How many Knicks fans denounced or disowned them in the middle of <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/26/sports/what-knicks-surviving-a-jalen-brunson-dud-means-for-the-rest-of-series/">their Eastern Conference finals Game 3 showdown</a> with the Pacers on Sunday night in Indianapolis?

Judging from the flood of rants on social media while the Knicks were being routed by the Pacers for three-quarters of the game, many of those tweets didn’t age well.

“Fire Thibs at halftime,” one person on X ranted.

At 9:07 p.m. ET Sunday, about an hour after tip-off and with the Knicks getting boat-raced by the Pacers, I received this snarky text from a friend and colleague: “Tommy and the Knicks are overmatched.”

Judging from the rants on social media while the Knicks were being routed by the Pacers, many of those tweets didn’t age well.{ai:summary}<p>During the Knicks' Eastern Conference finals Game 3 against the Pacers, many fans took to social media to express their frustration, calling for coach Tom Thibodeau to be fired at halftime. As the Knicks struggled, comments like “Tommy and the Knicks are overmatched” reflected the growing discontent among supporters. </p><p>Despite the negativity, these reactions may not hold up well as the game progressed. #sports</p>

Tom Thibodeau and the Knicks keep shutting up the doubters

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