Pacers 114, Knicks 109: FULL Game 2 Log

One week after securing the franchise's biggest victory in recent memory, the New York Knicks' reward is an attempt to secure another.

The Knicks will look to equalize the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night, as they face off against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden. Indiana leads the best-of-seven set 1-0 after Wednesday's thriller in Manhattan, one that saw Indiana erase a late, sizable Knicks lead en route to a 138-135 overtime triumph.

Wasted in the effort was a 43-point showing from Jalen Brunson and a 35-point, 12-rebound double-double for Karl-Anthony Towns. Tyrese Haliburton had 31 points to lead the victors, while Aaron Nesmith had 30 in a furious finale that saw him sink six three-pointers in the final period.

If the Knicks are going to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals, they'll have to end yet another dire streak: New York has not won a best-of-seven series after losing Game 1 since the 2000 conference semifinal against Miami.

Keep track of Game 2's happenings below ...

FINAL: Pacers 114, Knicks 109

4th Quarter

0.0—Brunson's final desperate heave falls short and the Knicks fall behind 2-0

4.2—After Nesmith hits both, the Knicks don't call timeout. Brunson misses a three at the top of the key. Turner gets the rebound and is fouled by Bridges. He hits both. Timeout Knicks. (114-109 IND)

14.7—Indiana gets two shots, but no points. Brunson finds Hart on the other end in the interior. Brunson immediately fouls Nesmith on the inbound. Nesmith hits both (112-109 IND)

1:06—Brunson rattles one in and pushes a late Knicks run to seven. Timeout Pacers. Brunson wanted an and-one to no avail (110-107 IND)

1:40—Brunson immediately responds with a three of his own (110-105 IND)

1:50—The Pacers eat clock with a Haliburton offensive rebound, but no points after he airballs a three.

2:25—Anunoby hits two at the line after a Siakam foul (110-102 IND)

2:45—A driving Siakam re-establishes the Pacers' largest lead (110-100 IND)

3:21—The Pacers start to hack Robinson. He makes one of two. (108-100 IND)

3:23—Siakam is fouled putting back a Nesmith miss. He sinks two after Brunson's foul (108-99 IND)

3:50—Haliburton hits one at the top of the key (106-99 IND)

4:06—Brunson hits two at the line after a Nesmith foul (103-99 IND)

4:25—Turners breaks free of Robinson and sinks a three in the corner (103-97 IND)

4:45—An acrobatic Bridges fadeaway cuts the lead to one possession (100-97 IND)

5:24—Robinson's easy dunk is interrupted by a Nembhard foul. He makes one of two. Brunson limps a little after Haliburton steps on him. He stays in. (100-95 IND)

5:44—Turner puts back his own miss, beating Robinson to put the Pacers in the century mark (100-94 IND)

6:21—Turner goes to the line and hits one of two (98-94 IND)

6:36—Bridges cuts the lead back to a possession with another double (97-94 IND)

7:11—Brunson hits a three off a feed from Bridges (97-92 IND)

7:37—Nesmith reaches double-figures and sinks a three in the corner to beat the shot clock (97-89 IND)

7:40—Robinson puts up an emphatic rejection of Haliburton but lands awkwardly. He stays in.

7:55—Bridges hits a stepback and then scores off a long pass from Brunson, cutting the lead down to five and leading to an Indiana timeout (94-89 IND)

9:17—Siakam hits a three off a feed from McConnell (94-85 IND)

9:57—Sheppard sinks a three to push the Pacer lead to six. Timeout Knicks (91-85 IND)

10:24—Turner responds to a Bridges double with another bank (88-85 IND)

10:58—Turner infiltrates and gives the Pacers the lead back. He makes it a three-point play on a Robinson foul (86-83 IND)

11:13—Towns hits two at the line to tie the game (83-83)

11:35—McConnell enters double figures and give Indiana the lead back (83-81 IND)

3rd Quarter: Knicks 81, Pacers 81

2.1—Brunson gets past Nembhard for an equalizing double to close period scoring (81-81)

28.7—Siakam gets another one, luring Robinson into a foul. He misses the freebie. (81-79 IND)

57.0—Tony Bradley hits one of two at the line to tie the game (79-79)

1:28—McConnell and Siakam earn back-to-back doubles, sandwich a Brunson floater (79-78 NYK)

2:03—Bridges hits a three off the feed from Brunson (77-74 NYK)

2:24—Toppin immediate responds with a driving layup (74-74)

2:30—Amidst a scramble for a loose ball, Hart breaks loose for a slam (74-72 NYK)

3:07—Brunson immediately respond with a double (72-72)

3:33—Following a Nesmith offensive board, McConnell scores on a jumper. (72-70 IND)

4:01—Brunson hits an equalizing three, leading to a Pacers timeout (70-70)

4:18—Haliburton goes to the line for two after a Towns foul. He makes one and Robinson comes in for Towns (70-67 IND)

4:43—It's raining threes, as Towns hits one of his own (69-67 IND)

5:00—Haliburton immediately responds with a three of his own (69-64 IND)

5:15—Following a Nembhard double, Anunoby gets the crow back into it with a three (66-64 IND)

