The Indiana Pacers could have one other shot to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals.
The Pacers will return dwelling to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Recreation 6 of the Jap Convention Finals in opposition to the New York Knicks on Saturday, whom they lead within the collection 3-2.
Indiana is coming off a Recreation 5 111-94 loss to New York, the place Jalen Brunson put up a dominant 32-point efficiency, adopted by Karl-Anthony Cities’ 24 factors and 13 rebounds to power a Recreation 6.
Saturday might probably flip right into a repeat of the 2000 Jap Convention Finals, the place the Pacers defeated the Knicks 93-80 in Recreation 6 to advance to the NBA Finals, the place they confronted the Los Angeles Lakers.
New York collected a win over Indiana throughout Recreation 3 — the primary recreation of the collection in Indiana — the place the Knicks accomplished a 20-point comeback led by Cities’ 24 factors and 15 rebounds.
The Knicks will look to depend on huge performances from their huge males — Cities and Mitchell Robinson — and the star energy of Brunson to remain alive.
Brunson has scored 189 factors from drives, the third most factors scored from drives in a single postseason, based on ESPN Analysis.
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