Knicks vs. Pacers: Indiana stays true to itself to punch ticket to NBA Finals

Yep, the Indiana Pacers are going to the NBA Finals.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The temptation, after Tyrese Haliburton scored just eight points on seven shots in a disappointing Game 5 loss, was to call for the Indiana Pacers to adjust the sliders for Game 6 by overindexing on the kind of aggression that’s easy to see in the box score — to counteract the New York Knicks’ stepped-up ball pressure with hunted shots and hero ball.

That’s not what Indiana head coach Rick Carlisle called for, though.

“As a team, we have to be aggressive, and we have to have a level of balance,” he said after Game 5.

By Dan Devine.

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