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In the winter of 1992, the early stages of the Chicago bulls‘Dynastic Run, thenIndiana Pacers General Manager Donnie Walsh Pondered how exactly he wanted to overhaul his roster. He Remembers The Exact Moment Inspiration Struck.
Or, more accurately, the moment it leveled Star Guard Reggie miller.
The Pacers Were Hosting Pat Riley’s New York Knicks On Dec. 30, and Indiana was running a set play on offense. Center Rik smits Controlled at the top of the key, while flashed to the elbow Before cutting point the rim in hopes of receiving a backdoor pass from the pacers big man. The ball got there. Miller Did Not.
Before the Future Hall of Famer Could Set Foot in the Paint, Knicks Enforcer Charles oakley Stepped Forward and Had a Shoulder Waiting for Miller. The Guard Went Crashing to the Floor as the ball sailed out of bounds.
“Whoa!” Play-By-Play Announcer Marv Albert Said on the Telecast, Muffled by the Collective Groan of the Indiana Crowd. The Officials – Perhaps Thrown off by the Sheer Force of Oakley’s Action – Surprisingly opted against calling a foul. All of this stuck with walsh.
“The refs had no idea what to do,” Walsh Said of Miller’s Collision with Oakley, which Later Led to the New York Forward Being Fined $ 10,000 by The Legue Office Despite Despite Despite Despite Despite Called. “Right then, I toold myself: ‘This summer, I’ getting two guys just like Like Oak. ‘ Become Players Like That Would Immediate Change The Makeup of Our Team. “
Adding Defense-Oriented Guard Derrick Mckey and Physical Power Forward Antonio Davis Did exactly that. And as Walsh translated the up-sampo pacers to be far more like the grindstone knicks, the makings of with a later became a firy rivalry to form.
Indiana and New York, who are set to play for the Eastern Conference Crown Beginning on Wednesday, have a ton of shared, highly dramatic playoff History. They met in three straight series from 1993 to 1995 and six times in eight postseasons from 1993 to 2000.
The rivalry was renewed in a big way last year, when the clubs duked it out in the conference semifinals, with Indiana ultimately winning the series by taking the knicks at the garden with a historic Shooting performance in game 7.
With this being the Ninth Playoff Meeting BetWeen The Rivals, We Ranked The FIRST EIGHT MATCHUPS-Field With Head-button, Classic Comebacks, Series-Changing Injuries, Phanantom Four-point plays and iconic blocks-Before Setting the stage for what could make this year’s series a worthy next chapter.
1. 1995 east semifinals
In one of Miller’s Most iconic moments, he scored eight points in nine seconds as the knicks melted down, surrendering a six-point in the final 19 seconds to lose game 1 at home.
The pacers built a 3-1 Series lead, but new york cam back to force a game 7, only for patrick eWing to miss a potential game-tying finger roll of the back rim as the final buzzer sound. (He’d a dramatic turnaround flower with 1.8 seconds left to win game 5.)
With the series victory, miller and the pacers not only closed out the knicks on the Garden Floor, but they also close the rileey era. The coach resigned his gig with new york 10 days later and controversially agreed to take over the MIAMI HEAT As coach and team president. (New York Accused Miami of Tampering while Riley Was Still Under Contract in New York-$ 1 Million and A FIRST-ROUND PICK FROM THE HEAT-Cleared the Way for Official Take the Job.
2. 1994 EAST FINALS
With Michael Jordan Retired from the Nba to Play Professional Baseball, there was a gold opportability for both clubs, who found themselves tied heading into game 5 of the conference.
The knicks were up double digits for the most of the game, one in which miller was shooting poorly, giving ammunition to knicks fan and legendary filmmaker spike lee to repeated. But miller CAUGHT Fire in the Fourth Quarter, Glaring at Lee Courtside Each Time He Hit a Shot. After one particular long mill triple, which gave indiana the left, he looked at Lee and put Both his hands is an own neck, a supporter that the game away and dign ” What it is together to close it out.
Miller would finish game 5 with 39 Points-25 on Just 10 shots in the Fourth-to lead Indiana to the stunning comeback and a 3-2 series lead. But New York Dug Deep and Won Game 6 in Enemy Territory Behind Guard John Starks’ 26 Points. A performense for the ages from ewing – 24 points, 22 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks and the winning putback dunk – swung game 7 and vaulted the knicks to the finals.
3. 1999 EAST FINALS
The new-lock, lockout-year-old-with latrell sprewell in placed of starks and marcus camby instead of oakley-Lost of Okley-Lost to a partially torn achilles tendon he sufered Of the series.
But this series is the most removed for what happened in game 3. Tight perimeter cover to avoid up a triple. Knicks forward Larry Johnson CAUGHT The inbound pass, pump-faked davis to get him off balance, then let a 24-foot attempt fly.
It was found the bottom of the net when the official Jesse was blowing his where for a foul – a highly dubious one, given that davis does an appear, if any, if any johnson. (Even Kersey Himself Acknowled a year later that the call was a mistake.
