The Knicks are just one game away from making their first Eastern Championship finals since 2000.
Despite being just one game away from breaking an almost quarter of a century hoodoo, the New York Knicks postseason has been far from plain sailing with injury hampering coach Tom Thibodeau’s planning.
The New Yorkers head to the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis knowing that one more win over the Pacers on Friday would cement a place in the Eastern final with the winner set to meet Boston Celtics in the final.
The Knicks have had to do things the hard way with three key players already sidelined for the rest of the season through injury.
Knicks injury issues
Power forward Julius Randle was forced to have surgery on a persistent shoulder problem with the April operation essentially bring the curtain down on his activity in the 2023-24 NBA season.
