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The New York Knicks didn’t win on Friday night and now have to face the Indiana Pacers one more time in Game 7 on Sunday afternoon.
But right before tipoff, lifelong Knicks fan Stephen A. Smith predicted his team was going to win Game 6 and claim victory in the series.
“I believe the New York Knicks end the series tonight and they go to the conference finals,” Smith confidently said.
Since that didn’t happen, a chorus of critics came out to poke fun at Smith following New York’s disappointing loss.
“I believe the New York Knicks end the series tonight and they go to the conference finals.” @stephenasmith is confident in his Knicks to close out the series vs. the Pacers in Game 6 pic.twitter.com/HvpL2Uvekv
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 18, 2024
Many people brought up the fact that Smith has a bad habit of making the wrong predictions.
For example, he recently said that the Denver Nuggets were going to be swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Oops!!! Wrong Again
— Adam (@IndyReds3) May 18, 2024
Other Twitter users said that sports analysts should stay out of the prediction game because they “kinda suck at it.”
There has been a growing trend of analysts like Smith predicting who will win games, which often leads to the sort of embarrassment that he faced on Friday night.
Maybe Analyst should stop making predictions because they kinda suck at it.
— Levy (@ILLusiveLevy) May 18, 2024
Others went even further and said that Smith “knows nothing about sports.”
That assessment might be a bit too harsh but it’s clear that his unwavering love of the Knicks influenced his prediction.
It’s incredible how this dude knows nothing about sports. Despite getting paid to discuss sports.
— James Carron (@carronjam) May 18, 2024
No one is going to blame Smith for being excited about the Knicks because they have been excellent this season.
To be fair, he also said that he could see the Pacers possibly pulling out a win in Game 6.
But even though he was wrong on Friday, he might still be right about the Knicks ultimately winning the series.
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