In a 2025 Eastern Conference finals that has seen both teams choke away big leads, the Knicks found a Game 5 advantage and kept it against their fellow comeback artists in a 111-94 win. Game 6 is scheduled for Saturday in Indiana (8 p.m. ET, TNT).

The Indiana Pacers came out flat against the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and head back home.

The Indiana Pacers, in this playoff run, beat both the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers in five games, and with Game 5 in the Eastern Conference Finals scheduled for tonight against the New York Knicks,

Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George had high praise for Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton.

The Indiana Pacers will have to wait another day to earn a berth in the NBA Finals as the New York Knicks avoided elimination with a 111-94 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.

Haliburton played the last two summers for USA Basketball, which had the all-star coaching staff of Steve Kerr, Erik Spoelstra, Tyronn Lue and Mark Few — who was Nembhard’s coach in college at Gonzaga.

With two Eastern Conference Finals appearances in the past two seasons, the Pacers are enjoying a renaissance of sorts in the mid-2020s. Indiana might not have the biggest names scattered across its roster.