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Do these Eastern Conference Finals say more about Rick Carlisle or Tom Thibodeau? 🤨 | First Take

The First Take crew previews Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers. 0:00 Knicks’ strategy against Tyrese Haliburton 2:51 Defensive approach 6:12 Carlisle and Thibs ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: 📱 Get the ESPN App: 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN on…

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The First Take crew previews Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers.

0:00 Knicks’ strategy against Tyrese Haliburton
2:51 Defensive approach
6:12 Carlisle and Thibs

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  1. @jsan256

    May 29, 2025 at 2:00 pm

    Carlisle coached Brunson, he knows exactly how to stop Brunson from scoring.

    • @eSmokEm

      May 29, 2025 at 6:07 pm

      He still get his buckets

    • @jsan256

      May 29, 2025 at 6:18 pm

      @@eSmokEmtrue but Carlisle is able to put the Pacers in a position where Brunson has to foul whoever he’s guarding, due to him being a defensive liability.

    • @jarrardmoses4966

      May 29, 2025 at 7:52 pm

      Good fact I didn’t think about…but I’ma Knicks fan…we got to win tonight…from Richmond, VA

    • @jarrardmoses4966

      May 29, 2025 at 7:54 pm

      Watching OKC…I almost feel like we all playing for 2nd place

    • @jsan256

      May 29, 2025 at 8:14 pm

      @@jarrardmoses4966 I’m rooting for the Knicks too but the Pacers are giving them headaches man. Whoever wins is going to have to figure out how to stop Shai and OKC

  2. @lwazihlophe8955

    May 29, 2025 at 2:01 pm

    This panel is so refreshing without Steven A.The calmness and clarity. 🎉

    • @markbartoszek8585

      May 29, 2025 at 2:41 pm

      First time I didn’t need to turn down my speakers.

    • @onomeoviri8235

      May 29, 2025 at 6:21 pm

      I am telling you, they all talk with much calmness and understanding of the game

  3. @Twat_Swat22

    May 29, 2025 at 2:18 pm

    JB is not @ Villanova anymore and until the Knicks see that he can’t be a high usage guy while getting others involved they will continue to suffer in the BIG games

  4. @scotthughes7440

    May 29, 2025 at 2:21 pm

    Carlisle excels with non-superstars. He keeps the ball moving and likes guard play a lot. This is his perfect team. Insert a superstar and they run Carlisle out of town like Dallas. Luka should have fought to keep Carlisle but is most likely the reason for him leaving..

  5. @markdelacruz0210

    May 29, 2025 at 2:40 pm

    Someone check on SAS.

  6. @hoosierdaddy5846

    May 29, 2025 at 2:50 pm

    Wendy started the video by blinking 150 times. Dude having a malfunction? Lol

  7. @philiplee1769

    May 29, 2025 at 2:54 pm

    Neither. We all knew who they were before. They did their thing good or bad. And we are where we are.

  8. @Sleezymp

    May 29, 2025 at 3:08 pm

    Mikal 6’6 and siakam 6’8 … should’ve been out OG on hali he gets the offense going

  9. @BrianFederman

    May 29, 2025 at 3:36 pm

    Nembhard will go off if you double Hali. He’s due for a great game. Crushed the Knicks with a GW last year. Tonight is his night.

    • @AlvarWahle

      May 29, 2025 at 3:44 pm

      Hope so. I think he’s the pacer with the most to prove for game 5

  10. @l.i.f.eentertainment7403

    May 29, 2025 at 3:38 pm

    I’ll say it again the pacers remind me of the 03-05 pistons

  11. @jackcall3815

    May 29, 2025 at 4:02 pm

    Carlisle doesn’t have to say anything. He has a ring

  12. @joseph0271468

    May 29, 2025 at 4:09 pm

    They gave SAS a day off to pray all day for the knicks 😂

  13. @M.V.C-bg9sp

    May 29, 2025 at 4:18 pm

    OKC vs pacers about to be a barn burner of a series. Both play with pace, multiple scorers can shine on any night, OKC better defensively but pacers excel more offensively. I don’t care about the narratives or oh my god no one will watch. This series is going to be fantastic and I can’t wait. Box out hali doesn’t matter. Everyone runs.

  14. @joshw8968

    May 29, 2025 at 4:39 pm

    Keep doubting. We couldn’t beat the bucks then there was no way Cleveland was loosing. Then oh wait a healthy Knicks we’re definitely loosing. Gtfoh with your bias BS

  15. @heyouhoops

    May 29, 2025 at 4:39 pm

    Mark Jackson would be my first choice

  16. @giffondhall9214

    May 29, 2025 at 4:40 pm

    It’s carlise

  17. @thetrentmeister

    May 29, 2025 at 5:02 pm

    This segment is great. Thanks for talking about ideas and potential strategies. Respectful, knowledgeable and professional.

  18. @DABEATBAKERZ

    May 29, 2025 at 5:24 pm

    Espn will get you fired 😂

  19. @jospehbloseph7172

    May 29, 2025 at 5:39 pm

    As a Knick fan, this is all Thibs inability to adjust to the modern game and to develop depth, quality depth and two-way players are the number one and two things needed to be a championship team nowadays, and he didn’t develop that at all. Now he is showing is that he has guys, he could’ve been playing them, conditioning them, etc. he didn’t, hindsight is 20/20, last year should have been his hindsight.

  20. @NewStevenEvens

    May 29, 2025 at 5:46 pm

    Y’all do realize that Jayson Williams is married to a Caution woman, correct? So his criticisms are what they are. Maybe some pokes and prods but no lies detected.

  21. @WildfireX

    May 29, 2025 at 6:03 pm

    8:21 why is he finishing his sentences to try act like he’s smart or something… Jwill is a weird dude

    • @PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC

      May 29, 2025 at 6:23 pm

      why you clocking him like that?🤦🏿‍♂lmbo

    • @WildfireX

      May 29, 2025 at 6:32 pm

      ​@@PRODIGY-AND-HAVOCI couldn’t not see it 😅, he’s such a weird, awkward dude. He changes the way he talks in a way that it’s clearly not authentic.

      He does the sas personality a bunch too, and that weird “up down pitch” way of talking

    • @PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC

      May 29, 2025 at 6:41 pm

      @@WildfireX GOTCHA! lol

  22. @PRODIGY-AND-HAVOC

    May 29, 2025 at 6:21 pm

    I realize its 13-year-olds on YT but crazy New York fans were talking SO much smack after they beat Boston as if they won the championship smh not use to success lookin azzes!!

  23. @infiniteuniverse9528

    May 29, 2025 at 6:49 pm

    It’s probably fair to say that the Pacers are the most well coached team in the league. They don’t have a dominant scorer like the other playoff teams, they do it by being organized.

  24. @ComicsAbyss

    May 29, 2025 at 7:07 pm

    I appreciate the acknowledgement of Rondo’s ingenuity on the court. Love it!

  25. @TiggerLyOne

    May 29, 2025 at 7:48 pm

    Make me wonder why he left Luka unconditionally 😂

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