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<\/p>\n\n Stephen A. Smith isn’t happy with Knicks’ second loss to the Pacers! <\/p>\n
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ESPN broadcaster Stephen A. Smith lost his cool after the New York Knicks suffered their second consecutive loss to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. On Friday, May 23, the Knicks went down against the Pacers 114-109<\/a>, and are now trailing the Conference Finals series 0-2. Following the loss, Smith, who is also an ardent Knicks\u2019 fan, went off and expressed his frustration for losing back-to-back games.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a video posted by the NBA pundit on his social media, he could be seen venting out as well as questioning Tom Thibodeau\u2019s choice of limiting Karl-Anthony Towns\u2019 playing time to 28 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n He was heard saying, \u201cI\u2019m trying to keep my cool, you know? There\u2019s always hope. But I don\u2019t understand for the life of me how in the hell Tom Thibodeau has KAT playing just 28 minutes. He\u2019s gonna try to tell us it was defense! But with Mitchell Robinson on the court, the deficit increased. Jalen Brunson\u2026that shot at the end of regulation? Don\u2019t know what that was about.\u201d<\/p>\n KAT, who earned the All-NBA third team selection on Friday, was benched for most of the fourth quarter, as the Knicks struggled to make a comeback. He was pulled out of the game with nine minutes left in the final quarter when the Pacers took a 94-85 lead.\u00a0However, he was back in the game with over two minutes remaining, and the Pacers were up by nine points at 110-101. While the Knicks were able to cut the lead to 110-109 with 14 seconds left, they were able to move past it and ended up losing the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n Coming back to Smith, the veteran went on to say, \u201cI don\u2019t know what else to say. I mean\u2026I do know what to say, but don\u2019t want to, I don\u2019t want to. I don\u2019t know what Thibs was doing tonight, I have no clue, have no idea! \u2026Looks like we\u2019re going home. Looks that way! Don\u2019t know if it is that way!\u201d<\/p>\n