Pacers Shoot out the Lights to Beat Knicks and Reach Eastern Conference Finals

Pacers Shoot out the Lights to Beat Knicks and Reach Eastern Conference Finals
Tyrese Haliburton of the Eastern Conference finals-bound Indiana Pacers reflects his team's mood while beating the New York Knicks in Game 7 of an NBA playoff series in New York on May 19, 2024. Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Indiana Pacers rode one of the most sensational first halves in NBA Game 7 history to a 130–109 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 10 years.

The No. 6-seeded Pacers set an NBA playoff record by shooting 67.1 percent from the field and advanced to face the top-seeded Boston Celtics in a series that will begin Tuesday in Boston. Indiana last reached the conference finals in 2014, losing to the Miami Heat.