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Brandon Knight
By The Athletic NBA Staff
May 11, 2024
By Eric Nehm, Fred Katz, Jon Krawczynski, Tony Jones and David Aldridge
The Indiana Pacers battled back after giving up a double-digit lead to the New York Knicks to win 111-106 after a clutch 3-pointer from Andrew Nembhard gave them breathing room late in the fourth quarter. The Pacers earned their first win of the series and avoided a daunting 3-0 hole.
Andrew Nembhard knocks down the three to take the lead with 16 seconds remaining 😱 pic.twitter.com/CLDUjEoqr2
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) May 11, 2024
The Denver Nuggets were in control from start to finish against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday. The Nuggets won 117-90 in lopsided fashion, finally looking like the championship-level version of themselves. Game 4 in Minnesota will be pivotal as Denver looks to even the series at two games apiece.
Brandon Knight Pacers 111, Knicks 106
Game 4: Sunday in Indiana
Series: New York leads 2-1
Pacers pull out an ugly win, but a win nonetheless
It was not pretty, but the Pacers are not going to care about that. It doesn’t matter that 111 is the fewest points they’ve scored in a game during this series.
Or that Tyrese Haliburton committed a late turnover. Or that they fouled Jalen Brunson in the final two minutes and sent him to the free-throw line. They won. And that is all that matters for tonight.
After two games played at an up-and-down pace that suited their regular-season style well, Indiana switched things up in Game 3 and got into a physical, ugly game with the Knicks.
Haliburton looked spectacular at various points and put up 35 points, four rebounds and seven assists, but the game was decided by a 31-foot heave by Nembhard just before the shot clock expired to give the Pacers a three-point lead with 17.8 seconds left.
It was ugly, but Indiana pulled it out to take its first game of this second-round series. — Eric Nehm, Bucks beat
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