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The Indiana Pacers are 1 triumph distant from heading to the NBA Finals.
The Pacers took Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, 130-131, implicit the New York Knicks to instrumentality a commanding 3-1 bid lead.
The Knicks trailed by arsenic galore arsenic 10 successful the 2nd quarter, arsenic the Pacers could not miss passim the archetypal half. New York was capable to travel back, though, and lead, 64-63 with conscionable implicit a infinitesimal to go, but Indiana ended the archetypal fractional connected a 6-0 run.
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Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton (0) reacts with halfway Myles Turner (33) aft shooting a three-point handbasket during the 2nd 4th against the New York Knicks of crippled 4 of the eastbound league finals for the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)
That tally continued into the 2nd half, arsenic the Pacers went up a twelve points little than 3 minutes into the 3rd quarter. But the Knicks kept wrong striking region – aft all, they did travel backmost from 20 points down for a 3rd clip successful these playoffs just 2 days ago.
But conscionable similar they did successful the archetypal and 2nd quarters, the Pacers ended the 3rd connected a 12-5 tally (the archetypal was a 9-4 stretch). And this, too, extended into the fourth. With a 9-5 tally to commencement the last frame, Indiana got retired to a 15-point lead, their largest of the night.
Indiana Pacers guardant Obi Toppin (1) dunks during the archetypal 4th against the New York Knicks of crippled 4 of the eastbound league finals for the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)
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But the Knicks, again, weren't dormant - they went connected a 10-2 tally to chopped their shortage to six with conscionable nether 5 minutes to go. But they could not find the magic this clip around, and erstwhile Knick Obi Toppin deed the dagger with a three-pointer to enactment Indiana up 10 with conscionable implicit 45 seconds to go.
Tyrese Haliburton went disconnected for a triple-double, scoring 32 points, handing retired 15 assists, and grabbing a twelve rebounds – each without committing a azygous turnover. Pascal Siakam added 30 points, portion Benedict Mathurin had 20 disconnected the bench.
Jalen Brunson (31), Karl-Anthony Towns (24), and OG Anunoby (22) combined for 77 of the Knicks' 121 points. The Knicks besides mislaid the turnover battle, 17-11.
The atrocious quality is the Knicks volition present person to triumph 3 games successful a enactment successful bid to support their play alive. The bully news, though, is that quest volition statesman connected their ain location tribunal connected Thursday night. However, it was 2 losses astatine Madison Square Garden to unfastened up this bid that person enactment them successful this presumption successful the archetypal place.
Team T-shirts are seen connected seats anterior to crippled 4 of the eastbound league finals betwixt the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks for the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)
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Game 5 is successful New York connected Thursday night.
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