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Knicks Win Game 5 to Avoid Elimination vs. Pacers _ Inside the NBA · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: This was a beat down to Vincent.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that was. The Knicks came out with great energy.
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  Speaker 2: I thought coach Timms made a great adjustment with Jalen
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  Speaker 2: off the ball, uh when they smith the garden. But
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  Speaker 2: also the Knicks role players was so aggressive when Jalen
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  Speaker 2: went to the bench. That's when they built a big league.
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  Speaker 2: They've got to be aggressive when he's out there. But
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  Speaker 2: every time the Pacers made up, mister Bronson came up. Man,
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  Speaker 2: he was spectacular tonight. You know, they played with great desperation.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody's preaching the same thing, just win this game. Tonight
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  Speaker 2: they did that. Now early, like you said, we move
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  Speaker 2: on to possible government. I mean a game six, Yes
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  Speaker 2: we do. You know what I used to say this,
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  Speaker 2: Ernie Iron go if you remember the series doesn't start
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  Speaker 2: until a team is faced with elimination. Yes, you did
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  Speaker 2: used to say that, but then in the recent playoffs
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  Speaker 2: that wasn't the case. Tonight is the case because now
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  Speaker 2: you're it's three to two, you're going back to Indiana.
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  Speaker 2: The team was faced with elimination, they met the challenge,
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  Speaker 2: and if they go to Indiana, well and they this
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  Speaker 2: game in Indiana. Everybody says series on start that you
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  Speaker 2: lose a home game. That's what most people say. He
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  Speaker 2: says that other thing. But the pacer is still in control.
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  Speaker 2: But I will say this, say it. Say it, boy,
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  Speaker 2: say it's gonna be don't win games. They gonna come
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  Speaker 2: back to New York. It is a must win for
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  Speaker 2: the Pacers. Did they come back here, They're gonna get
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  Speaker 2: another ass kicking like they did to.
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  Speaker 3: I would say, there's Tyree'se. Halliburton and the Miles cannot
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  Speaker 3: have single game, a single single digit game. But Ernie,
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  Speaker 3: the pace is the whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: Pace.
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  Speaker 2: They got a step up. We can do all this
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  Speaker 2: strategy and all this other stuff we talk about. The
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  Speaker 2: Indiana Pacers can't play slow and it was really evident tonight,
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  Speaker 2: is uh a t K.
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  Speaker 4: Tell me, do we have a highlight of this game?
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  Speaker 4: I think now it would be a great time to
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  Speaker 4: look at it.
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  Speaker 3: We can find a Pacer highlights. It'll be a miracle.
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  Speaker 4: So Tyrese Halliburton, Pacers, Josh, you know, trying to close
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  Speaker 4: out Jalen Brunson and Knicks Shoe got off to a
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  Speaker 4: hot star.
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  Speaker 2: He came out aggressive. He said, I am not going home.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want to start doing yard working stuff. I'm
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  Speaker 3: want be away from how much yard work you reckon?
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  Speaker 3: He does?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you know when you got to cut your own grass, Ernie,
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  Speaker 2: you can't pay people to do that.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm gonna tell you this that's not.
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  Speaker 1: Aware of that fact.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not telling you, brother Britch. People pay that.
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  Speaker 2: Johnny May does not let you you have to cut grass.
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  Speaker 3: They can give you Charles Barbs on fire.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, I would like to see you cutting grass.
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  Speaker 2: Which do you know what the crazy thing about these highlights.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna watch the Nick score that man. But the
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  Speaker 2: most important thing is after the basket. They did a
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  Speaker 2: great job of denying the early outlet pass to Halliburt
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  Speaker 2: and to create a faster paced game.
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  Speaker 3: And a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: So Carlin Tower realized he was tall and just stopped
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  Speaker 2: shooting threes.
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  Speaker 3: As he took the ball to the basketball. Tell that
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  Speaker 3: n They played with a great, great aggression and also
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  Speaker 3: a great energy.
