It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.

Logan, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the Bet Rivers Network.

We come to you after the Knicks fall to the Indiana Paces and now trail the series

three games to one as they will try to come back to New York and extend the series.

Four or sixth game back in Indianapolis, and we know now that they will have to win three

straight games, or they will exit the playoffs short of the finals.

When the Knicks lost game two, I told you I thought they'd come back down 3-1.

So am I surprised by the night's game, no.

Did I think tonight's game would be harder?

I actually was surprised by the deficit in game three because I thought

they would play a more command than game three. And I really felt confident Nick's word in game

three. I thought they had a chance tonight, but I didn't, you know, I thought at best it was 50-50,

probably a little more paces than even that. But let's be honest, this was an ugly, bad performance from the Knicks.

It was a game they hung around in. It was a game. There was a point in the fourth quarter where

Indiana was doing so many stupid things. Coming up the court with a big lead and shooting two seconds into the, shooting a three, two seconds into the shot clock, taking bad looking shots, putting the ball at the hands of people who shouldn't have it, turning the ball over.

I mean, making, unforced errors uh fouling indiscriminately i mean

they kept the nicks in the game by sending them to the foul line 39 times that's the only reason

the nicks were in the game that in indiana's poor shot selection at times in the second half

but from a nick standpoint this game was ugly on so many levels.

Ugly.

They allowed 43 points in the first quarter.

Their transition defense was abominable.

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