6:12—A sleek pass from Brunson finds Anunoby under the basket for two (64-61 IND)

6:59—Siakam scores again and gets and-one on a Josh Hart foul. Timeout Knicks (64-59 IND)

7:46—After a Nesmith double, Bridges beats the shotclock with a turnaround off the feed from Brunson, stopping a 7-0 run (62-59 IND)

8:52—Haliburton hits a three in the corner for the lead (60-57 IND)

9:21—Haliburton penetration re-ties the game (57-57)

9:39—Towns earns an and-one after contact with Siakam. He hits the free throws and gets the lead. (57-55 NYK)

9:53—Turner goes to the line on a Bridges foul. He hits one of two (55-54 IND)

10:06—Bridges' floater ties the game (54-54)

10:47—Turner steals one from Towns and Nembhard turns it into a lead (54-52 IND)

11:22—Siakam opens second half scoring with tying three (52-52)

Halftime: Knicks 52, Pacers 49

2nd Quarter

1.5—After an exchange of doubles, Haliburton fouls Hart in the penultimate second.

2:00—After Brunson's two, Haliburton hits his first field goal of the day (46-45 NYK)

2:54—Following a Nembhard rebound after a Bridges miss, Pacers call timeout

3:32—Brunson responds with another double (44-43 NYK)

3:54—Toppin turns a Nembhard steal into a dunk for the lead (43-42 IND)

4:23—Bridges turns another Robinson offensive board into a shot under the rim (42-41 NYK)

4:52—Ben Sheppard sinks a corner three to give the Knicks the lead back (41-40 IND)

5:59—Turner gets past Robinson for a slam. Timeout Knicks (40-38 NYK)

6:28—Nembhard's three interrupts the Knicks' run (40-36 NYK)

6:46—Towns pushes the Knicks' run to 9-0 with a floater over Toppin (40-33 NYK)

7:17—McBride's try to give a five-point lead falls short but Towns' three creates it off an offensive board. Timeout Pacers (38-33 NYK)

7:51—Fouled by Obi Toppin, Towns flexes his finger a bit but hits two free throws to create the lead (35-33 NYK)

8:19—Payne finds Robinson for an alley-oop toe re-knot the game (33-33)

8:31—McConnell turns a blocked Mathurin miss into a double and the lead. (33-31 IND)

9:02—After another Towns drive, Siakam scores on a stepback, and gets a successful and-one via Towns' first foul (31-31)

9:54—Siakam's contact puts Towns at the line for an and-one. He sinks it for the lead (29-28 NYK)

10:13—Siakam turns Cameron Payne's missed into a fastbreak double. He has 16. (28-26 IND)

11:06—A TJ McConnell drive past Karl-Anthony Towns ties the game (26-26)

11:42—Robinson knocks the ball away from Bennedict Mathurin. It's ruled Pacer ball but the Knicks challenge. It's successful and the Knicks get the ball.

1st Quarter: Knicks 26, Pacers 24

3.1—Siakam hits one more and the period ends with a Robinson tip-in to give the Knicks the lead

46.4—Bridges goes to the line after a Turner foul. He hits one of two but the Knicks keep the ball on Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson offensive boards. Knicks get the lead back on an alley-up from Brunson to Anunoby (24-22 NYK)

53.1—Turner returns to the game. Knicks narrow the gap to one on an Anunoby steal-turned-fastbreak (22-21 IND)

2:19—Siakam enters for Obi Toppin and immediately gets to the foul line for three. He hits all to get the lead back (22-19 IND)

2:44—McBride ties the game with a mid-range jumper (19-19)

3:18—Brunson cuts it to one possession with a three after a Nembhard airball (19-17 IND)

3:58—Timeout Pacers after a shot goes out of bounds. Myles Turner has walked to the locker room for Indiana

4:20—Brunson hits a pull double before finding Miles McBride for a three (19-14 IND)

5:32—Indiana goes up 10 on Nembhard's three (19-9 IND)

6:00—Knicks take a timeout on their possession after Nembhard hits a double (16-9 IND)

6:36—Brunson ends the mini-Indiana run with his first three (14-9 IND)

7:28—Nesmith scores the first non-Siakam points of the night for Indiana through a three (14-6 IND)

8;24—Siakam and Anunoby trade threes (11-6 IND)

9:03—After OG Anunoby is rejected by Aaron Nesmith, Tyrese Haliburton finds Siakam for two more (8-3 IND)

9:43—Following another Siakam double, Brunson hits a free throw earned on defensive three seconds (6-3 IND)

10:30—Siakam's drive off a Myles Turner block of Jalen Brunson gives Indiana its first lead (4-2 IND)

11:02—Pascal Siakam scores on a fadeaway, tying the game (2-2)

11:45—OG Anunoby opens scoring with a slam dunk (2-0 NYK)

12:00—The Knicks win the tip and the game is underway

Pregame

Starting Lineups

KNICKS: OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns
PACERS: Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Pascal Siakam, Myles Turner

Injuries

KNICKS: None
PACERS: Isaiah Jackson (Out, Torn Achilles Tendon)

Officials: James Capers, Marc Davs, Kevin Scott (Alternate: Brian Forte)

Line: NYK -6.5
O/U: 224.5

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