Game dominated by New York, forced to win twice a match in which at the beginning of the third quarter it even reaches a 25-point margin before being recovered by the Pacers led by the baskets of a Buddy Hield with 31 points and 7/15 from the arc and without Tyrese Haliburton forced out due to injury in the third quarter (15 points in 27 minutes): it is Hield who brings Indiana back to -2 3 minutes from the siren, before the Knicks score the next seven points in the match and thus find the fifth victory in the last six races.
Once again the performance of an enthralling Jalen Brunson was decisive, author of 34 points with 11/20 shooting, leader of a quintet all in double figures who finds RJ Barrett – back after six games of absence due to injury – with 27 points and eight rebounds, half of those captured by a 16-pointer Julius Randle with 14 points. Quentin Grimes closes the circle, who puts 18 with 4/8 from the arc: the last triple is the one that condemns Indiana and leads New York to hook the Pacers in the standings, with a view of the playoff area to the east.