Wednesday night time was a nightmare for Knicks followers. Thursday hasn’t proved to be any higher.
Moderately, it’s a worse model of “Groundhog Day” that followers haven’t woken up from.
All through social media it seems followers are having a troublesome time attempting to manage after watching the catastrophe of the Knicks shedding a 14-point result in the Pacers to turn into the primary franchise to drop a playoff sport with that a lot of a lead with 2:45 left.
“The Knicks had to do everything wrong in the final 2 minutes to give the Pacers a chance… AND the Pacers had to do everything right. That’s what happened, capped by a miracle bounce. I’m still in disbelief,” Knicks Memes posted on X.
Warning: Graphic Language
“Good morning Knicks fans… who else woke up feeling sick about last night? Who else slept poorly thinking of all the missed calls, all the turnovers, missed goaltend to a transition 3 in OT… absolutely brutal,” a fan posted.
“Good morning Knicks fans, I just woke up for work this early morning I feel like I had a really bad nightmare,” one other stated.
The wet climate has solely mirrored the temper of town, who seemingly slogged to work, faculty, and different obligations with imaginative clouds over their heads.
“Knicks fans needed this rain today. I would have been furious if I had to deal with the sun this morning,” a fan posted on X on Thursday morning.
Observe The Publish’s protection of the Knicks within the 2025 NBA Playoffs
Sports activities+ subscribers: Join Contained in the Knicks to get day by day e-newsletter protection and be a part of Skilled Take for insider texts in regards to the collection.
Issues have been additionally voiced about espresso strains at Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts being stuffed with Knicks followers attempting to get by the day.
“Considering seeing many Knicks fans had a hard time trying to sleep last night, I bet the @Starbucks & @dunkindonuts around the NYC area are really making a huge shilling of $$$ this morning with the coffee trying to keep ppl awake today,” an X consumer wrote.
A basketball movie analyst additionally wrote a narrative “to make sense of being a fan when the pain feels too real to make any sense at all.”
Within the shared excerpt on X, it says: “What happened last night brought that memory back in full. It yanked it from storage and threw it out on the front lawn. Along with it came the very same sports heartache that shaped so much of my young life. I did not know I could still feel that kind of pain. I am married. I have two amazing kids. I assumed I had built up some sort of immunity to the deepest level of sports anguish. I am built for this! How wrong I was.”
The Ringer’s John Jastremski promoted his podcast episode in regards to the sport at 2:46 a.m. on Thursday. At 10:06 a.m., he retweeted the put up saying, “Still in a state of shock after that one…”.
Jonathan Marci of “Knicks Film Skool” did his typical day by day morning announcement for the Knicks, however in a somber temper.
“Ending with a regulation moment where Tyrese Haliburton made the choke sign, reminiscent of Reggie Miller some 31 years ago and it was absolutely, 110% deserved,” he stated. “They choked and they should be embarrassed and ashamed of themselves. Have a great day.”
Recreation 2 is slated for Friday at 8 p.m. at Madison Sq. Backyard the place the Knicks will hope to even the collection earlier than heading to Indiana for Video games 3 and 4.
