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The Brooklyn Nets have been off since April after they finished the 2024-25 regular season with a 26-56 record, preventing them from even taking part in the Play-in Tournament. Prior to the beginning of this season, Brooklyn made a bold move by trading Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks for a bevy of draft picks and Bridges was trying to help the Knicks win the championship.
Unfortunately for Bridges and the Knicks, they were unable to get past Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. On Saturday, New York lost Game 6 of the series at Indiana 125-108 despite Bridges putting up 15 points, four assists, and two blocks of his own to help the Knicks in their quest to beat the odds against the Pacers.
As has been the case for the entire season, the Knicks were mostly depending on the duo of Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns to will the team to victory, especially after New York pulled off a massive trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves to acquire Towns in the first place. Brunson put up 19 points and seven assists, but he notably struggled shooting the ball (8-of-18 from the field) and taking care of the ball (five turnovers).
Towns put forth a valiant effort as he produced 22 points and 14 rebounds of his own, but he also had his fair share of issues with shooting efficiency as he was just 8-of-19 from the field, including shooting 0-for-4 from three-point land. The Knicks’ best player in Game 6 with all things considered was OG Anunoby as he dropped 24 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals, and two blocks while turning the ball over just once.
The reason that the Knicks will be going back to New York for good is due to how well the tandem of Pascal Siakam and Tyrese Haliburton played in this contest. Siakam, who came away from the series with the Eastern Conference MVP award, put up 31 points, five rebounds, three assists, and three blocks while Haliburton dropped 21 points, six rebounds, and 13 assists to come just one vote shy of winning the series MVP award over his teammate.
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