The New York Knicks are up in opposition to it after shedding Sport 4 in opposition to the Indiana Pacers in a 130-121 shootout. New York discovered methods to attain the ball persistently in Sport 4, prefer it has over the remainder of the sequence, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to maintain up with the potent Pacers offense.
To make issues worse within the loss, the Knicks received an enormous harm scare late within the sport. Star large man Karl-Anthony Cities appeared to endure a left knee harm within the last minutes after banging knees with Pacers guard Aaron Nesmith whereas contesting a shot on the basket. Cities stayed down on the bottom for some time afterward after which remained within the sport, although with a noticeable limp.
After the sport, Cities didn’t wish to speak concerning the harm.
Karl-Anthony Cities was requested about his knee harm:
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“I am solely desirous about the loss,” Cities mentioned bluntly. “I am not desirous about that proper now. It is disappointing when you do not get a win and we did not do sufficient to get the job performed tonight.”
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Cities nonetheless put up fairly good numbers in Sport 4, ending with 24 factors and 12 rebounds within the loss. Nevertheless, he appeared to be combating the knee all through the night time after which was unable to maneuver round freely after the ultimate incident with Nesmith.
Cities put collectively two stable video games in Indiana, scoring 20 factors within the fourth quarter of Sport 3 to assist the Knicks get a comeback win that saved their season on the time.
Now, Cities and the Knicks must string collectively three of their finest video games of the season to return again and beat a Pacers workforce that’s taking part in its finest basketball of the season. The Knicks do get to return house for Sport 5, however that did not cease Indiana from successful every of the primary two video games.
If Cities is one way or the other compromised, successful the subsequent three and advancing to the NBA Finals feels subsequent to unimaginable. Knicks followers could have an in depth eye on their star over the subsequent few days to see how he recovers heading right into a Sport 5 with New York’s season on the road.