The flashbacks of the Friday broadcast of game 6 of a semi -final of the Eastern Conference between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks, long -term rivals with extremely polar family trees in the past quarter of a century.
The film material of the former Knicks lights at the courtyard at Madison Square Garden is a constant, regardless of use. When New York continued to limp the defending NBA champion on the way to a 119-81 outline victory, references and videos of the last kink club also rolled to achieve a conference finale in 2000.
A fan base howls and thirst for this moment until Wednesday to continue celebrating as if it is after 1999. The Knicks plans to go back to the shop again, with the Indiana Pacers visiting the garden to open the East Finale.
“Our season is not over yet,” said Jalen Brunson of New York. “We have so much more to go.”
Allow Knicks trainer Tom Thibodeau exactly how much -without exploring the 1973 intangible values, the last time when New York demanded an NBA title.
“I think the way you have to look at what your ceiling is, it is what you strive for,” said Thibodeau. “They try to go over the expectations that are expectations for them. The goal is always to win a championship. We have eight victories. They need 16. And everyone will be getting tougher. They have to fight further.”
New York wasted an earlier attempt to achieve his eighth victory of the off -season. Since the Celtics were apparently held from the loss of Star Jayson Tatum to an Achilles tendon injury at the end of the year 4, Boston reacted instead with a thrilling 127-102 home win in 5th game 5 to avoid excretion.
When Brunson fought hard Powly and Josh Hart and Josh Hart navigated a cut over his eye, the kinks faded after playing the Celtics in the first half.
“Just like that, the whole game 5, that was just not us,” said Brunson. “We knew that we were thinking about it, we came back and knew that we had to get better.”
The Knicks showed a similar resolve against the Detroit pistons in the first round. New York could not complete the pistons in the garden in 5th game 5 and did not waste his next opportunity in Detroit two nights later.
Friday probably brought the most complete game that New York played throughout the season. With Brunson and OG Anunoby, who each took 23 points each, four kinks ended with at least 21 points.
Hard, the other New York starter, was not shabby and contributed 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for the first franchise ate season triple double since Walt Frazier.
If you are a Knicks fan that a certain vintage is missing, “Clyde” was this Suave Ghent with the Spitzbart- and mustard -gold puma top on Friday at the farm.
Frazier and Co. have at least two more chances for the national TV face – unless they also travel to Indiana.
The EAST FINAL-Ein Retirement of a semi-finals with seven games last season is definitely not too short. The rested Pacers dropped the best Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland in five games and kept a large part of the core, which overcome a 2-0 deficit against the Knicks last season.
The Knicks play in a city and in an arena with a lot of shine and realize that they will need Grit.
Nothing new there.
“This is how you react to the challenge that lies in front of you,” said Thibodeau. “We cannot be carried away. Obviously it is a great victory and we look at it, but you also understand that you have to prepare for the next series. We know that Indiana is a great team and we have to be ready.”
