John Pak, who happens to be a diehard New York Knicks fan, used his team’s gut-wrenching loss to the Indiana Pacers to fuel his solid start.
Like so many others from the greater New York Metropolitan area, John Pak, a PGA Tour rookie playing the Charles Schwab Challenge this week, could only focus on his beloved Knicks on Wednesday night.
He tuned in to watch the Knicks host the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which marked New York’s first appearance in the Conference Finals in 25 years.
After leading for most of the second half, the Knicks looked destined to open up the series with a 1-to-0 advantage over the Pacers. But then Indiana caught fire, the Knicks made mistakes, and ultimately, New York blew a 14-point lead with less than three minutes to go and lost to the Pacers in overtime, 138-135.
«I didn’t sleep well after that loss last night», Pak said Thursday.
«That was historically one of the worst losses I’ve ever seen in my life.»
With an early tee time, Pak did not have much time to dwell on the Knicks and their historic collapse. Instead, he decided to use it as fuel.
«There was a fire lit under me this morning», Pak added.
