In front of a stunned Madison Square Garden crowd, the Indiana Pacers overcame a 14-point deficit with just over two-and-a-half minutes remaining to force overtime before outlasting the Knicks in the extra session, winning 138-135.

Tom Thibodeau knows there is plenty of work to do for the New York Knicks, especially after such a painful loss in Game 1.

A narrative that coach Tom Thibodeau is stubborn, stuck in his ways with a “my way or the highway” mentality and hesitant to make needed adjustments has hovered over him throughout his career. But his current players see the opposite.