On this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Vince and Steve Jones Jr. do an in-depth breakdown on the Indiana Pacers stealing Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, discuss the Knicks head coach search and react to the new changes to the NBA All-Star game.

I n general, it is rare for any team to change its starting lineup in Game 1 of a playoff series. It's rarer for that change to come ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, and practic

The Leon Rose-led front office has its work cut out of it, but make no mistake: The Knicks have assets. The question is how they will use them.

• In the Eastern Conference finals against the Pacers, Jalen Brunson went off, averaging 30.7 points on 20.8 field goal attempts per game, finishing 34.4% of the Knicks’ offensive possessions with a shot attempt, foul drawn or turnover — a usage rate nearly 5% higher than it had been against Boston the previous round.

The Thunder dropped the first game of their second-round series against Denver in similar, heartbreaking fashion on Aaron Gordon's late shot. Oklahoma City stormed back to win Game 2 by 43 points. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points in Game 1, the third-most for a player in his NBA Finals debut.

The Indiana Pacers, led by 31 points from Pascal Siakam, beat the New York Knicks in Game 6 to close out the Eastern Conference finals at home and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000.

The Knicks have parted ways Tom Thibodeau, but two-time NCAA championship-winning coach Dan Hurley isn't eager to leave UConn for New York's storied NBA franchise.

Rick Carlisle couldn’t believe the Knicks’ firing of Tom Thibodeau . During a pre-NBA Finals press conference on Wednesday, the Pacers head coach sounded off on the shocking move that rocked the NBA world a day earlier.