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The New York Knicks were not immune to the drag by the Indiana Pacers superstar, or her girlfriend, after the collapse of their epic 1 match.
The Knicks destroyed a 17 -point lead in the fourth quarter to lose match 1 of the Eastern Conference final on Wednesday. They also led by 14 with 2:50 to go and nine with less than 60 seconds.
All they have done since then is now losing home to follow the 2-0 follow-up of the series. No one has ever won a conference final after losing the first two home games.
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Tyrese Haliburton and Jade Jones attend “Prelude to the Olympics” at Louis Vuitton Foundation on July 25, 2024, in Paris, in France. (Kristy Sparow / Getty images for LVMH X Vogue X NBC)
But back in the match 1. After having taken the entire way back, Tyrese Haliburton threw a long blow that hit the iron and fell. With the former hero of the Pacers Reggie Miller a few meters away, calling the match for TNT, Haliburton imitated Miller’s suffocation signal from Miller whom he made to Spike Lee in the 1990s.
Haluburton’s shooting ended up being a two, putting the match on overtime, but the Pacers left with the victory.
After the match, Haliburton’s girlfriend Jade Jones joined her boyfriend to take her own blow on the Knicks.
“Finally, he could see the ball falling to New York,” she posted on Instagram with a smiling emoji.
The Indiana Pacers Tyrese Haliburton (0) goalkeeper makes a strangulation movement to the New York Knicks after hitting a shot at the end of the fourth quarter of the match 1 of the NBA Basketball Eastern Conference final on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
Knicks is late 0-2 in the finals of the Eastern Conference VS. Pacers
The teams leading to an eliminatory match of more than more points in the last minute of the fourth quarter or extensions of an eliminatory match were 1,414-0 since 1998 on Wednesday. In addition, since 1997, the teams have now been 4-1640 when they have been lying down by seven points and more in the last minute of the fourth quarter or overtime of an eliminatory match – the Pacers have won three of these games this season only.
New York returned to take revenge on Friday, but the Pacers retired late to take a standard advance. This time, it was Pascal Siakam who paved the way with 39 points.
It was equal to 81 after three, before the Pacers open the fourth with a sequence of 13-4 to move forward 94-85 on the 3-point Siakam pointer with 9:17 to play. They would quickly repel the margin every time the Knicks took momentum, and it was 110-100 after another basket of Siakam with 2:45 to play.
The Knicks scored nine consecutive games to reach 110-109 on the Josh Hart basket with 14 seconds to do. Aaron Nesmith made two free throws for the Pacers, Brunson was well broken on a 3 -point attempt and Turner ended him with two free throws.
Jalen Brunson collected 36 points and 11 assists for the Knicks, who need a quick turnaround or their first appearance in the final of the conference in 25 years will be brief.
The goalkeeper of the Indiana Pacers Tyrese Haliburton (0) is assaulted by teammates while he is making a suffocation movement after hitting a shot against the New York Knicks at the end of the regulation to equalize match 1 of the final of the NBA Basketball Eastern Conference on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in New York. (AP photo / Adam Hunger)
Match 3 is in Indiana on Sunday.
