The Pacers' success, particularly on offense, is the product of a group of players that has bought in and an NBA champion coach who has evolved.

The Knicks (94.88) place third in pace among teams remaining in the postseason, barely surpassing the Minnesota Timberwolves (95.43). The Pacers (99.03) rank second behind the Oklahoma City Thunder (100.46). The Knicks, though, were on their way to solving the issue before worsening it themselves.

The Knicks had costly defensive breakdowns for the second straight game and acknowledged they have to "figure it out" as the series heads to Indiana for Game 3.

Siakam scores a playoff career-high 39 points as the Pacers survive a late 9-0 surge from New York and win their sixth straight road game, 114-109, to take control of the Eastern Conference

This is Brunson vs. Haliburton just as much as it’s Knicks vs. Pacers — and it has the makings of a good ole-fashioned basketball rivalry.

Carlisle is still tough and still demanding, but he has learned that collaboration is a lot easier to navigate than confrontation.

In 2024, Indiana boasted the second-best offense and 24th-ranked defense ... at the Pacers improving simply because they wanted to seems a bit of an oversimplification, but his head coach backed ...

Dopirak ranks the Pacers' offense, depth, and coaching as superior ... could cause problems for [Tyrese] Haliburton. [Miles] McBride is also an effective defensive heckler off the bench, and ...

The Pacers use an 11-man rotation and the Knicks lean harder on their starting lineup than any other team. The Pacers hope that works in their favor.

The Eastern Conference’s No. 3 seed, the New York Knicks (51-31), will take on the No. 4-seed Indiana Pacers (50-32) in the Eastern Conference finals, the third round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. It’s a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference semifinals, which the Pacers won in seven games.