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The New York Knicks haven't won an NBA championship since 1973. The Indiana Pacers won their most recent title that year — in the ABA. The Oklahoma City Thunder franchise has one title in its history, that coming in 1979 when the team called Seattle home. And the Minnesota Timberwolves have never even been to the NBA Finals.
In 2024, Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers came back from a 2-0 deficit to take down a hobbled Knicks club in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to win in seven games. One series later, they ended up getting swept the mighty Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Indiana Pacers, against all odds, have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals and are poised to engage in a historic, electrifying series against the New
The Pacers fan was hit with trash bags as he attempted to walk down the street in the video shared on Sunday. "Knicks fans brutally troll Pacers fan donning a Tyrese Haliburton jersey after Game 6 and series win in New York," the X page Clutch Points wrote.
The New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers will renew their classic 1990s rivalry when they face off in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals. From 1993 to 2000, the Knicks and Pacers faced off six times in the playoffs, and Reggie Miller took center stage in those matchups.
Combined with Indiana’s impressive five-game elimination of the top-seeded Cavaliers, it sets up a second straight year pitting the longtime postseason rivals — this time in the Eastern Conference finals, the Knicks’ first appearance in the league semis since 2000.