Knicks Suffer Worst Collapse Ever In Game 1 Loss To Pacers
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The sudden silence among Knicks fans spoke volumes. As the Indiana Pacers celebrated Tyrese Haliburton’s stepback buzzer beater in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, a sellout Madison Square Garden hushed in disbelief.
T.J. McConnell is bringing the ball up the floor. It’s a tie game, 81-81, on the first possession of the fourth quarter in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers have decided to open the final frame with an unrelenting flurry of pick-and-roll action — and New York can’t keep up.
Knicks fans have seen it all. They've never seen this, though: a loss so jaw-dropping that it somehow silenced the city that never sleeps.
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