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  Speaker 4: If you're saying, hey, who was I to hit that three,
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  Speaker 4: it's Jeris Walker getting his first taste of this series.
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  Speaker 3: But Ernie, when Carla and the town plays with force, but.
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  Speaker 2: He has this series, he really sad, but well, all
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  Speaker 2: the time, all the time. He got to do it
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  Speaker 2: all the time. They call the time every game, every
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  Speaker 2: time he shoots a three, he left him off the hook. Man,
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  Speaker 2: this guy right here, Oh bully ball, Oh little man,
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  Speaker 2: get that, he said, get that big man on me.
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  Speaker 4: Thirty two on the night for Jalen Brunson on twelve
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  Speaker 4: out of eighteen shooting and four out of seven from deep,
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  Speaker 4: his tenth thirty point game of this postseason and his
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  Speaker 4: fourth of this series in five games.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody on the Knicks just played well. They said, you
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  Speaker 3: know what, We're gonna win this game for the home
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  Speaker 3: crowd and we're gonna.
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  Speaker 1: Continue this series. Bumps again, man.
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  Speaker 2: Every time they made a run, he hit a big basket.
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  Speaker 2: But again they did a great job. And hands and
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  Speaker 2: two were coming in and getting him a bucket. But
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  Speaker 2: they just did a great job of what I what
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  Speaker 2: I call choking the outlet pass. Do not let him
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  Speaker 2: get in transition, do not let him come off the run.
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  Speaker 2: Do not let him be a wide receiver so to speak,
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  Speaker 2: catching the ball and then movement. Don't let him have
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  Speaker 2: a five past on the move. He has to catch it,
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  Speaker 2: stop and then go and the.
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  Speaker 4: Cat taking it strong to the rim. Shots twenty four
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  Speaker 4: and thirteen for Karl Anthony Towns. It was questionable coming
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  Speaker 4: into this one because of the left knee.
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  Speaker 1: Ben still Ben.
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  Speaker 3: Say, yeah, past six, per Man, you go and get
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  Speaker 3: the six to get this.
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  Speaker 1: If you're gonna win the series, it's gonna have to
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  Speaker 1: be upsetting.
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  Speaker 3: Let's get too safe. But we worry about seven.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, one eleven to ninety four the Knicks winner.
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  Speaker 1: Here's Timms. Good job you guys did on Halliburton tonight
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  Speaker 1: holding him to the points.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, you know sometimes, you know, probably a combination of him,
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  Speaker 5: you know, missing some shots he normally makes. But I
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  Speaker 5: thought our guys were tied together and trying to make
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  Speaker 5: him work for everything, and you know, that's what you
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  Speaker 5: have to do. We have to fight to win every possession.
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  Speaker 2: How much is working on the offensive end of the
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  Speaker 2: floor play into that making him work?
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  Speaker 1: It seem like you guys are more intentional about trying
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  Speaker 1: to get him into action tonight.
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  Speaker 5: Now it's basically the same, but sometimes you have opportunities
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  Speaker 5: to attack different ways. But there wasn't a big change offensively, Tom.
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  Speaker 4: How much did Kat set the tone in the first half.
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  Speaker 5: I thought he was very aggressive, and I think that's
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  Speaker 5: super important.
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  Speaker 3: I think.
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  Speaker 5: Jailing as well. I thought the first quarter that's hit
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  Speaker 5: the tone for the game. We got to make sure
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  Speaker 5: that we stay aggressive. Then we have to stay disciplined.
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  Speaker 5: I think staying disciplined and playing with toughness is huge.
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  Speaker 1: In the nick of time. Is correct.
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  Speaker 4: And so Game five a seventeen point win for the
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  Speaker 4: New York Knicks, holding the Indiana Pacers to a postseason
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  Speaker 4: low of ninety four. It had been one hundred and
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  Speaker 4: only forty one percent field goal shooting. So when they
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  Speaker 4: won Game three, as you see these numbers on Jalen
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  Speaker 4: Brunson with his ten to thirty point game of this postseason.
