Knicks Face Pacers in Eastern Finals
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Recently, following their elimination at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Nikola Jokic said that their team needed to work on their depth like some of the other successful teams in the NBA playoffs. One of these teams has proven to be the Indiana Pacers.
The New York Knicks have been to the Eastern Conference Finals 11 times in their franchise history. Let's highlight those postseasons.
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New York Magazine on MSNHow the Knicks Make It to the NBA FinalsThe last time the Knicks won a championship was 1973. The last time they even made it to the finals was 1999. But honestly, that appearance shouldn’t count. ’99 was a lockout season — it was the first time the NBA ever lost games to a labor dispute (and the year the league’s locked-out stars played a pay-per-view exhibition game that famously showed most of them completely out of shape) — and only 50 regular-season games took place.
Kendrick Perkins might be the biggest Knicks ’ supporter in the media, but the former NBA big man says New York will be in “trouble” against the Indiana Pacers unless one player dominates his matchup.
Heading into Friday’s Game 6, the New York Knicks hadn’t made it to the Eastern Conference finals since 2000, a drought as long as the camera phone is old. To end the drought, the Knicks made it rain,
Jalen Brunson is a top NBA guard. His financial growth shows his impact. He has a contract with the New York Knicks. Brunson signed a contract extensi
NBA conference finalists—the Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers—are an atypical group of contenders. Only one (the Thunder) is a No. 1 or No. 2 seed, and none have won an NBA championship since the 1970s.
The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers will rekindle their epic rivalry that featured some of the NBA's most iconic moments when they play in the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday.