Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Pacers beat the Knicks for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern final.

With the Knicks gripping for life down the stretch, the former Raptor went to work again. As he does so often after a Haliburton rebound, Siakam sprinted the floor to get by Knicks forward Mikal Bridges. The star received the pass from Haliburton and converted on a fastbreak layup, which was his 39th point, a playoff career-high.

Pascal Siakam scored 39 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 114-109 road win over the New York Knicks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday evening.

Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers was named to the All-NBA Third Team for the second year in a row. That makes him the fourth player in Pacers history, along with Reggie Miller, Jermaine O'Neal and Paul George to be named to more than one All-NBA team. The Pacers organization responded on X with two words.

After a wild, last-second Tyrese Haliburton shot sent the game to overtime, the Indiana Pacers stunned the New York Knicks, 138-135, to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Charles Barkley, who said he would have punched Tyrese Haliburton’s father in the face, thinks he should be allowed to return to Pacers games.

The Pacers built their roster around star Tyrese Haliburton, perfecting "a difficult style," as coach Rick Carlisle calls it.