The New York Knicks went further than they'd gone in 25 years, just not as far as they hoped. They signaled they were serious about making a run at the NBA title when they traded for Mikal Bridges in the summer and then Karl-Anthony Towns in a preseason blockbuster,

If you want to know why the New York Knicks couldn't beat the Indiana Pacers in their 125-108 Game 6 loss -- or in the Eastern Conference finals in general -- you probably have to go back to the summer of 2022.

Indiana defeated the New York Knicks in six games in the Eastern Conference finals, capping it off with a 125-108 win in Game 6 on Saturday night. Indiana will take on NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals, which begin Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC).

The New York Knicks' impressive season came to an end with Saturday's loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, but it sounds like they weren't even expected to reach that far.

According to reports from James L. Edwards III and Fred Katz of The Athletic, there was growing frustration within the Knicks locker room regarding Towns' defensive play. Both players and coaches reportedly felt he was missing assignments and misreading coverages without offering any clear reasoning behind the lapses.

After losing to the Pacers in six games in the Eastern Conference finals, the Knicks will have all summer to contemplate what went wrong.

Pascal Siakam was named Eastern Conference Finals MVP after scoring 30+ points in three of the four Pacers' wins.

Celtics legend Paul Pierce took to social media to taunt the Knicks after they fell to the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals.