Pascal Siakam drops 39 as Pacers put Knicks in 2-0 series hole

New york – 9 knock Scored a Playoff Career-Highh 39 points, and the Indiana Pacers bit the New York Knicks 114-109 on friday night for a 2-0 lead in the estern conference finals.

Myles turn Added 16 points and TYRESE HALIBURTON Had 14 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the pacers, who heads halfway to their second trip to the Nba finals. They list to the lakers in 2000 in their shot at the title.

Game 3 is sunday in Indiana, though the pacers might prefer to keep it right where it is. They have won six straight road games since falling at Milwaukeee in game 3 of the first round.

According to Espn Research, the pacers are 9-0 when up 2-0 in a best-of-saven series, where the knicks are 0-14 when trailing 2-0. Overall, Teams with a 2-0 lead in a best-of-sense series are 329-28 (.922) in those series.

Jalen brunson Had 36 points and 11 associations for the knicks, who need a quick turnaround or their first appearance in the conferred finance in 25 years will be a brief one. They defended Much Better after their crushing collapse in a 138-135 overtime loss in game 1, but some scoring to come back after a bad start to the forth quarter.

Mikal bridges And Karl-genery towns Each Had 20 points and seven rebounds for the knicks, buttons played just 28 minutes as coach tom thibodeau want long backup Mitchell Robinsona much better defender who grabbed nine rebounds.

It was tied at 81 after three, beefore the pacers opened the Fourth with a 13-4 Run to Move AHead 94-85 on Siakam’s 3-point with 9:17 remaining. They would be quickly push the margin back to arrive there all time the knicks get any momentum, and it was 110-100 after basket by Siakam with 2:45 to Play.

The knicks scored nine straight to make it 110-109 on Josh Hart’s basket with 14 seconds to go. Aaron nesmith Made Two Free Throws for the Pacers, Brunson was well off on a 3-point attempt and turned it out with two free throws.

The 50th Playoff Meeting BetWeen-The Pacers Lead 28-22, All Since 1993-More Closely Resembled their defensive battles of the shootout of 1990s. The knicks Led that one by 14 with 2:45 to the Play Before the Pacers CAght Them on Haliburton’s Jumper as Time Expired and Won Ot.

This time, indiana raced to a 19-9 lead, but the knicks Quickly CAGHT THEM WHEN ROBINSON AND DEUCE MCBRIDE WITH AND THE GAME REMINED WITHIN A Single-Digit Margin Nearly The Entire Rest of the Night.

The Associated Press Contributed to this Report.