Skip Bayless Takes Hilarious jibe at Stephen A. Smith After Knicks' 'all-time playoff choke job' Against Pacers in Game 1 of the Conference Final

In an unbelievable turn of events, the Indiana Pacers came back from behind and covered a 14-point deficit in the final quarter to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks. The odds were heavily stacked against the Pacers as only 3.14 minutes were left on the clock for them to script a magical comeback. To their delight, the Knicks displayed a squandering of a lifetime to throw the game from such a winning position.

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Skip Bayless Takes a Hilarious Jibe at Stephen A. Smith

The Knicks' loss is making seismic waves on the internet, and reactions on social media have been continuously pouring. The New York Knicks have expectedly become the butt of the joke, and mentioning of satire, who could be better to explain what happened at the Madison Square Garden than Skip Bayless.

Labelling Knicks' loss on Wednesday as the "all-time playoff choke job", Bayless took the opportunity to go even with Stephen A. Smith, who is an ardent fan of the New York Knicks. He said, "I just witnessed the all-time playoff choke job by the New York Knicks,” Bayless began. “And allow me to say that my old friend and ex-partner Stephen A. Smith always, always ridiculed my Dallas Cowboys as an accident waiting to happen. Want to know the God’s truth? The NBA accident waiting to happen has always been the New York Knicks.”

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Stephen A. Smith's Reaction Post-Knicks Loss

Stephen A. Smith did not take the loss kindly and unleashed his anger on the Knicks through First Take.

“I am having a very, very bad morning. Look at my face. I’m not in a very good mood. I was supposed to be orange and blue skies. It was supposed to be orange and blue skies, okay? But as you can see, there’s rain descending upon us. Thunder. Yes, I’m in OKC, but damn it, I’m talking about the New York Knicks,” said Stephen A. Smith as he opened his segment in First Take.