Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) makes a choke motion towards the New York Knicks after hitting a shot at the end of the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference final, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) AP

Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony-Towns were both spectacular on offense, netting 78 total points between them. New York won both the battle of the boards and the free throw line, and led the contest after the first, second and third quarters before stretching out its biggest lead of the night late in the fourth.

With just over six minutes left in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the New York Knicks were up 17 on the Indiana Pacers. With 2:51 left, after New York had already coughed up some of that lead,

NEW YORK -- "Damn, what a f---ing game," Tyrese Haliburton said in the visitors' locker room at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Then the Indiana Pacers star grabbed a slice of pineapple from the postgame spread.

Caitlin Clark could not hold back her excitement after the Indiana Pacers came back to beat the New York Knicks.