The next season was like, we expect to win.

We made these trades.

We have stability.

We finally got a great point card.

We expect to win.

Now, they didn't win against the best teams in the league.

We all know that because we chronicle that throughout the year.

But when you knock off the defending champions, I think you are actually living up to what the expectations were at the beginning of the season.

And if they don't change the coach, and we're sitting here now, watching Indiana doing what

they're doing, we're thinking next year with a tweak here and a tweak there, we can be

where Indiana is right now. But lo and behold, we can't find a goddamn coach now.

Yeah. And, you know, people will say, when you lose to the champion, this is a take that I

disagree with. When you lose to the champion, you know, it makes you feel better because they were

the best team. And I don't believe that at all. Because now what I'm looking at is a Knicks

team that could have won that series

against Indiana and probably would have if they didn't blow the game one lead now going up

against a team that looks more vulnerable than they have all year in the in the thunder now I'm

thinking well the Knicks could have done that you know what this is this is what you call

a missed opportunity. Yes.

They had it right there all in front of them.

And they, I mean, and if the Pacers do, one thing, though,

if the Pacers win the title and they finish this thing off,

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