4. 2024 EAST SEMIFINALS
There are a handful of huge moments through the first few games of this series: namely the bizarre kicked-ball violation last in game 1 that shortdn ” The DEEP 3 from Andrew Nembhard That helped indiana sea game 3 to keep the club aflott in the series. But above all else, TYRESE HALIBURTON, 9 knock And the pacers pieced together a flat-out dominant game 7 performance on the road, hanging 39 points on the knicks in the first Quarter Alone.
That initial flurry was a sign of things to come. Indy shot a playoff-record 67.1% from the field in a contest where the problem banged-up knicks get even thinner. And Anunoby Tried his best to return to the lineup after strawing his hamstring earlier in the series but could hardly move and quickly subbed out. Star Guard Jalen brunson Broke his hand during the game. Julius randle, Mitchell Robinson And Bojan Bogdanovic – All Key Members of the Knicks’ Rotation – Hadready Be Ruled Out for the Season. Become of that, you can have that the players from this knicks team, who led the series 3-2 beef lossing tw
5. 2013 east semifinals
The top-ranked pacers’ defense, LED by Paul george And roy hibbert, gave carmelo anthony and the knicks fits through the six-game series. In particular, no. 2-Seeded New York Was Unable to Pacers Big Man Hibbert from the basket and even comportably score is the rim.
The clairest exam of this: with five minutes remaining in the clincher, and the knicks up 92-90, anthony had a step on george and spun baseline before the base. He Went up for a one-handed dunk, but the 7-2 hibbert meet he there for a highlight block.
Hibbert has said he has Two Posters of the Block – Arguably the defining play in his career – in his home.
6. 2000 EAST FINALS
Miller Saved His Best for Last in a Way, Hitting One Crowd-Silencing Dagger After Another And Scoring 34 Points-Including 5-For-7 From 3-At The Garden to Knock Out the Knicks on The Home Fall Six games. This match was the final Playoff Meeting BetWeen The Clubs Involving Both Miller and Ewing, who was 34 and 37, responsive. (Ewing missed games 3 and 4 with an injured foot.)
Indiana’s Victory Earned the Franchise Its first, and only, Trip to the Nba Finals, where the pacers would fall to Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Phil Jackson and the Los angeles lakers.
7. 1993 EAST FIRST ROUND
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Stephen A. And John starks are fired up about the knicks’ win
Stephen A. Smith and John starks cans their excitement on “SportsCenter” after the knowledge eliminate the celtics.
The 60-Win Knicks Had a Chance to Sweep Indiana in Three Games (The League Didn It Move to Best-of-Seneven in the First And Starks Head-button Miller in the Third Quit AHead.
The Decision Got Him Ejected, Angrily Shoved By Oakley and Ewing, and also exploded the game’s momentum. The Pacers Went on a 59-34 Run for the Rest of the game to stave off elimination. Luckily for starks, the knicks close out the pacers in game 4.
8. 1998 east semifinals
The 58-Win Pacers, who added chris mullin and Jalen Roos The prior offseason, had a clear Advantage in this series: the knicks had been playing for months without ewing, who ‘shottered his shooting wrist in a devastating fall Against the Milwaukee Bucks Just before christmas. New york managed to get by riley and the first round but dropped its first game with indiana.
The 1-0 deficit prompted vigorous rehabbing from ewing, who returned for game 2 but with far too much rust to make an image impact.
The Series ended in Five Games, with Indiana Using Its Elite Balance of the League’s Fourth-Best Offense and Fifth-Best defense to set up a conferred finance showdown with jordan and the “Last Dance” Bulls.
Where is the 2025 East Finals Land?
Looking for more drama? You’ve found the right series. After the Pacers Won in Seven Games in 2024, Haliburton Wore a Sweeter with an Image of Miller Making His Famous Choke Signal to Spike Lee, Solidifying the Pacers Point Guard as a Madison Square Garden Villain In the Same Way Trae Young Became one.
Even the wwe tapped in the scenario, staging a confrontation between brunson and haliburton when the pro wrestling tour cam to the Garden. “Wwe, they cooking when they do that,” Brunson said of the coinCidden that the knicks and pacers are facing off in the playoffs against the stunts.
Brunson Said he has a ton of resistance for haliburton, who was picked over the knicks star for the us olympic rooster that want on to win the guard medal last year. The Two Got to Know Each Other as Teammates during the 2023 Fiba World Cup.
If this series continues the wild end-for-game scripts that Both Teams have been followed, this list as one of the best knicks -pacers playoff showdowns.
Both Teams have had a pair of improbable, 20-point comebacks in this postseason-Once again ago the bucks and cavaliers for indiana, and twice against the celebrity for the knowledge. And haliburton and brunson have been two of the best performers when it matures. The knicks’ floor general is leading the playoffs in clutch baskets with 14, when the Indiana Star has a league-best four such makes this postson when looking at the final minute of games.
