Knicks crushed by Pacers in deflating Game 7 as playoff hopes come to gut-wrenching end
NY Post
The circumstances were set for a heroic Knicks performance. The stuff of franchise lore.
Josh Hart and OG Anunboy both started despite “questionable” statuses, receiving massive ovations during the pregame lineup introductions.
The crowd was electric for the first Game 7 in nearly 30 years.
But then it was the Pacers who rose to the occasion, while the Knicks, depleted to the bones and sloppy, slinked away in their Sunday afternoon 130-109 elimination.
“Wasn’t in the cards for us,” Hart said.
Jalen Brunson’s tremendous season finished in the locker room with a fractured left hand, an injury sustained as he shot 6-for-17 over 29 minutes in a disappointing performance.
When Jimmy Butler wants out, he never does so quietly.
In what’s been a rough season at Madison Square Garden, few Rangers losses hurt more than the two lopsided defeats at the hands of the Devils earlier in the year.
There will be no arbitration drama for the 2025 Mets.
At their core, the minutes numbers stand out.
The Falcons are supposedly OK with a $180 million backup quarterback.
A second NFL team is set to interview Robert Saleh for their head coaching vacancy.
The Lakers’ home game against the Hornets on Thursday has been postponed due to the raging LA fires, the NBA announced.
Tyreek Hill quit on the Dolphins during the third quarter of their loss to the Jets on Sunday, leaving his Miami teammates stunned.
The Eagles are not the only team dealing with quarterback uncertainty entering the playoffs.
Igor Shesterkin, who hasn’t played this month due to an upper-body injury, is set to return in net for the Rangers Thursday night against Las Vegas, head coach Peter Laviolette said at Madison Square Garden.
It was all on display early, a reminder of just how fragile this can all seem, how delicate it can all be. For six minutes of the first quarter, Karl-Anthony Towns, already nursing a sore knee, coasted up and down the court with a noticeable limp.