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Pacers trash Knicks 121-89 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to tie series 2-2
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Indiana won both matches at their venue and evened the series against New York.

Tyrese Haliburton notched 20 points, T.J. McConnell had 15 points and 10 assists, and the Indiana Pacers rolled to their 2nd-biggest postseason win ever, defeating the NY Knicks 121-89 to tie the Eastern Conference ½ finals matchup at 2-2.

Tyrese also had 6 boards, 5 assists and 4 3-pointers as Indiana led by 43 points during the humiliation of the Knicks. Pacers fell just short of their most lopsided postseason win, when they defeated Cavaliers by 34 points in 2018.

Game 5 returns to the Big Apple on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.

New York had just 3 basketballers in double digits. Alec Burks scored 20, Jalen Brunson finished with 18 – his fewest in this playoffs – and Deuce McBride notched 16 and faced the largest deficit by any organization in this playoffs.

It was the 4th-largest margin of defeat in the playoffs for New York, who were defeated from Chicago by 41 in 1991, 40 to Philadelphia in 1978 and 35 against Detroit in 1990.

The Pacers are 5-0 in Indiana this postseason, with Game 6 at the end of the week at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.