No champagne. No grins. And certainly no victory lap, even after a close 106-100 win. The Knicks walked out of Gainbridge Fieldhouse like a team that had just punched a clock, not stolen a playoff win. You’d think a gutsy Game 3 road win, after trailing 2-0 and getting outclassed in back-to-back games, would earn a little chest-beating. Instead? Straight faces, tired eyes, and one very telling quote.
“Great team win,” Karl-Anthony Towns said postgame. “But we know we gotta be better.” Towns was sensational in Game 3. He looked like the player Knicks fans had been promised, not the one who disappeared in Game 2. 25 points, 15 boards, a dagger three in crunch time. If the box score had a hero badge, his name would be on it. But even he wasn’t celebrating.
“Great team win but we know we gotta be better”
– KAT
The Knicks are not celebrating pic.twitter.com/Bf9jkxbU5F
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) May 26, 2025
Why? Because they know what Indiana did to them earlier in the week. Because one gritty win doesn’t flip a series, it just stops the bleeding. And in that quiet, there’s a louder message: survival isn’t success. Not yet. What’s to follow? Come back here to find out. More updates coming soon!
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