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The Knicks' starting lineup change and use of additional depth has been particularly effective in slowing Andrew Nembhard and Myles Turner.
Rumors had Hart being benched after Game 2. Hart was on the bench at the start of Game 3, but played 34 crucial minutes in the comeback win.
The predominant story of the 2025 Eastern Conference finals has been how badly the New York Knicks have performed with their starting lineup in the game. The five-man group of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart,
The Knicks were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, leaving them without a championship since 1973. But after advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000 following consecutive second-round exits, they could at least feel that they are getting closer.
The New York Knicks are on the Eastern Conference Finals board after making a change in their long-running starting lineup.
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks went further than they’d gone in 25 years, just not as far as they hoped.
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Karl-Anthony Towns was uncertain to play Thursday because of a bruised left knee, according to the New York Knicks' injury report. Given the situation the Knicks faced, Towns knew all along he was playing.
INDIANAPOLIS — The bloom is off the rose with the new starting lineup. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau ran back the reworked starting unit he used in Game 3 — inserting Mitchell Robinson in place of Josh Hart. But this time around, it produced rough results in a 130-121 Game 4 loss to the Pacers on Tuesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
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.
The Eastern Conference finals are heading back to Indianapolis for Game 6. With their backs against the wall, the New York Knicks delivered a wire-to-wire 17-point win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 on Thursday night to keep their season alive.
Josh Hart gave his thoughts on the Knicks' roster changing next season after the team lost the East Finals series to the Pacers on Saturday.