The Knicks did not play exactly their best basketball against the Pacers in three quarters on Tuesday evening.
And Stephen A. Smith invited them to this as directly as he could.
The Panelist Espn “First Take” went to X during match 4 and called the team – who had 14 reversals in 36 minutes – and he called both Mikal Briges and Josh Hart to bring him together, marking their handles.
“The @Nyknicks desperately need @Mikal_bridges to intensify if they want to win this game. Missing shots. Dispires. Unhappy decisions. #Damn (Come) on Bro,” he wrote. “You too @joshhart. The @Nyknicks also need him. Do not take the damn night with a mishap after the other! What’s going on!”
Hart and Bridges combined for only 15 points in three quarters while the team dragged by 11 points before the last quarter.
Match 4 was a huge swing match for the Knicks, who probably took more to take into account Smith, a well -known fan fan, getting into energy on the team’s game.
After losing two Heartbreakers on Home Court, the Knicks rallied in match 3 to make a 2-1 series before Tuesday evening.
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But after the 14-point strangulation work in match 1, the former defensive of the NFL, Chris Canty, told the radio ESPN that the Knicks may suffer from what he called “the curse of Stephen A. Smith” for his incessant speech of the cowboys trash.
Smith opposed to lagging behind.
“It is this fucking of Chris Canty, I tell you right now, he does a phenomenal job for us on ESPN Radio every morning,” said Smith during “First Take” this week. “But since he obtained this fucking radio program, he became worse. This is what he did. This is what he turned. Chris Canty was this pretty big teddy bear … And then all of a sudden, he obtained the morning radio show and he just makes me decide and cleared them – I’m going to do it.”
If the Knicks do not come back to take the series, it will be interesting to see how this dynamic takes place.
