Game ID: 42400304
New York Knicks @ Indiana Pacers
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
IND 43 26 33 28 130NYK 35 29 27 30 121
IND vs NYK ScoutingIND vs NYK Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
IND availability going into 5/13 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 85 since 11/04, out tonight
IND availability going into 5/21 · 7 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 86 since 11/04, out tonight
IND availability going into 5/23 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 87 since 11/04, out tonight
NEW Nesmith 26 to 32 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 5/25 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 88 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 2 since 5/21, out tonight
NEW Nesmith 26 to 32 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 5/27 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 89 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 3 since 5/21, out tonight
NEW Nembhard 30 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Nesmith 26 to 31 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 5/29 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 90 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 4 since 5/21, returns tonight: 13 min (88% of 15)
OUT Bryant missed 2 since 5/25, returns tonight: 5 min (37% of 13)
NEW Nembhard 30 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Nesmith 26 to 33 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 5/31 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 91 since 11/04, out tonight
BACK Walker back 5/29 after 4, 13 min since (88% of 15)
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 5 min since (37% of 13)
IND availability going into 6/05 · 4 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 92 since 11/04, out tonight
BACK Walker back 5/29 after 4, 10 min since (68% of 15)
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 9 min since (67% of 13)
IND availability going into 6/08 · 2 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 93 since 11/04, out tonight
BACK Walker back 5/29 after 4, 10 min since (68% of 15)
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 9 min since (65% of 13)
NYK availability going into 5/16 · 1 day's restOUT Tucker missed 11 since 4/19, returns tonight: 4 min (28% of 16)
OUT Wright missed 2 since 5/12, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 5/05 after 6, 4 min since (20% of 18)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 3 min since (21% of 14)
NEW Bridges 37 to 43 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/21 · 4 days' restOUT Wright missed 3 since 5/12, returns tonight: 0 min (3% of 14)
BACK Tucker back 5/16 after 11, 4 min since (28% of 16)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 4 min since (26% of 14)
NYK availability going into 5/23 · 1 day's restBACK Tucker back 5/16 after 11, 4 min since (28% of 16)
BACK Wright back 5/10 after 8, 2 min since (13% of 14)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 4 min since (26% of 14)
NYK availability going into 5/25 · 1 day's restOUT Achiuwa missed 2 since 5/21, out tonight
OUT Tucker missed 2 since 5/21, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 2 since 5/21, returns tonight: 11 min (83% of 14)
BACK Wright back 5/21 after 3, 0 min since (3% of 14)
NYK availability going into 5/27 · 1 day's restOUT Achiuwa missed 3 since 5/21, returns tonight: 2 min (13% of 18)
OUT Tucker missed 3 since 5/21, out tonight
BACK Wright back 5/21 after 3, 7 min since (49% of 14)
BACK Shamet back 5/25 after 2, 11 min since (83% of 14)
NYK availability going into 5/29 · 1 day's restOUT Tucker missed 4 since 5/21, out tonight
OUT Payne missed 2 since 5/25, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 5/27 after 3, 2 min since (13% of 18)
BACK Wright back 5/21 after 3, 8 min since (55% of 14)
BACK Shamet back 5/25 after 2, 11 min since (82% of 14)
NYK availability going into 5/31 · 1 day's restOUT Tucker missed 5 since 5/21, out tonight
OUT Payne missed 3 since 5/25, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 5/27 after 3, 4 min since (22% of 18)
BACK Wright back 5/21 after 3, 8 min since (59% of 14)
BACK Shamet back 5/25 after 2, 12 min since (89% of 14)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 113, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 25 free throws a game; Siakam at 23 and Haliburton at 21 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (89 straight), Walker (3 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 112, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 30 free throws a game; Brunson at 29 and Towns at 24 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Achiuwa (3 straight), Tucker (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Indiana wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-5 a night and Indiana minus-3 and the line, where New York takes 30 free throws a game to Indiana's 25. Call it Indiana 116, New York 113, New York keeping it close.
