New York Knicks @ Indiana Pacers
Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN | Game ID: 22500372
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
IND 36 26 30 21 113NYK 25 34 27 28 114
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Jalen Brunson's late 3-pointer, OG Anunoby's steal helps short-handed Knicks beat Pacers 114-113
INDIANAPOLIS -- — Jalen Brunson made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4.4 seconds left and scored 25 points, OG Anunoby stole the ensuing inbounds pass and the New York Knicks rallied for a 114-113 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night.
Brunson also had seven rebounds and seven assists as the Knicks extended their winning streak to seven games. Mikal Bridges added 22 points and eight rebounds and Tyler Kolek had 16 points and 11 assists, both career highs, on a night the NBA Cup champions were short-handed and fell into an early 16-point hole.
Andrew Nembhard finished with 31 points on 12-of-19 shooting. He was also 4 of 5 on 3-pointers. Pascal Siakam had 26 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Bennedict Mathurin finished with 16 points and eight rebounds.
The defending Eastern Conference champions lost their third straight since coach Rick Carlisle won his 999th game. He needs one more to become the 11th member of the exclusive 1,000-win club and the first since then-Philadelphia coach Doc Rivers in November 2021.
In this season's first matchup between last season's two Eastern Conference finalists, both teams were missing multiple key players.
The Knicks played without centers Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson , along with guards Josh Hart , Deuce McBride and Landry Shamet . Indiana still has four injured players out: guards Tyrese Haliburton and Ben Sheppard , and forwards Aaron Nesmith and Obi Toppin .
And New York spent most of the night playing catch-up after falling into an early 28-12 deficit.
Down 28-12, the Knicks closed to 62-59 at the half only to fall behind 83-68 late in the third quarter. They fought back again to take a 95-94 lead on Kolek's 17-footer with 8:41 to go.
Indiana broke away from a 99-all tie with a 10-3 run, but the Knicks tied it at 111 on Anunoby's 3-pointer with 1:51 to play.
Up next Knicks: Hosts Philadelphia on Friday.
Pacers: Begins a two-game road trip Monday in Boston.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
INDAN A. Nembhard
BM B. Mathurin
ET E. Thompson
GM G. Mathews
IJ I. Jackson
JF J. Furphy
JH J. Huff
JW J. Walker
PS P. Siakam
QJ Q. Jackson
TB T. Bradley
TM T. McConnell
NYKAH A. Hukporti
GY G. Yabusele
JB J. Brunson
JC J. Clarkson
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diawara
OA O. Anunoby
PD P. Dadiet
TJ T. Jemison III
TK T. Kolek
IND/NYK 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
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