New York Knicks Refuse to Embrace Excuses After Game 4 Blowout

Mere steps away from a major franchise landmark, one could claim that the New York Knicks are running out of gas.

The Knicks jumped out to a 2-0 series lead over the Pacers and seemed well on their way to their first conference finals since 2000. But the injury bug has once again invaded the New York locker room, one that has denied the Knicks the services of both OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson during the latter stages of the series. Franchise face Jalen Brunson is also dealing with the aftershocks of a foot injury that kept him out of a good portion of Game 2.

"We can talk about fresher legs and you can give us all the pity that we want," Brunson said in Windhorst's report. "Yeah, we're shorthanded, but that doesn't matter right now. We have what we have and we need to go forward with that."The Knicks' season, which has also lost three-time All-Star Julius Randle and depth star Bojan Bogdanovic, has been defined by players stepping up when needed, and, to Burnson's point, no one did so on Sunday.

Donte DiVincenzo, the headliner of the Knicks' outside woes, admitted that even the Pacers' second unit handily outplayed the top New Yorkers. DiVincenzo, whose 35 points in Game 3 served as a silver lining amidst Brunson's struggles, shot 1-of-6 from three-point range, part of a 7-of-37 performance overall. The resulting success rate of 18.9 percent was the lowest in Knicks playoff history with a minimum of 20 tries.

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