Knicks down to final chance after Pacers’ Game 6 rout
NY Post
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s all on Game 7.
With a chance to clinch the franchise’s first conference final in 24 years, the Knicks laid an egg in Friday night’s 116-103 Game 6 defeat, getting little from their star point guard until it was too late and the Pacers were well on their way to extending their season.
It set up the do-or-die Game 7 on Sunday afternoon at MSG, the biggest game for the Knicks since Patrick Ewing wore their uniform.
And they’re going to need much better from Jalen Brunson.
“They adjusted. They tried to make things difficult. And I have to adjust as well,” Brunson said. “They showed me different looks and I have to do a better job of reading it. I just can’t be what I was for the first 40 minutes of the game.”
The All-Star shot just 11-for-26 after one of the worst first halves of his Knicks career, unable to crack Indiana’s relentless pressure before pouring on late points and finishing with 31.
The offseason signing of Vladislav Gavrikov became exponentially more important for the Rangers when Adam Fox was ruled out for the foreseeable future.
Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.
After leaving practice early on Monday to be evaluated for a lower-body injury, Adam Edstrom did not suit up Tuesday night against the Stars.
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The Jets won a game on Sunday, an entertaining 27-24 victory over the Falcons on a 56-yard walk-off field goal by 41-year-old kicker Nick Folk.
Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss said he was just doing his job after a hard hit on Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart sparked tension in Monday’s game at Gillette Stadium.
Dillon Brooks found himself in a familiar place Monday night — right underneath LeBron James’ skin.
Alexey Toropchenko is the latest hockey player to miss time because of a bizarre off-ice injury, after the St. Louis Blues said he is considered week to week after sustaining burns to his legs as part of a home accident. No other details were provided.
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After losing one of the top power-play defensemen in the NHL for at least the next several weeks, the Rangers are going to try something unconventional to spark their inconsistent season.
The Mets agreed to terms with Devin Williams, which means they now have exactly one viable right-handed reliever on their roster.