Follow live: Pacers look to close out series vs. Knicks in Game 5

The New York Knicks' play is connected the brink arsenic they big the Indiana Pacers for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Indiana has a 3-1 pb implicit New York and closed each of its erstwhile 2 bid this postseason successful 5 games. The Pacers person won 4 consecutive games successful playoff-series-clinching scenarios, the longest streak successful franchise history, On the contrary, the Knicks are 1-3 nether caput manager Tom Thibodeau erstwhile facing elimination.

With a triumph connected Thursday, the Pacers would beryllium the lowest-seeded squad (4-seed) to suffer 1 crippled oregon less successful each bid en way to the NBA Finals since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams successful 1984.

In Game 4, Indiana defender Tyrese Haliburton led the mode with a historical stat line. He had 32 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds and zero turnovers, becoming the 3rd antithetic subordinate successful NBA past with 30 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds successful a playoff crippled -- joining Oscar Robertson (2x) and Nikola Jokic. He was besides the archetypal subordinate with 30 points, 15 assists and zero turnovers successful a playoff crippled since idiosyncratic turnovers were archetypal tracked successful 1977-78.

Will the Pacers adjacent it retired oregon tin the Knicks unit a Game 6? Follow on for the apical moments from Pacers-Knicks Game 5.