Pacers (138) vs Knicks (135) · May 21, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL/OT

May 21, 2025

Game Recap

The Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks, 138-135 in overtime in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Tyrese Haliburton forced overtime with a 2PT jumper as time expired in regulation and led the Pacers with 31 points and 11 assists. Aaron Nesmith added 30 points and eight 3PM for the Pacers in the win. Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 43 points and five assists as Karl-Anthony Towns totaled 35 points and 12 rebounds.The Pacers now lead the series 1-0 with Game 2 taking place on Friday, May 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET on TNT.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
IND	34	28	25	38	13	138
NYK	36	33	21	35	10	135

PACERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Aaron NesmithSF	38	9-13	8-9	4-4	2	0	1	2	0	5	+10	30
43Pascal SiakamPF	42	7-16	0-2	3-5	5	6	2	0	0	2	+8	17
33Myles TurnerC	31	6-11	1-4	1-2	5	2	1	1	1	2	-3	14
0Tyrese HaliburtonSG	42	12-23	4-12	3-4	4	11	1	0	2	3	+15	31
2Andrew NembhardPG	35	6-10	2-3	1-2	4	4	0	0	3	5	+1	15
00Bennedict Mathurin	21	2-5	0-1	5-5	3	0	0	0	0	1	-14	9
1Obi Toppin	19	4-9	0-3	0-0	10	0	1	0	0	2	+9	8
3Thomas Bryant	12	1-3	0-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-11	4
9T.J. McConnell	14	4-9	0-1	2-4	4	2	0	0	1	2	-14	10
26Ben Sheppard	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	+14	0
13Tony Bradley	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Johnny Furphy	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Isaiah Jackson	— did not play —												— did not play —
16James Johnson	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Jarace Walker	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	51-10051.0%	15-3740.5%	21-2875.0%	39	26	6	3	7	24	-	138

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8OG AnunobySF	41	6-15	2-8	2-4	3	2	3	3	3	5	-12	16
3Josh HartPF	44	3-6	1-3	1-2	13	7	1	0	1	4	-4	8
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	39	11-17	4-8	9-11	12	2	1	1	1	4	+9	35
25Mikal BridgesSG	46	8-16	0-1	0-2	6	5	1	2	3	0	-15	16
11Jalen BrunsonPG	37	15-25	1-6	12-14	1	5	0	0	7	5	-8	43
23Mitchell Robinson	20	1-1	0-0	0-2	8	1	1	1	0	1	0	2
2Miles McBride	25	2-7	1-3	4-5	2	1	0	1	0	1	+12	9
1Cameron Payne	9	2-7	2-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	+5	6
0Delon Wright	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
5Precious Achiuwa	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Pacome Dadiet	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Ariel Hukporti	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Tyler Kolek	— did not play —												— did not play —
44Landry Shamet	— did not play —												— did not play —
P.J. Tucker	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	48-9451.1%	11-3432.4%	28-4070.0%	46	24	7	8	15	23	-	135

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterindnyk

(12:00) Jump Ball Towns vs. Turner: Tip to Nembhard
+3 (11:46) Nembhard 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
30
+2 (11:25) Bridges 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
32
+2 (11:08) Turner 17' Jump Bank Shot (2 PTS) (Haliburton 1 AST)
52
+2 (10:44) Brunson 12' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
54
+2 (10:25) Nesmith 15' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Siakam 1 AST)
74
+3 (10:02) Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Hart 2 AST)
77
+2 (9:40) Haliburton 8' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
97
(9:24) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(9:22) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:19) MISS Bridges 11' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(9:16) Haliburton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:07) Turner 21' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Haliburton 2 AST)
117
+2 (8:50) Hart 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
119
+3 (8:39) Nesmith 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Siakam 2 AST)
149
(8:25) MISS Towns 8' Driving Bank Hook Shot
(8:23) Haliburton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:20) Siakam 6' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Haliburton 3 AST)
169
+2 (7:56) Towns 8' Turnaround Bank Hook Shot (5 PTS)
1611
+2 (7:43) Turner 19' Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Nembhard 1 AST)
1811
(7:25) MISS Brunson 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:23) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:10) Towns P.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Ervin)
(7:08) Nembhard Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(7:08) Hart STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (7:02) Towns 28' 3PT Running Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Hart 3 AST)
1814
(6:59) Pacers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (6:49) Turner 5' Cutting Dunk Shot (8 PTS) (Haliburton 4 AST)
2014
+2 (6:34) Brunson 5' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2016
(6:21) MISS Nembhard 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:18) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:06) Brunson 6' Turnaround Hook Shot (6 PTS)
2018
+2 (5:56) Haliburton 14' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2218
+2 (5:31) Bridges 11' Fadeaway Jumper (4 PTS) (Towns 2 AST)
2220
(5:17) Hart S.FOUL (P1.T2) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (5:17) Siakam Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2320
+1 (5:17) Siakam Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2420
(5:08) MISS Bridges 15' Fadeaway Jumper
(5:05) Robinson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:04) Turner S.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
(5:04) MISS Robinson Free Throw 1 of 2
(5:04) KNICKS Rebound
(5:04) MISS Robinson Free Throw 2 of 2
(5:03) Toppin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (4:45) Turner 29' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Haliburton 5 AST)
2720
+2 (4:31) Bridges 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS) (McBride 1 AST)
2722
(4:20) MISS Haliburton 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:20) Robinson BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:17) McBride REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:02) MISS McBride 8' Turnaround Jump Shot
(4:01) Robinson REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(4:01) Nembhard P.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Ervin)
(3:57) Bridges Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (3:39) Bryant 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Nembhard 2 AST)
2922
(3:18) MISS Brunson 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(3:15) Toppin REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:01) MISS Toppin 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:57) KNICKS Rebound
(2:57) KNICKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(2:50) McConnell P.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Taylor)
(2:41) MISS Brunson 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:38) Robinson REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
+3 (2:34) McBride 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Robinson 1 AST)
2925
+2 (2:20) Toppin 7' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (McConnell 1 AST)
3125
+3 (2:05) Hart 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
3128
(1:41) MISS Bryant 3PT Jump Shot
(1:38) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:32) Bridges 14' Step Back Jump Shot (8 PTS)
3130
(1:22) Brunson S.FOUL (P1.T3) (Z.Zarba)
(1:22) MISS McConnell Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:22) Pacers Rebound
+1 (1:22) McConnell Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
3230
+2 (1:09) Robinson 3' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
3232
(1:00) MISS Toppin 3' Layup
(0:58) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:49) Toppin S.FOUL (P1.T4) (B.Taylor)
+1 (0:49) Brunson Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
3233
(0:49) MISS Brunson Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:46) McConnell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:42) McConnell 6' Running Layup (3 PTS)
3433
+2 (0:30) Brunson 1' Driving Layup (9 PTS)
3435
(0:17) McConnell Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(0:17) Robinson STEAL (1 STL)
(0:01) Bryant S.FOUL (P1.PN) (M.Ervin)
(0:01) MISS Hart Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:01) KNICKS Rebound
+1 (0:01) Hart Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
3436

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Overtime

Team Stats

IND

NYK

138Points135

51-100(51.0%)Field Goal(%)48-94(51.1%)

15-37(40.5%)3-Point(%)11-34(32.4%)

21-28(75.0%)Free Throw(%)28-40(70.0%)

39(11)Rebounds(Offensive)46(13)

26Assists24

6Steals7

3Blocks8

7Turnovers15

24Fouls23

50Pts In The Paint62

13Fast Break Pts5

27Pts Off Turnovers4

31Bench Pts17

7Largest Lead17

Game Details

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 · 8:00 PM

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