you already blew one. Totally. Then again,
everything has to be on the table.
You have to win five games because you're facing the Indiana Pacers and they somehow do this in every series where they're able to get involved in whatever game is there. They are relentless. They just do not give up on the game. They didn't let go of the rope in this one and they ended up winning it. And Like switching is an interesting concept that I'm very, very curious about for the Knicks.
It's like, will they go to the switching more often? I feel like it worked in the second half for the most part. And I think that's something they can lean on. The double big lineup, something that you're interested in. I think for both teams, they can play bigger a little bit. At the end of the day, Andrew, just chalk it up.
to it being one of the craziest, most insane games you've ever watched in your life. I'm sorry that you can't experience it as an impartial thing.
No, I can't. I can't experience it as crazy or unbelievable. I know, I know. It's heartbreaking is what it is. And for the rest of the series, if they win game two, it's like, oh, you should be up 2-0. If they lose game three, it's like, oh, they still should be up 2-1. The entire calculus of the series changes. Yeah. And it's why it's up to Tibbs. It's up to this captain, Jalen Brunson.
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Chapter 7: What positives can the Knicks take from this game?
It's up to the guys that have been telling Knicks fans throughout the playoffs, believe in us. You're going to have to earn that belief that you could come back from this. Because if you do, my goodness, will you have earned it? Because you're coming back from one of the lowest points in franchise history now. And that's just the reality of what they're up against over the rest of the series.
Where does... We'll finish. This is the final thing, I promise. Of course. Where does Tyrese Halliburton rank on the most hated slash respected opposing player thing for Knicks fans? Especially after the choke... Where does he, does he land?
Figures he does it after the shot goes in, not realizing that it's a two pointer. He only needs something to happen first before he, the front runner decides to actually make some, listen, you wear the Reggie Miller hoodie after game seven, not in the tunnel on the way to game seven. It's just the reality. You can be the wrestling heel, but you have to wait until the count is already up.
he does a great job of being the heel I know the rest of the country thinks he's adorable and I do respect him as a basketball player the reality is that the Knicks should have won this game despite Tyrese Halliburton hitting a crazy shot and like for the majority of this game they largely contained him so as far as where he ranks he's annoying he's not a villain to me the Knicks lost this game Tyrese Halliburton didn't
It's almost disrespectful to Reggie Miller to put him in the conversation. By the way, Reggie Miller, a career 26-41 against the New York Knicks, and lost way more than he did in Madison Square Garden than he did win.
This is why we brought you on here. This narrative, and don't get me wrong.
Let me start it on Trey young, who is seven and 18 against the Knicks in his career. Oh, let's add the five playoff games, right? So the four and one, he went against the Knicks. So we're at 11 and 19 and we have to go to four wins in the playoffs against Reggie Bullock, Alfred Payton and New Orleans. No. Well, wow.
Yeah, you got, you got me. I love it. I love it. I absolutely love it. I can't wait for game two. This is already second up to be an all time series. Again, folks, if you didn't watch the game, just go and watch the highlights. Go, go just maybe not Knicks fans, but anybody else just go watch the highlights. and enjoy because it genuinely was one of the greatest games I've watched.
And I apologize once again, Andrew Claudia from Nick's film school for rubbing it. And thank you very much for joining us. Thank you for everybody who has listened to the athletic NBA daily today. Thank you to Andrew Schleck for producing, and we will see you guys next time. Take care.
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