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INDIANAPOLIS — For weeks, the word “special” has been tossed around to describe these Knicks. We heard it when they rallied from 20 points down to stun the Celtics in the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals.It was used again when they surged from 14 points down in that pivotal Game 4 and later when they completed the upset of the defending champions. Now, finding themselves in a 2-0 hole in their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 25 years after two losses at the Garden, they can really earn that description.
Rally from this deficit.Do to the Pacers in Indianapolis what they did to the Pistons in Detroit and the Celtics in Boston. Otherwise, Tom Thibodeau’s team will join so many other failures in this franchise’s frustrating postseason history, right up there with the 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997 teams that are remembered for falling painfully short. “I’ve said this so many times that I have the utmost confidence and trust in my teammates,” Jalen Brunson said.
“We’ve been in positions where we’ve been counted out and found a way to win.Just one step at a time.”It was supposed to be the Knicks’ year in 1993.
Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series.They were the No.1 seed after winning 60 games.
They took the first two games from Michael Jordan and the Bulls in the conference finals, but did not win again.Everybody remembers that year because of Charles Smith’s inability to finish inside in the final seconds of Game 5. A year later, they blew a 3-2 series lead in the NBA Finals to the Rockets.
John Starks infamously went 2-for-18 in Game 7.Reggie Miller turned the 1995 conference semifinal series on its head, scoring eight points in 8.9 seconds to steal Game 1 at the Garden.
Patrick Ewing’s finger roll at the horn of Game 7 ended the Pat Riley era.The Knicks coach left for the Heat that offseason. Then...