On Wednesday, it was the Knicks yielding a late double-digit lead to a furious Pacers surge, then falling 138-135 in overtime to complete one of the most stunning games of an NBA playoffs that had already set a high mark for drama.

Still, because Haliburton's foot was on the line, the Knicks could avoid making history if they could recover in overtime. Instead, it was much of the same as the Pacers kept rolling, with Andrew Nembhard doing most of the damage with seven points in the extra period.

Jalen Brunson said the New York Knicks must "reevaluate" and "can't sulk" after a historic collapse resulted in a loss to the Indiana Pacers to open the Eastern Conference finals.

The New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers reached the Eastern Conference finals by virtue of a record number of ridiculous comebacks. That bore out in Game 1.

Eastern Conference finals are a matchup straight out of the 1990s, but the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers also have fresh beef to bicker over. New York and Indiana have faced off in the postseason eight times,

It's as close to a must-win game as you can get without it being a must-win game. The New York Knicks go into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals having dropped Game 1 to the Indiana Pacers in overtime.