Tyrese Haliburton tied the game with a long jumper that bounced on the back of the edge and in the time expired in the regulation, then the Indian
The Knicks led by 14 points with less than three minutes stirring in the regulation, but Aaron Nesmith brought the Pacers back with a burst of late triples.
Haliburton hoped he had it with another. With the Bajo Dos Pacers and time, he began to lose control of his dribble, recovered it and dripped towards the 3 -point line. He turned on his jumper and when he finally fell, he ran towards the lateral line and made a strangulation signal to the crowd, as Reggie Miller did, as the member of the Pacers Hall of Fame, Reggie Miller, leading a return of the Pacers in 1994.
Replay confirmed that Haliburton was at stake and it was a 2 points that tied it at 125. Andrew Nembhard Angelly made the advancement basket with 26 seconds, removing in OT.
Game 2 is Friday night.
Haliburton had 31 points and 11 assists. Nesmith ended up with 30 points, going 8 by 9 from the range of 3 points.
It was an exciting beginning for the ninth playoff game, among fierce rivals of the thesis of the 1990s, but a deflated end to the Knicks in their first game of late conference ends since 2000.
Jalen Brunson scored 43 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 35 points and 12 rebounds. But the Knicks could not protect the great advantage they built while Brunson was in the bank in trouble in the last quarter and had a collapse like any other in the postseason.
The teams led by at least 14 points in the 2:45 finals of the fourth quarter had been 994-0 since the game per game remained in 1997-98.
The Pacers beat the Knicks in game 7 of the semifinals of the East at Madison Square Garden last year, encruting a team that had been decimated by injuries.
This was a completely different way from winning, with the Pacers looking almost out of the game after the 14-0 race of the Knicks with Brunson in the bank pushed the advantage of two points from New York to 108-92.
Right after Nesmith began to warm up, the Knicks seemed safe when Triple Brunson did it 119-105 with 2:51 for the end. But Nesmith would then hit consecutive 3s and both free throws when the Knicks were committed intentionally so that he could not tie him with another, giving Indiana the opportunity to tie the Haliburton shot.