NBA TODAY | Knicks dream season is OVER! – Perk warns Tatum & Celtics on Pacers in East Finals

NBA TODAY | Knicks dream season is OVER! – Perk warns Tatum & Celtics on Pacers in East Finals

game seven in the garden it does not get much better than that right Rich yeah it does not I didn’t make it to game seven it was only four games but it was still man playing in the garden special in an elimination but this NBA today is your home for all things Indiana Pacers let’s go let’s I feel the Highlight Josh Hart and OG and anobi they were cleared to play in this one so let’s pick this up early in the first we’re going to show you o OG only played about 4 minutes and 41 seconds it’s cuz largely he looked a little bit hoble a little bit a little bit humbled is like saying I’m a little bit bald okay I’m just being really honest but he was doing and look respect OG respect the entire Nick organization they fought at times just look just the injuries can be too much to overcome we’ve seen it with other teams it was just unfortunate this grinding team and how how hard they fought it was just too much for them I don’t know who halberton started talking to Courtside but uh whoever that was fueled this well look that’s one thing about the Nick crowd they will fire you up they’ll have both they’ll have it both ways they’ll fire you up good and bad but at the end of the day it was just tough you can’t be critical of the Knicks in any manner in any way shape or form this is a great offense going against a short-handed team well we can be complimentary at the Pacers because they shot more than 76% from the field in the first half that’s the highest in any playoff half in the last 25 seasons and for anyone who said well that’s not sustainable last night it was it was sustainable and this was obviously the play of the game this was the play of the game right there shooting hand broken finger he knew yeah so Jaylen Brunson sits down here eventually he would go back to the locker room and would be out for the rest of the game in the meantime Indiana just kept pouring it on TJ McConnell so underrated no he’s so underrated he’s a special guard he’s the definition of an elite backup point guard in this league and they just keep that pace going when Tyrese is out the game so this is the moment that Brunson went back to the locker room you can see his father coach Rick Brunson there on the bench Tyrese halberton though pulls up for three you know that’s good oh yeah and look we people were asking like oh he chirs a lot and it’s like yeah but he always punching up he like if you he don’t talk unless spoken to but when he’s spoken to he speaks loudly 26 points six assists for halberton who is not surprised that the Pacers are on their way back to the Conference Finals that was what we communicated from the jump that we expected to be here this ain’t a surprise for us um you know it’s no fluke we we we expect this from our group and then once we added P we knew that we could really take off so um it doesn’t really matter what anybody thinks except for the people in our travel party 70 80 people who come um cuz I don’t think anybody here picked the Pacers to win the series but it happened I have picture proof yeah we’re going to get into the sweatshirt in just a little bit but the Pacers made history last night right Chade they shot over 67% from the field that is the highest field goal percentage in a playoff game in NBA history and here is exactly what it looked like the 130 points scored last night it is tied for the most by any team in a game seven since the Lakers that was all the way back in 1966 against the Hawks so Chan how exactly can this offensive output continue against the Boston Celtics next rounde look the Eastern Conference Finals is a matchup of the two best offenses in the MBA and Boston they really do it with their threes but the Pacers they do it with their speed and ball movement as they led the league in passes and assist per game that is their identity so as we take it to the court I’ll show you how great they are offensively with speed watch this this is in transition everyone’s ball watching and look at Tyrese halberg he takes a dead Sprint over to get his shot he was six for 12 from three that one’s from 29 ft so they can score in bunches and in flurries now let’s talk about the double team because without ogan and Obi being fully healthy Pascal seak had 20 points he attracts a double but they’re so good with their footwork they move well without the ball here here’s a quick pass and then guess who this puts in a blender Alec burs he had a great game but he was lost on this possession because the double team and the ball movement allowed an easy finish and last but not least when they’re doing this on dead balls it’s next level so this is an out of- bounds play watch how quick look at their speed halberton turns the corner someone’s reaching here then we get it to Pascal Pascal is able to he’s cooking he draws two Dante you reach I teach Tyreek tbtt has a choice right here he can make the extra pass Jaylen Brunson only has to stunt and then he’s able to knock it down again these are the two best offenses in the NBA it’s going to be a quick turnaround but I do think that lends to the Pacers favor and that their chemistry moving forward can really go up well against the Celtics yeah we’re talking about the top two offenses in the the regular season but the defense for the Celtics that’s what could be a Difference Maker because in the regular season they were top five versus the Indiana Pacers they were all the way down at 24th but you can see here the opening odds on your