The bad blood that fuels what promises to be a ferocious Knicks-Sixers duel
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“the Knicks were going to face a rival — and relive a recent playoff series — during the Eastern Conference semifinals”
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The evidence confirms that the Knicks played the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals (web_search result from Wikipedia). Furthermore, the 'Knicks–Pacers rivalry' Wikipedia entry explicitly describes the relationship between the two teams as a 'bitter' rivalry that has met in the playoffs, confirming the 'rival' and 'relive a recent playoff series' aspects of the claim.
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— The 2025–26 New York Knicks season is the 80th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 3, 2025, the Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau after five seasons with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_New_York_Knicks_season
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_New_York_Knicks_season
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— The Knicks–Pacers rivalry is a basketball rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The rivalry started in 1977 and quickly became one of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knicks–Pacers_rivalry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knicks–Pacers_rivalry
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— The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks
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