Pacers one win from Finals after beating Knicks

Tyrese Haliburton produced an electrical first-half capacity arsenic nan Indiana Pacers hit nan New York Knicks to move to wrong 1 triumph of reaching nan NBA Finals.

Haliburton registered 20 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds successful nan first half of a 130-121 triumph astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indiana.

Haliburton vanished pinch 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover, making him nan first subordinate to grounds stats of 30-15-10-0 successful an NBA post-season game.

The Pacers lead 3-1 successful nan Eastern Conference play-off finals.

Victory successful crippled 5 astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York astatine 01:00 BST connected Friday will unafraid their spot successful nan Finals for nan first clip since 2000.

"I felt for illustration I fto nan squad down successful crippled 3 [a 106-100 location defeat], truthful it was important for maine to conscionable travel retired present and make plays," Haliburton said.

"Guys put maine successful position to make plays and play my game. It was a large triumph for us."

Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and Bennedict Mathurin 20 disconnected nan chair for fourth-seeded Indiana.

Jalen Brunson scored 31 points for New York, while Karl-Anthony Towns, who injured his near knee for nan 2nd consecutive crippled and was hobbling astatine nan finish, scored 24 points and OG Anunoby 22.

"We scored 120 points but our defence wasn't bully enough," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said.

"Haliburton's a awesome player. You don't defender awesome players successful this convention individually. It's your full team. And if 1 feline is not doing their job, everyone is going to look bad."

The winners of nan best-of-seven bid will play nan Minnesota Timberwolves aliases nan Oklahoma City Thunder successful nan Finals, which statesman connected 5 June.

The Thunder lead 3-1 successful nan Western Conference play-off finals.