Knicks vs Pacers, Game 5
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For every team sent packing, we'll analyze the standout players primed for growth and a major question mark that could impact the team's fantasy value ahead of the 2025-26 season. Up next, the New York Knicks.
The Post takes a look at the Knicks roster heading into the offseason after their playoff run ended with a loss to the Pacers in Game 6.
Brunson continued his hot-scoring nights into the series against the Pacers after knocking out the defending champion Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. He scored 43 points in Game 1 and followed up with 36 in Game 2. However, it wasn't enough, as the Knicks dropped the first two games.
Tom Thibodeau is taking heat for the Knicks' loss to the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, but he has support in the organization.
New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, right, drives to the basket against Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton during the first half of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Thibodeau pressed some of the right buttons during the Eastern Conference finals. One of the most prominent was adding guards Delon Wright and Landry Shamet to the rotation, and he watched it pay off as the Knicks piled up stops almost instantly against a previously unstoppable Indiana group.
There's a good chance that David Fizdale can be a finalist for the Phonix Suns job as he will go through his third round of interviews.