N.Y. Knicks to 'Reevaluate' After Playoff Collapse vs. Indiana Pacers
- In the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, the Indiana Pacers secured a 138-135 victory over the New York Knicks in an overtime thriller.
- The Knicks led by 14 points with under three minutes left, but the Pacers staged a remarkable fourth-quarter comeback fueled by multiple three-pointers from Aaron Nesmith.
- Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points with 11 assists and hit a critical jumper at the end of regulation that replay downgraded to two points due to his toe on the line, forcing overtime.
- Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 43 points, while Nesmith shot eight-for-nine from three-point range and tied a playoff record with six threes in the fourth quarter.
- The Pacers' come-from-behind win continued their postseason trend of overcoming large deficits and leaves the Knicks facing a critical reassessment before Game Two on Friday.
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Stephen A. Smith Drops Harsh Message on Knicks
Stephen A. Smith laid into his beloved New York Knicks on May 22, the day after their heartbreaking Game 1 loss in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers.“You’re talking about the New York Knicks committing about five turnovers in clutch time!” Smith said on ESPN’s “First Take.” “We’re talking about this cat Nesmith going, in the last five minutes, six of six from 3-point range, looking like the second coming of Steph Curry. We’re t…

Anatomy of a comeback: How the Pacers rallied from 14 down in the final 3:14 to beat Knicks
NEW YORK (AP) — The Indiana Pacers were down by as many as 17 points in the fourth quarter, and still trailed by 14 points with 3 minutes and 14 seconds left in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals at New York on Wednesday night. What happened next was historic. The Pacers scored 23 points in the final 3:14. No team, at least in the play-by-play era that goes back to 1997, had scored that many in the final 3:14 of regulation of a playoff game…
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