screen but Kendrick Perkins how much trouble can the Pacers give the Celtics do you think in these Eastern Conference Finals despite being the heavy underdogs oh a whole lot of trouble as much trouble as me sneak into the refrigerator late at night to get a snack okay and then look when you talk about the paces right we know all season long right what they were they were a finessed team because of the offensive numbers they were able to put up scoring wise but what show what what they showed me in these playoffs is that they able to get in the trenches and get dirty especially after they coach called him out Aaron n Smith I thought he did an exceptional job Nim har he did an exceptional job with his physicality and one important matchup to look at is not the superstars or All Star it’s TJ mcconn against pton P pton PR watch that match up watch that match up I be night to the fridge for a snack what are you grabbing uh just like celery carrot s I’m getting fruit oh I ice cream to day I don’t want it look like perks the Nick’s dream you know what a is officially over so what should their priority be in the off season and they’re at R first for LeBron at age 39 but could this new Venture be a look into his future and today is the anniversary of Scotti Pippen’s iconic dunk over Ying was it the best playoff dunk of all time we’re going to do a little top of the top show you the best from the postseason is that when he would looked at Spike and said this is your fault this your fault versus the Heat Boston was able to eliminate Miami in five games in that elimination game the Celtics blew out the heat 118 to 84 the Pacers took down the Bucks in the first round Indiana got it done against Milwaukee in six games winning a playoff series for the first time since 2014 the Celtics then defeated the Cavaliers in five games in the second round Jason tat LED or coolled the Celtics in points rebounds assist Steals and blocks in the series and just yesterday the Pacers defeated the Knicks in game seven it was the first time they overcame a 20 deficit the best of seven Series in franchise history Tim legler back here with me and legs just having to recall that match up between the Pacers and the Knicks as a New Yorker it hurt for me just a little bit but this Pacers offense it’s no joke it’s fast it’s high scoring they’re coming off a game seven where they were 67% from the floor the best by any team in playoff history where is Indiana going to stress the Celtics the most yeah I mean I’m in New York today am so there’s a lot of people with your sentiments believe me a lot of broken hearts around the city right now but look I think we need to focus right now on how good this Indiana Pacers team has been and how their offense specifically can be a problem for Boston Boston has very good individual Defenders but they’re really good especially when you have isolation basketball run against them that’s not what Indiana does this is a team that’s incredibly decisive they don’t do anything with the basketball that is wasted there are no wasted dribbles there’s no wasted clock management it is one player to the next making a quick decisive decision whether you shoot it or you penetrate get downhill or you Qui quickly run another quick hitting ball screen so I think the fact that their offense moves the way that it does with the basketball with this kind of balance and number of shot makers on their roster I think it is the kind of offense that can have success against a Celtics defense I think this is going to be a very high-scoring series cuz both of these teams want to get out let that offense shine shoot a lot of threes and make it a shootout meanwhile for the Celtics Chris St poring is expected to miss at least the start of this series with that cash drain how costly is his absence going to be for Boston I I think it’s critical no matter who they were going to get in this round I think it’s very important because he does two things one he’s a primary rim protector and he’s been one of the best Rim protectors in this league since the day he came into it and Indiana’s in the paint a lot with dribble penetration they have a lot of guys that finish down there they rely on points in the pain as a big part of their offense christops porzingis helps negate that and then on the other end of the floor he is critical to be able to draw out Miles Turner away from the basket who is Indiana’s last line of defense very difficult to hang in the paint and protect against the penetration of Tatum and brown Drew holiday Derek white which you’ve got to worry about getting back out to porzingis at 2728 ft so he spreads the offense he’s a perfect spacer for the way Boston operates with those two forwards and the number of times they break you down so without that spacing and that go-to player to draw Miles Turner out I think it’s a big loss particularly here early in the series we don’t know when we’re going to see him but we Le at least know it’s going to be the first two games let’s see if Indiana can go into Boston and steal one the way that the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers did earlier in the playoffs Celtics 26 and five with that KP this season including the playoffs I’d say no KP no problem for the Celtics but Celtics fans they definitely want to see Chris DP us out there on the court game one gets going from Boston tomorrow at 8 Eastern that’s [Music] for e acquiring Target first Blood it’s over you have defeated an enemy this 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NBA TODAY | Knicks dream season is OVER! – Perk warns Tatum & Celtics on Pacers in East Finals