Knicks Suffer Worst Collapse Ever In Game 1 Loss To Pacers
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The sudden silence among Knicks fans spoke volumes. As the Indiana Pacers celebrated Tyrese Haliburton’s stepback buzzer beater in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, a sellout Madison Square Garden hushed in disbelief.
The New York Knicks fell in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers despite holding a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter. The Knicks choked at the end of the game, ultimately falling short in overtime.
T.J. McConnell is bringing the ball up the floor. It’s a tie game, 81-81, on the first possession of the fourth quarter in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers have decided to open the final frame with an unrelenting flurry of pick-and-roll action — and New York can’t keep up.
Knicks fans have seen it all. They've never seen this, though: a loss so jaw-dropping that it somehow silenced the city that never sleeps.
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As the Pacers crept back into the game, the Knicks were confronted with a burden few franchises carry: 50 years of history.
New York's infamous backpages have all drawn the parallel between what Tyrese Haliburton did and what Reggie Miller did 30 years ago.
"He got too much air space," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said of Nesmith after the game.