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  Speaker 2: Oh and that's a great list to be on too,
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  Speaker 2: brother Damn Bernard Willis, coach Carmelo and Narn King.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah not bad, k Broiler.
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  Speaker 4: So when when you look at Game three, Nicks had
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  Speaker 4: to come from twenty back to get their first win
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  Speaker 4: of this series tonight. They never trailed, led by as
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  Speaker 4: many as twenty two. We see teams focusing on different
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  Speaker 4: things as a series goes on. Obviously they took Tyrese
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  Speaker 4: Haliburton out of this game today.
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  Speaker 1: So how do you get this for all you guys?
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  Speaker 4: How do you get Tyre's Halliburton back to being Tyreese
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  Speaker 4: Halliburton in game six in Indye.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you're a point guard and they are choking
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  Speaker 2: the outlet, meaning there once you're outletting the ball when
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  Speaker 2: you have it, we're not like gonna let you catch
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  Speaker 2: it on the run. So what you have to do
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  Speaker 2: now in the na is make the adjustment. You set
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  Speaker 2: a pick in the back court for him to get
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  Speaker 2: his momentum. So now if you want to pressure him, we're.
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  Speaker 3: Gonna set up.
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  Speaker 2: It's gonna be a big body person there to set
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  Speaker 2: a pick for him as he's coming full steep speed.
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  Speaker 2: And now your head is on the swivel because tonight
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  Speaker 2: his head was on the swivel, and you return the
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  Speaker 2: favor by now putting their head on the swivel.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but coach Carlos said, they gotta play with forrest,
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  Speaker 3: they gotta play with energy, and they will. We all
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  Speaker 3: know everybody plays well at home, especially the others are
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  Speaker 3: gonna play well at home. They're gonna make some adjustments.
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  Speaker 3: They're gonna push the pace. But if they win this game,
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  Speaker 3: but they're gonna be in trouble.
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  Speaker 2: Pacer didn't try to win this game, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 2: because think about it, Ernie, go back and look at
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  Speaker 2: the last game and the way they didn't. They were
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  Speaker 2: satisfied because go back and look at the last game,
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  Speaker 2: even when the next court they took it out and
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  Speaker 2: we're going they didn't do any of that. They played
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  Speaker 2: they and you could just play comfortable. They played comfortable.
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  Speaker 2: If you go back and look with Reggie Miller. We
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  Speaker 2: had him on first day and we said what are
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  Speaker 2: the keys? That said is just pace. You see, the
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  Speaker 2: Pacers can't play slow. So when they got beat in
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  Speaker 2: game three, they came in the game four, even when
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  Speaker 2: the Knicks scored, they pushed it, push it, pushed it.
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  Speaker 2: Tyree's were pushing it ahead. They didn't do any of that.
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  Speaker 4: Do you feel like this was a team that played
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  Speaker 4: with look we have some wiggled room here, we can
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  Speaker 4: win it at our place.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think so.
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  Speaker 3: No, I don't think that.
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  Speaker 2: Well. I think that Dick's that sometimes the team played
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  Speaker 2: better than you tonight the Knicks played better, but they
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  Speaker 2: didn't no matter because they took that away. That's take
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  Speaker 2: it away. Talks about talking about playing force and energy
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  Speaker 2: out that was that was a good game. Playing The
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  Speaker 2: Knicks played better to me, but the Pacers played down Ernie.
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  Speaker 3: To answer your question, is human nature. We're up three one.
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  Speaker 3: If we win this game, we go through the finals.
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  Speaker 3: They didn't come out with that force, and Charles makes
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  Speaker 3: a great point. They didn't play the same way they've
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  Speaker 3: been playing when they've been playing, winning by.
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  Speaker 1: Seventeen point win for the stay alive.
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  Speaker 3: That's human nature's