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Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Pacers beat the New York Knicks 114-109 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
A miraculous Game 1 comeback by the Indiana Pacers (or choke job by the New York Knicks) put the higher seed on notice. After Friday's 114-109 loss in Game 2, the Knicks are officially on the ropes and headed on the road.
Before the Indiana Pacers took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals on Friday, coach Rick Carlisle contested the notion that their distinctive style of play requires a certain style of player.
The New York Knicks are the latest team to struggle against the Pacers. They find themselves down 2-0 to the Pacers as the series heads to Indianapolis for Game 3 and Game 4. Indiana has only lost to one team on the road this postseason, and that's the Bucks. Milwaukee can show the Knicks a thing or two about how to take down Indiana.
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After being voted as the most overrated player in the NBA by his peers ( via The Athletic ), Haliburton has put on an incredible playoff run to lead his team to his second straight Eastern Conference finals run. The former No. 12 pick in the draft out of Iowa State supplied 31 points and 11 assists, along with the biggest shot of the game.