N.Y. Knicks to 'Reevaluate' After Playoff Collapse vs. Indiana Pacers
- The Indiana Pacers secured a 138-135 victory over the New York Knicks in overtime during the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
- The Pacers staged a comeback after trailing by 14 points with less than three minutes left and 17 points early in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
- Aaron Nesmith hit six consecutive three-pointers in the fourth quarter, including five made by him, while Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points and had 11 assists to lead Indiana.
- Haliburton's final shot in regulation was downgraded to a two-pointer after replay showed his foot on the three-point line, tying the game at 125 and sending it to overtime.
- The Pacers completed their fourth postseason comeback from 15 or more points down, suggesting resilience that could influence the remainder of the series, with Game 2 scheduled Friday in New York.
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NEW YORK — Well — that escalated quickly. The Knicks built a 17-point fourth-quarter cushion in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals — then watched it dissolve in real time, undone by a series of defensive breakdowns and a momentum swing that felt like whiplash. What should have been a statement win at Madison Square Garden turned into a stunning 138-135 overtime collapse to the Indiana Pacers. And what should have been a 1-0 series lead inst…

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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