5/13 @ CLE 114-105 — IND notes
IND won 114-105. IND shot 50% (41 of 82) to CLE's 39%, 15 of 35 from three, and got to the line 22 times to CLE's 37. Haliburton led with 31 (10 of 15, 6 of 10 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Siakam added 21, Nembhard 18. The hinge was Q3, 33-20: IND came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 9. IND trailed 52-56 at the half and won the second half 62-49. Haliburton was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
5/21 @ NYK 138-135 — IND notes
IND won 138-135 in 1 overtime. IND shot 51% (51 of 100) to NYK's 51%, 15 of 37 from three, and got to the line 28 times to NYK's 40. IND turned it over 7 times to NYK's 15. Haliburton led with 31 (12 of 23, 4 of 12 from three); Nesmith added 30, Siakam 17. The hinge was Q3, 25-21: the deficit went from 7 to 3. IND trailed 62-69 at the half and won the second half 76-66. Haliburton was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
5/23 @ NYK 114-109 — IND notes
IND won 114-109. IND shot 52% (43 of 83) to NYK's 48%, 13 of 30 from three. Siakam led with 39 (15 of 23, 3 of 5 from three, 6 of 8 at the line); Turner added 16, Haliburton 14. The hinge was Q4, 33-28: from level to 5 ahead. IND trailed 49-52 at the half and won the second half 65-57. Turner was the night's best plus/minus at +17.
5/25 vs NYK 100-106 — IND notes
IND lost 100-106. IND shot 44% (34 of 77) to NYK's 44%, 5 of 25 from three. Haliburton led with 20 (7 of 15, 2 of 8 from three); Turner added 19, Siakam 17. Q2 was theirs, 28-19, but the other 3 periods went 87-72 against them. They led by as many as 20. Siakam's -21 in 35 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/27 vs NYK 130-121 — IND notes
IND won 130-121. IND shot 51% (45 of 88) to NYK's 46%, 13 of 32 from three, and got to the line 32 times to NYK's 39. IND turned it over 11 times to NYK's 17. The glass went 33-44 against them. Haliburton led with 32 (11 of 23, 5 of 12 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Siakam added 30, Mathurin 20. The hinge was Q1, 43-35: from level to 8 ahead, and the lead reached 15. Nesmith was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
5/29 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 113, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 30 free throws a game; Brunson at 31 and Towns at 25 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Tucker (4 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 115, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 27 free throws a game; Haliburton at 26 and Siakam at 25 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (90 straight), Walker (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-8 a night and Indiana minus-4 and the turnovers, New York giving it away 14 times a game to Indiana's 11. Call it New York 117, Indiana 114, Indiana keeping it close.
5/31 vs NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 116, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 29 free throws a game; Siakam at 24 and Haliburton at 21 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (91 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 115, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 30 free throws a game; Brunson at 33 and Towns at 25 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Tucker (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Indiana wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-6 a night and Indiana minus-6. Call it Indiana 116, New York 114, New York keeping it close.
6/05 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 38 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 31 and Jal. Williams at 22 a game. 7 days' rest. Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 27 free throws a game; Siakam at 26 and Haliburton at 19 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (92 straight). 4 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it OKC 117, Indiana 111.
6/08 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 115, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 33 and Jal. Williams at 22 a game. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. 2 days' rest. Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 27 free throws a game; Siakam at 22 and Haliburton at 19 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (93 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 16 times a game to OKC's 11 and the glass, where Indiana has been minus-1 a night and OKC minus-7. Call it OKC 117, Indiana 112.
5/16 vs BOS 119-81 — NYK notes
NYK won 119-81. NYK shot 46% (42 of 91) to BOS's 36%, 16 of 45 from three, and went to the line 21 times to BOS's 10 — 19 points from the stripe to their 7. The glass went 55-36 for them. Anunoby led with 23 (7 of 18, 4 of 13 from three); Brunson added 23, Bridges 22. The hinge was Q2, 38-17: a lead of 6 became 27, and the lead reached 41. Brunson was the night's best plus/minus at +30.
5/21 vs IND 135-138 — NYK notes
NYK lost 135-138 in 1 overtime. NYK shot 51% (48 of 94) to IND's 51%, 11 of 34 from three, and went to the line 40 times to IND's 28 — 28 points from the stripe to their 21. NYK turned it over 15 times to IND's 7. Brunson led with 43 (15 of 25, 1 of 6 from three, 12 of 14 at the line); Towns added 35, Bridges 16. Q2 was theirs, 33-28, but the other 4 periods went 110-102 against them. They led by as many as 17. Bridges's -15 in 46 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/23 vs IND 109-114 — NYK notes
NYK lost 109-114. NYK shot 48% (40 of 84) to IND's 52%, 11 of 32 from three. Brunson led with 36 (13 of 27, 5 of 12 from three); Bridges added 20, Towns 20. Q1 was theirs, 26-24, but the other 3 periods went 90-83 against them. Towns's -20 in 28 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/25 @ IND 106-100 — NYK notes
NYK won 106-100. NYK shot 44% (34 of 78) to IND's 44%, 11 of 32 from three. Towns led with 24 (8 of 17, 3 of 7 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Brunson added 23, Anunoby 16. The hinge was Q4, 36-20: NYK came in trailing by 10 and left it ahead by 6. NYK trailed 45-58 at the half and won the second half 61-42.
