NBA
Nixed in 6: Pacers Force Knicks into First Game 7 Since 2000
New York Knicks fans have 24 years to return to the Eastern Conference Finals. Forty-eight hours should … potentially … be nothing.
Friday night’s sixth game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals proved painful on both an emotional and literal level for the New York Knicks, who dropped a 116-103 decision to the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The defeat sets up a winner-take-all Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). Time will tell if the Knicks will have to work through it without the services of Josh Hart, who was officially ruled out of late second half action abdominal soreness.
Jalen Brunson’s torrid second half after an ugly first (2-of-11) went for naught as six different Pacers reached double-figures. Indiana embarked on a 17-6 run over the final six-plus minutes of the second period and never looked back, setting the stage for a potentially thrilling final with a trip to Boston on the line.