The Pacers were down by 14 with about 2:30 left in regulation, and went on an unreal 20-6 run spurred by multiple triples by Aaron Nesmith.
Tyrese hit the buzzer-beater which bounced up and rolled in to tie the game and send it to overtime. He jumped the gun, though, and did the “choke” sign thinking it was a game-winning three.
But we won in overtime!
That was an amazing game!
Incidentally, Aaron Nesmith set a Pacers playoff franchise record with eight threes in the game.
He was channeling Reggie Miller.
I read a stat that said that in the past 27 years, teams were 0-970 in the playoffs when trailing by 14 or more points with 2:50 or less remaining in regulation. Until last night.
Insane!!!
I disagree with Tyrese, though. I thought it was the perfect moment for him to replicate the Reggie Choke, even if it didn’t end the game right then and there.
(Memories of the 2008 NCAA final when Chalmers launched Kansas into overtime, and ultimately the win, with a last-second shot).
Probably not the best idea to do it game 1.
He said himself after that he was wrong. He and others thought he’d won the game but it was only a two point shot. Still going to piss off the Knicks for the rest of the series.
Yeah I guarantee Thibs is running that on a loop on every monitor in the Knicks’ facility until the next tip-off.
The comeback:
Another fail for the Wolves. Third quarter meltdown and an inability to deal with the Thunder D has them looking at an early demise.
If we get an OKC/Pacers final it would be two teams built entirely out of trading Paul George.
And Paul George has still not made the Finals.
Behind a career playoff-high 39 points from Pascal Siakam, the Pacers beat the Knicks in Game 2 at the Garden to go up 2-0.
Game 3 on Sunday in Indianapolis.