Tyrese Haliburton is heating up New York. In an electric atmosphere at Madison Square Garden, the Indiana Pacers snatched a spectacular victory over the New York Knicks (135-138 after overtime) in Game XNUMX of the Eastern Conference Finals last night.
A duel with fond memories of the 90s... Trailing by 17 points with six minutes left in regulation time, the Pacers mounted an epic comeback, capped by a buzzer-beating shot from Tyrese Haliburton to equalize, before winning in overtime.
The Pacers star earned the overtime after a long-distance shot with great success.
The Garden on fire… then frozen
The Knicks, led by a red-hot Jalen Brunson (43 points) and a fiery Karl Anthony Towns (35 points), seemed to have the game in hand after a 14-0 run early in the fourth quarter. But the guard's five fouls allowed the Pacers to get back into the game.
Tyrese Haliburton then took control, scoring the decisive shot in the final second of regulation time to send the game into overtime.
Haliburton and Nesmith, heroes of the night
In overtime, Indiana took the lead thanks to a spectacular dunk from former Knicks player Obi Toppin. A play that sealed the fate of the game.
Tyrese Haliburton finished with 26 points and 12 assists, while Obi Toppin scored 18 off the bench. Aaron Nesmith, however, was instrumental, scoring 30 points and showing incredible shooting from long distance.
Game 2 of this thrilling series will take place Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks will need to quickly recover from this defeat to avoid falling behind 2-0 before traveling to Indianapolis.
