NBA Playoffs 2025: Pacers without rivals in decisive times
Indiana went back to these playoffs. Check the data of the incredible victory over the Knicks to win game 1 of the East final.
Another game of NBA playoffsanother spectacular comeback of the Indiana Pacersthat this time they took a 138-135 victory in extra time to win the game 1 of the Eastern Conference final over the New York Knicks.
To win this game, Indiana had to overcome:
• 17 disadvantage points in the last quarter
• 14 disadvantage points with 2:45 for playing at the regulation time
• 9 disadvantage points at the last minute
According to Elias Sports Bureau, the teams that were losing for nine points or more in the last minute of the last quarter or in the extra time of a playoff match had a record of 0-1,414 since 1998. Now it is 1-1414 in those matches during that period.
The Pacers had only a 0.2 % chance of winning in the final stretch of the last quarteraccording to AM850 Analytics. But as seen throughout these playoffs, that’s nothing to Indiana. They improved 3-2 when they lost for seven or more points at the last minute of the last quarter/extra time in this postseason. Since 1998, all other teams have a 1-1,657 record in that situation during the playoffs.
– Pacers: They lost by 17 points in the last quarter; It is his fourth victory in the postseason after losing 17 or more points, the greatest amount for any team in a postseason since 1998.
– Pacers: 6-0 in decisive moments in this postseason (more victories without defeats for any team in the postseason); Decisive moments are the last 5 minutes of the last quarter/season and the annotation difference is 5 points.
– Tyrese Haliburton: 2 -point field kick from 7 meters (23 feet) that tied the game at the end of the last quarter (third field shot that tied the game/gave it the advantage in the last five seconds of the extra quarter/extra time in this postseason).
– Haliburton: First player since 1998 with three field shots that tie or give the advantage in the last five seconds of the extra quarter/time in the same postseason (match 2 against the Cavaliers, match 5 against the Bucks).
With information from AM850 Research
