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Knicks Make Injury Announcement Before Eastern Conference Finals Game 3

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Sean Deveney | Last updated May 24, 2025 10:28 PM ET

At the very least, they'll go in with a full complement of players, this oh-so-disappointing Knicks team that entered the Eastern Conference finals against the Pacers with chests puffed after dispensing of the defending-champion Celtics in the second round of the playoffs.

Beyond that, they have a wide array of questions.

After the Knicks blew Game 1 of the team's first conference finals showing in 25 years--dropping a game they led by nine points with less than a minute on the clock--they came back in Game 2 and were pretty soundly defeated, 114-109. They played that one at a slower and more comfortable pace for their style of basketball, but still managing to get knocked off by a Pacers team that won for only the second time in the postseason when scoring fewer than 115 points.

Plenty went wrong in Game 2 for the Knicks--poor defense (51.8% shooting for the Pacers), an inability to contain Pascal Siakam (39 points) and another subpar fourth quarter--and the blame can be widely shared.

“Obviously, we can finger-point and say this is wrong, that’s wrong,” star guard Jalen Brunson said. “It’s this person’s fault, that person’s fault. But collectively, we have to get it together. That’s really it.”

But, again, they will at least go into Game 3 on Sunday in Indiana at full health. The Knicks filed their injury report with the NBA, the league reported, and the report was entirely clean. The Knicks have no injuries.

The Pacers have one, as Isaiah Jackson will be out (until next year) after tearing his Achilles tendon in November.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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