In one of the wildest NBA playoff games ever at Madison Square Garden, the Pacers, trailing by 16 points in the fourth quarter, rallied past the Knicks in a 138-135 overtime thriller in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night.

Still, because Haliburton's foot was on the line, the Knicks could avoid making history if they could recover in overtime. Instead, it was much of the same as the Pacers kept rolling, with Andrew Nembhard doing most of the damage with seven points in the extra period.

The Knicks blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead as the Pacers climbed back to force overtime, capped by a wild, miracle shot by Tyrese Haliburton at the buzzer, and then couldn't recover in overtime as they lost 138-135 in the opener of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years and ended the one-year NBA title reign of the Boston Celtics with astonishing ease, rolling to a 119-81 victory

So let’s not burn anymore daylight. Let’s dive into tonight’s game between the Pacers and Knicks. Nesmith has worked himself into becoming a great defender. Here, he’s playing against a ...