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Thomas Bryant’s Indiana Pacers used a miraculous late surge to force overtime to defeat OG Anunoby’s New York Knicks in the battle of former Hoosiers teammates.
Anunoby was one of multiple Knicks to miss a key free throw in the closing minute of regulation and he also committed a turnover in OT to negate the thunderous chants of “OG, OG” he had heard earlier in the fourth quarter from the MSG crowd.
With just over six minutes left in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the New York Knicks were up 17 on the Indiana Pacers. With 2:51 left, after New York had already coughed up some of that lead,
Before the series starts, Knicks star OG Anunoby made a post to Instagram that had over 75,000 likes. He captioned his post: "onto the next 🦾" The Knicks are the third seed in the Eastern Conference after going 51-31 during the regular season.
The Knicks held a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter and a nine-point edge in the final minute, yet the Pacers were able to come back and force overtime -- and eventually win the game -- through an incredible sequence of events,
The Knicks’ defensive stopper scored just two points on 1-of-6 shooting in 31 minutes during Saturday’s blowout loss to the Celtics.
The New York Knicks are absent on the All-NBA Defensive Teams this season. The league revealed the All-Defensive Teams early Thursday afternoon, where Cleveland
Anunoby supplied 16 points (6-15 FG, 2-8 3Pt, 2-4 FT), three rebounds, two assists, three blocks and three steals in 42 minutes during Wednesday's 138-135 overtime loss to the Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers had a fierce playoff rivalry in the 1990s. It's back again and this time is a bit of a surprise, as the Knicks and Pacers finished well behind Cleveland and Boston in the Eastern Conference.
Anunoby finished the game with 16 points, three rebounds, and two assists. On the defensive end, he had three blocks and three steals. Looking at the box score, those seem like pretty good numbers, specifically when factoring in that he shot 50 percent from three.
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