INDIANAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Cities scored 20 of his 24 factors within the fourth quarter Sunday and Jalen Brunson added 23 factors because the New York Knicks rallied from 20 factors all the way down to beat the Indiana Pacers 106-100 in Sport 3 of the Jap Convention finals.
Cities additionally had 15 rebounds because the Knicks lower the sequence deficit to 2-1 regardless of having Cities and Brunson in foul hassle many of the night time. Sport 4 shall be performed Tuesday night time in Indianapolis.
Tyrese Haliburton led the Pacers with 20 factors and 6 assists. Myles Turner added 19 factors as Indiana dropped to 0-4 all-time enjoying on the identical day the Indianapolis 500 was held.
Crew officers handed out gold-and-blue T-shirts with the phrases “Vroom Child” to have fun the uncommon Pacers and racers doubleheader after Spain’s Alex Palou kissed the bricks.
Palou acquired a rousing standing ovation throughout the second quarter — simply as Indiana began pulling away to a 55-35 lead with 3:20 remaining within the half in entrance of six gamers from Indiana’s 2000 Jap Convention champs together with Corridor of Famer Reggie Miller.
Nonetheless, the Pacers didn’t put this one away after holding a 68-52 lead early within the third quarter.
New York charged again, slicing the deficit to 80-70 after three. Then behind the energy of Cities and the nimbleness of Brunson, New York lastly retook an 89-88 lead on Brunson’s basket with 7:10 to play. The Knicks by no means led by greater than 4 till the ultimate free throws with 2.6 seconds left.
