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With the Reggie Miller on the call, Indiana Pacers paid tribute to their franchise legend on Wednesday night.
Well, that was not a direct hom – but New York KnicksIn their first game of the 21st Century Eastern Conference Finals, they filled the double-digit leadership of the fourth quarter until the fall of the game 1 against Indiana, 138-135.
New York led with as many as 17, with just over six minutes, and even 14 with less than three, but that didn’t fit the Pacers.
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The Indiana Pacers Guardian Tyrese Haliburton (0) celebrates with teammates after he tied the game in the fourth quarter to send the game to an extension against New York Knicks during the game of the Eastern Eastern Communion of the NBA playoffs in 2025 in Madison Square Garden. (Pictures Brad Penner-Hagn)
Aaron Nesmith made his best Miller’s impression, drilling six consecutive three points to help Indiana to reduce his deficit to only two points with 22.1 seconds. After Knicks, on two occasions, went 1-for-2 from the line, Tyrese Haliburton hit the buzz for which he thought he was three and gave Miller’s infamous muffler signal as he pointed to him. But Haliburgon’s toe finger was in turn, and the game went into extension.
New York came out for a four-point lead to start overtime, but running from 5-0 Pacers gave them his first lead because he had 45-44 in the second quarter. No team went out more than one point in the next two minutes, until former Knick Obi Toppin scored one home with 15.3 seconds to climb three. Knicks missed two three, and the Pacers stole the victory.
The teams that led the playoffs with nine points in the last minute of the fourth quarter or extension of the playoff match were 1,414-0 since 1998, which entered Wednesday.
Also, since 1997, the teams are now 4-1.640 when in the last minute of the fourth quarter or extension of the playoff game in the last minute in the last minute in the last minute-Pacers won in three of these games this season.
May 21, 2025; New York, New York, USA; Indiana Pacers Guardian Tyrese Haliburton (0) shoots against the New York Knicks guard Josh Hart (3) in an extension during the game of one of the Eastern Eastern Conference for the NBA playoffs in 2025. In Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Pictures Brad Penner-Hagn (Pictures Brad Penner-Hagn)
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Unfortunately, for Knicks, it was the taste of their own medicine-they completed their return of 20, 20 and 14 points against the Boston Celtics to win their second round series.
Haliburton and Nesmith had 31 and 30 points, respectively – 20 Nesmith came in that epic fourth quarter.
Jalen Brunson led a 43-point trip, while Karl-Anthony Towns had a 35 plus 12 rebounds-no one hit his three-poenters in the last seconds.
This series is a rematch The second round of last yearwhich Indiana won in seven games against the Knicks department with injuries, but at the same time Knicki also faced the finals of the Eastern Conference in 1999 and 2000. The ties shared both Terries.
The Indiana Pacers Guardian Tyrese Haliburton (0) triggers a muffling towards New York KNIKS after hitting a shot at the end of the fourth quarter of the match 1 finals of the Eastern NBA Basketball Conference, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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In fact, Knicks and Pacers face four times in the playoffs during the 1990s, and both teams won the couple. Both New York victories sent them to the NBA finals.
Now the rivalry is hot than ever. The game 2 is on Friday night in Madison Square Garden.
And if there is any rescue grace for The Knicks, they would erode the victory in the series in which Miller hit them with his shit signal.
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