Knicks Collapse vs Pacers Has Stephen A Smith 'Sick to His Stomach'
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Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024. He graduated in 2021 with a Master of Science degree in Sport Management from Louisiana State University. You can get in touch with him by emailing m.levine@newsweek.com and you can find him on X at @Levine1445.
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The New York Knicks fell in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers despite holding a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter. The Knicks choked at the end of the game, ultimately falling short in overtime.
NBA teams were 0-970 in postseason history over the last 27 years when trailing by 14+ points with under 2:50 left in regulation. The Pacers became the first team to make this happen, and it left the New York fans stunned.
In the aftermath of this situation, longtime NBA personality and Knicks fan Stephen A. Smith had some thoughts. Smith said that he was "sick to his stomach" after the game.
"I'm not putting it on one person, it was a collective collapse of epic proportions, it was horrible, okay. This is bad, this is very bad...if the New York Knicks lose this series, this is the game that we're all gonna look at. This is historic, we have seen nobody in NBA history come back from such a deficit...but it happened last night at the Garden, I'm sick to my stomach over it."
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