NBA great Charles Barkley shades Knicks, Spike Lee after New York staves off elimination with Game 5 victory

30.05.2025    Fox News    5 views
NBA great Charles Barkley shades Knicks, Spike Lee after New York staves off elimination with Game 5 victory

The New York Knicks staved off elimination from the NBA Playoffs on Thursday night with a - win over the Indiana Pacers in Meeting of the Eastern Conference finals but basketball great Charles Barkley is not sold on the NBA championship coming back to the Big Apple In a post-game interview with award-winning director and Knicks superfan Spike Lee on Inside the NBA Barkley let slip his true feelings about the Knicks chances of winning their first championship since I would give up an Academy Award Oscar for the Knicks to win a championship Lee declared during the broadcast I got two already CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMAs Lee went on to double down on his commitment to the organization he was interrupted by Barkley s quip You gonna keep them The remark incited laughs from the entire TNT crew and Barkley apologized for not using his inner voice PACERS FAN FACES FELONY CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY STABBING KNICKS FANS AT BREWERY There s no filter on this guy you ve known him long enough If he thinks it it's coming out Ernie Johnson Jr added with a laugh Despite Barkley s doubts the Knicks did put on an award-worthy show on Thursday night Jalen Brunson scored points and an injured Karl-Anthony Towns added points and rebounds just two nights after giving up points to the Pacers in the first quarter Our backs were against the wall So I mean we ve got to give it everything we got Brunson commented The Knicks return to Indiana hoping to repeat their Championship performance on Saturday night No organization has won a conference finals series after dropping the first two games at home The Associated Press contributed to this review Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter

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