The New York Knicks’ season is on the brink as they host the Indiana Pacers for Sport 5 of the Jap Convention finals.
Indiana has a 3-1 lead over New York and closed every of its earlier two sequence this postseason in 5 video games. The Pacers have gained 4 straight video games in playoff-series-clinching situations, the longest streak in franchise historical past, Quite the opposite, the Knicks are 1-3 underneath head coach Tom Thibodeau when going through elimination.
With a win on Thursday, the Pacers could be the lowest-seeded crew (4-seed) to lose one recreation or fewer in every sequence en path to the NBA Finals because the playoffs expanded to 16 groups in 1984.
In Sport 4, Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton led the way in which with a historic stat line. He had 32 factors, 15 assists, 12 rebounds and 0 turnovers, changing into the third completely different participant in NBA historical past with 30 factors, 15 assists and 10 rebounds in a playoff recreation — becoming a member of Oscar Robertson (2x) and Nikola Jokic. He was additionally the primary participant with 30 factors, 15 assists and 0 turnovers in a playoff recreation since particular person turnovers have been first tracked in 1977-78.
Will the Pacers shut it out or can the Knicks pressure a Sport 6? Observe alongside for the highest moments from Pacers-Knicks Sport 5.
