Pascal Siakam, Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks
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The Indiana Pacers are up 2-1 in their Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the New York Knicks. With a trip to the NBA Finals on the line, Indiana will aim to take a commanding 3-1 series lead on Tuesday night.
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Less than three weeks later, the Pacers acquired fellow forward Pascal Siakam from Toronto for a return that included three first-round picks. Siakam gave the ascendant Pacers an established scorer with championship pedigree, having served as the second option on the 2019 Raptors team that won the NBA Finals.
Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam (43) controls the ball against New York Knicks guard Miles McBride (2) in the third quarter during game one of the eastern conference finals for the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden. / Brad Penner-Imagn Images
Siakam's 39 points were a career-playoff high as the veteran forward has been a steady presence on the court and in the locker room.
Call it the Pascal Siakam game. He delivered one of the best performances of his career in the Knicks’ 114-108 Game 2 loss to the Pacers on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. He finished with 39 points on 15-for-23 shooting from the field — by far his best scoring night of not just the postseason. but the entire season.
This current iteration of the Indiana Pacers represent the spirit in what the game of basketball was predicated upon when first developed over a century ago. R
Siakam is a champion, helping the Toronto Raptors win their first and only NBA title in 2019, and he seems poised to achieve the same feat with the Pacers. Indiana was immediately dubbed the winner of the trade, but his sustained excellence just drives that point home.