Knicks fall to 0-2 in NBA Cup with 106-104 loss to Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 19 points and Aaron Nesmith added 18 to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 106-104 win over the New York Knicks in an NBA Cup game on Friday night.
Key points
- Quenton Jackson came off the Indiana Pacers ‘ bench Friday night, buried a third-quarter 3 and put his fingers in Knicks assistant coach Rick Brunson’s face.
- The whistle stopped working against the Knicks, and they still couldn’t take control, because the Pacers kept getting second chances.
- With the Pacers leading 85-74, the Knicks went on a 10-0 run to narrow the deficit to 85-84 after three quarters.
Instead, Karl-Anthony Towns missed a falling two with under a second left in regulation, and the Knicks rallied from down by as many as 14 to lose, 106-104, to the Tyrese Haliburton-less Pacers on Friday.
Additional details
- Siakam's 15-foot jumper with 1:49 remaining gave Indiana a 106-98 lead before the Knicks stormed back.
- The sequence was expected to set the scene for one of Brunson’s trademark late-game scoring eruptions, especially after the Knicks captain had words for Jackson shortly after the third-quarter exchange.
- Through 11 games, the Knicks ranked fourth in the league in attempts at the rim and last in field goal percentage there, so when the pace dies, everything runs through Brunson — and now Karl-Anthony Towns.
- FINAL LINE Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 33 points on 11-for-22 shooting, including 4-for-9 from three and 7-for-8 at the line, along with 11 assists and two steals in 36 minutes.
- WHISTLE EVENED OUT, GLASS NEVER DID Indiana went 16-for-20 from the line in the first half, while the Knicks went 3-for-5 and committed 10 fouls in the second quarter alone.
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