5/27 @ IND 121-130 — NYK notes
NYK lost 121-130. NYK shot 46% (38 of 82) to IND's 51%, 12 of 28 from three, and went to the line 39 times to IND's 32 — 33 points from the stripe to their 27. NYK turned it over 17 times to IND's 11, and IND turned those into 11 steals. The glass went 44-33 for them. Brunson led with 31 (9 of 19, 2 of 6 from three, 11 of 12 at the line); Towns added 24, Anunoby 22. Q2 was theirs, 29-26, the deficit cut from 8 to 5, but the other 3 periods went 104-92 against them. Robinson's -20 in 19 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/29 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 113, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 30 free throws a game; Brunson at 31 and Towns at 25 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Tucker (4 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 115, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 27 free throws a game; Haliburton at 26 and Siakam at 25 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (90 straight), Walker (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-8 a night and Indiana minus-4 and the turnovers, New York giving it away 14 times a game to Indiana's 11. Call it New York 117, Indiana 114, Indiana keeping it close.
5/31 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 116, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 29 free throws a game; Siakam at 24 and Haliburton at 21 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (91 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 115, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 30 free throws a game; Brunson at 33 and Towns at 25 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Tucker (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Indiana wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-6 a night and Indiana minus-6. Call it Indiana 116, New York 114, New York keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKDW D. Wright
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
MR M. Robinson
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BM B. Mathurin
BS B. Sheppard
MT M. Turner
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
TB T. Bradley
TH T. Haliburton
TM T. McConnell
NYK/IND the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Haliburton has 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds as Pacers beat Knicks 130-121 for a 3-1 lead
INDIANAPOLIS -- — Tyrese Haliburton finished with 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover in a historic postseason performance to lead the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks 130-121 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
With his father, John, back in Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Haliburton became the first player with such a stat line in the postseason since turnovers were first tracked in 1977-78 and he carried the Pacers within a victory of their second trip to the NBA Finals. Nikola Jokic and Oscar Robertson are the only other players to post 30 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds in a playoff game.
Game 5 is Thursday in New York.
“I'll look at that later and reflect on that at a different time. For me, it's just about winning,” Haliburton said. “ I wanted to prove I could respond when my back is against the wall, my team's back is against the wall. I feel like we responded the right way."
Pascal Siakam added 30 points while Haliburton had four steals in his second career postseason triple-double. Obi Toppin 's 3-pointer with 46 seconds left sealed it.
Jalen Brunson scored 31 points. Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 12 rebounds, and OG Anunoby finished with 22 points. But the Knicks couldn't rally from another double-digit deficit.
It marked the first time in the series the home team won and leaves the Knicks one loss away from getting eliminated for the second straight year by Indiana.
“We've all got to be better. We've got to be better as a team,” Towns said after shaking off a left leg injury with 2:11 to play to finish the game. “It's unfortunate we couldn't find a way tonight when we found a way in all the other series to do it.”
Nearly a dozen former Pacers players, including Jermaine O'Neal and Lance Stephenson, joined Haliburton's father in the heavily gold-clad crowd. So did WWE Hall of Famer Triple H, rappers Rob 49 and 50 Cent and singers John Mellencamp and Jelly Roll. Haliburton also brought New York firefighter Hans Perez, a Pacers fan, to the game and gave him a signed No. 0 jersey.
John Haliburton had been forced to watch Indiana’s previous eight postseason games from afar after he ran onto the court and confronted Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo following his son’s last-second shot to eliminate Milwaukee in the first round. The Pacers allowed him to return for Game 4 and he sat in a suite.
Both teams were shooting at a clip of 70% long into the first quarter as the Pacers raced to a 43-35 lead. Haliburton helped Indiana close the half on a 6-0 run to make it 69-64 as he finished the half just two rebounds short of his third career triple-double.
“He was our leader tonight and we had some difficult film stuff yesterday, not fun,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “We allowed things to go a different direction than they needed to go in Game 3 and tonight we were determined to turn it back in our direction.”
Did they ever.
Indiana opened the second half with an even more aggressive style that spurred a 9-2 run and closed the quarter on a 9-4 spurt to extend the margin to 102-91. Siakam scored the final five points of a 9-3 run early in the fourth to give Indiana a 111-96 lead.
New York got as close as six three times in the closing minutes but couldn't get any loser.