Steve Popper

Despite injuries, Knicks will try to regroup and push Indiana to brink.

NBA: Knick affected by non-call fouls in Game 3

The Knicks were outshot, outworked and outplayed as the series returns to MSG tied at two games apiece.

Isaiah Hartenstein fell hard to the floor midway through the second quarter as he scored in the paint, landing on his left shoulder.

"We have what we have and we need to go forward with that," Jalen Brunson said. "So there is no, 'We're shorthanded.' There is no excuse. There's no excuse whatsoever. If we lose, we lose."

"You expect ignorance when people have no idea what goes on in this building," Josh Hart said Tuesday morning. "People love to have a narrative or a label and run with it."

"Right now it's a best of three," Josh Hart said. "We're the two seed. We've been injured all year long, and right now we're here two wins away from being in the Eastern Conference finals.

When the Knicks exited Gainbridge Fieldhouse Sunday afternoon they tried to leave behind the carnage that they'd just witnessed, the 43-point deficit, the 32-point loss, and forget about what had gone haywire in those 48 minutes.

When the game was over and the handshakes started with the Knicks heading to the locker room, all you had to do was look at the faces of the players to get a hint of what was on their minds.

Josh Hart drew comparisons between Brunson and Damian Lillard regarding their ability to take control late in a close game.