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Indiana has won the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals, and New York is in deep trouble as the series shifts away from Madison Square Garden.
According to ESPN Analytics, the Knicks had a win probability of 99.8 percent before Nesmith led the Pacers rally in the final minutes. No team that had trailed by more than nine points in the final minute of the fourth quarter in the playoffs had ever come back to win a game since 1998, per ESPN.
The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are meeting once again in the playoffs, and this time there is an NBA finals berth on the line. The New York-Indiana postseason rivalry is writing its newest chapter in the 2025 Eastern Conference finals,
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