The Knicks fell short in their back-and-forth battle on Tuesday night, losing in OT to the Pacers, 137-134.
Indiana outscored New York, 13-10, in the overtime period and held on to earn their 14th victory of the season behind Pascal Siakam's 30 points and the team's 18 three-pointers.
Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with a game-high 40 points, Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges both scored 22 points, Landry Shamet had 17, and Josh Hart notched a 15-11-11 triple-double, but it just wasn't enough.
Here are the takeaways...
-- With OG Anunoby (right toe, toenail avulsion) out for a third straight game, Mike Brown inserted Shamet into the starting lineup. After Towns opened the scoring, Bridges scored seven straight points and Shamet drilled his first three-pointer to put the Knicks up early. Bridges kept it going with an acrobatic tip-in, helping Hart record his fifth assist midway through the first quarter.
Despite shooting 65 percent on offense, New York's defense looked lackadaisical and allowed the Pacers to reclaim the lead, 29-28. Brown called a timeout with 2:05 left in the first and subbed in Jose Alvarado for his home debut to help turn things around.
-- Brunson and Ben Sheppard traded three-pointers after the timeout and then the Knicks' captain gave his team a 33-32 lead at the end of the first quarter. Brunson led the way with 11 points and Bridges had nine plus a quarter-ending block. Indiana made seven threes to keep it close as Siakam led the team with 10 points and Andrew Nembhard had nine points.
-- New York's defense continued to struggle in the second quarter, allowing Siakam and Co. to stay hot. Alvarado's intensity was on full display by diving for loose balls, but he picked up a third foul and was subbed out for Brunson with 7:17 left in the second. Turnovers began to hurt the Pacers as Brunson got a steal and scored his 18th point of the first half to go up 62-59 with about two minutes remaining. Towns then scored six straight points, including a dunk in transition to give him 15 first-half points.
The Knicks led, 69-63, at halftime thanks to 59 percent shooting and a 22-14 lead in the rebound battle through two quarters. Indiana did its best to hang around, shooting 51 percent from the field with 11 three-pointers. Brunson (20) and Towns (15) combined for 35 points at the break, while Bridges and Shamet had 12 points apiece. Hart scored just four points, but already recorded eight rebounds and nine assists.
-- Brunson's big night continued in the third quarter as he sank his third three before Quenton Jackson did the same for Indy to tie the game at 76-76. The game's pace slowed down throughout the third, but the scoring didn't stop. Indiana won the period, 31-24, and took a 94-93 lead heading into the fourth quarter. T.J. McConnell's layup with the clock winding down to put the Pacers ahead was the 33rd lead change of the night.
-- Towns made his first three of the night after four misses, scoring his first points of the second half to give the Knicks a two-point lead early in the fourth quarter. Jay Huff gave the Pacers a 105-104 lead with about seven minutes left in the game, as it was the 35th lead change of the night, tied for the most in an NBA game this season.
Hart picked up his triple-double on an assist to Bridges, and then Alvarado got his hometown crowd on their feet with a hanging layup to tie the game at 110-110. The season-high 36th lead change of the game came on a Hart layup as the back-and-forth battle continued.
-- Brunson took a bump from Aaron Nesmith and banked in a floater plus the foul to cut the Indiana lead to one point with 1:31 left in the game. The Knicks had a chance to take the lead after winning a coach's challenge and the jump-ball tip, but Brunson missed a forced three-point attempt. Siakam then drained a jumper to put the Pacers up three points with 13.2 seconds left and later up two with 5.2 seconds left, but missed a crucial FT to leave the door open for NY.
Shamet missed a three-point attempt for the win, but Towns was fouled crashing the glass for the putback, placing him on the foul line with 0.2 seconds remaining. The All-Star made both to tie the game and force overtime.
-- Towns fouled out for the fifth time this season with the Knicks down four points in OT. Nesmith then blocked Brunson and Jackson drained a three-pointer to go up seven points, Indiana's biggest lead of the night, which they'd barely hold on to for the win.
Game MVP: Pascal Siakam
Siakam scored 30 points on 11-for-26 shooting with six rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the win.
Highlights
Mikal with a couple early buckets 🔥 pic.twitter.com/8oygw1M4iz
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Hart ➡️ KAT 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/ienwWToj0l
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Jose Alvarado hustling in his MSG debut 😤 pic.twitter.com/9jSnoLItvb
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Landry Shamet with the 4-point play! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/8exayc8NRC
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Josh Hart for 👌 pic.twitter.com/6bdNKlHu4i
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What's next
The Knicks head down I-95 to Philadelphia for a matchup with the 76ers on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. It's their last game before the 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend festivities in Los Angeles.