The Knicks are just one day away from hosting the Pacers for their second-round matchup in the 2024 NBA playoffs so they went back to the Tarrytown lab on Saturday to start getting reps ahead of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
We will get saucier and spicier quotes once the ball is first tipped off and from Game 1 through the series-clinching Game 4 but that doesn’t mean quotes didn’t start emerging from New York and Indy in the last few hours.
Here is what a few Knickerbockers and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle had to say on May 4.