Pacers Pay Cool Homage to Indy 500 With Game 3 Playoff Shirts

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Sunday will be quite the sports day for the fans in Indianapolis.
The Pacers will host the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals playoff series at 8 p.m. ET. Earlier in the day, the famous Indy 500 race will be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It will make for quite the day— and fans attending the NBA game will get a cool crossover souvenir for both events.
On Friday the Pacers revealed the playoff shirts they plan to gift all fans in attendance will feature a neat nod to the Indy 500.
Pacers-Knicks Game 3 Sunday night in Indy will be another gold out. The team will also be in their yellow Statement uniforms — and the core court is back.
— Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) May 23, 2025
But first, the Indy 500 earlier in the day. #IndyDouble pic.twitter.com/oPT5VM12LC
Pretty slick.
The energy will be palpable in the city all weekend no matter what happens in Game 2, scheduled for an 8 p.m. ET tip on Friday night. With the race set to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET many fans will be rolling right from Indy 500 coverage to ECF hype.
It should be an electric day.
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Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.
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