Post experts make knicks-pacers playoff predictions

NBAPost experts make Knicks-Pacers playoff predictionsBy Post Staff ReportPublishedMay 21, 2025, 6:30 a.m. ETSee AlsoHow do the Knicks beat the Pacers? A panel of NBA experts break it down

New York Post’s experts make their Knicks-Pacers Eastern Conference finals predictions:

Worried about Indiana’s depth and pace running down the Knicks, but going with the best player in the series — Jalen Brunson.

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The Knicks’ window has arrived with no guarantee they will be back here in future years.

They have home-court advantage, they have health, they have the best closer in the game in Brunson and they have the revenge motivator after losing to this team one year ago.

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The Knicks are healthy and they have home-court advantage.

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That’ll be enough in a slugfest of a series that will be every bit as memorable as the classic 1994 showdown between these two rivals.

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New York will try to keep games close and win on Brunson isos, while Indiana will try to run them ragged and wear them down — every game and by the end of the series.

Lewis predicts Tyrese Haliburton’s Pacers will beat the Knicks in seven games. NBAE via Getty Images

Mikal Bridges will slow Tyrese Haliburton, but can the Knicks offense keep pace vs. the press, and can Karl-Anthony Towns hold up defensively against Indiana’s drives?

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The Knicks were the better team last year before injuries marred the series.

The Pacers have been one of the NBA’s hottest teams for months, but the Knicks are the more talented side and eliminating the Celtics should only make them more confident.

Brunson thrives after losses, and he’s had a whole year to think about last year’s series.

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These teams match up so well with each other and both possess the most invaluable tool for playoff success: fearlessness.

Look for each to take a game on the other’s floor.

And look for a Game 7 again, which seems like the only destination this series is destined for.

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