The Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks 138-135 in additional time to take Recreation 1 at Madison Sq. Backyard.
With the Pacers getting back from down 14 factors with 3:44 left within the sport, Tyrese Haliburton hit a buzzer-beating shot to ship the sport to additional time.
“I felt prefer it received caught up there although,” mentioned Haliburton, who completed with 31 factors, after the win. “But it surely felt good when it left my hand.”
With the Pacers down two, Haliburton thought he gained the sport with a 3 pointer earlier than video assessment confirmed that his shot was a two-point discipline purpose.
Haliburton initially celebrated with a choke sign that known as again to Reggie Miller’s gesture to Spike Lee in 1994.
“I wasn’t like plotting on it or something,” mentioned Haliburton in regards to the gesture. “All people needed me to do it final yr sooner or later, but it surely’s received to really feel proper. It felt proper on the time — properly, if I might’ve recognized it was a two, I might not have achieved it. So I believe I would’ve wasted it.”
The Knicks win chance peaked at 99.8% after they had been up 14 late within the fourth quarter, in line with ESPN Analysis.
Groups that trailed by 9 or extra factors with below a minute left within the fourth quarter or additional time of the playoffs had been 0-1,414 since 1998 earlier than Wednesday’s Recreation 1, in line with Elias Sports activities Bureau.
Rick Carlisle mentioned that there was nonetheless lots of sequence left to play.
“It is a lengthy sequence,” Carlisle mentioned. “We’re not going to get too enthusiastic about this. We have issues to scrub up. They received issues to scrub up. Recreation 2 goes to be one other conflict.”
