The Indiana Pacers have an 11-point advantage and one of the things that Jeff Van Gundy
had hoped was that putting the Latrells free well would energize him.
He came into the series shooting 37 percent but he's been too quick and a little bit out
of control on almost all of his offensive tries and Jeff Van Gundy has had to take him
out of the ball game in hopes of calming him down a little bit because he needs the offensive
energy of the Latrells free well to get a win.
Take a look at that shot chart, it's a lot like yours.
At least he's got a lot of shots up and that's a good idea.
But the fact that he's been out there playing against Chris Mullin, Chris Mullin has torched
him coming alive.
Chris Mullin 10 points tonight for the Latrells free well.
The guys who have not come through, Larry Johnson and Marcus Canby, the heroes of game
three.
Now if you're the Knicks you would like to cut this lead down to seven or eight points
by the end of the quarter, Mark Jackson on the back.
Mark Jackson once again takes it inside successfully and get this, New York is shooting 56 percent
of the quarter.
They've only turned it over once and yet they have not gained a point on the lead.
Because Indiana has listened to Larry Bird and everybody has brought some sort of contribution
tonight.
Johnson hits the free.
Larry Johnson now with nine points, 10 point game and again the goal of the Knicks is to
try to get to seven or eight and if they do that they've got a next on chance of pulling
it out of the fourth quarter.
Miller missed it and screamed in response, it would have been a two anyway and the ball
out of bounds to New York.
Larry Johnson pulling the trigger and looking for that miracle finish, Pacers aren't getting
anywhere near him to give the referees a chance to blow another whistle.
Then Reggie Miller flailing away at one end, I guess all you have to do to get a foul on
a rebound is to yell when you miss time to jump and Marcus Cambry did that.
Jalen Rose one of the heroes of the first half, replacing Chris Mullin for Indiana.
Chris Childs on the floor with Charlie Ward, the two point guards for New York.
Houston's got a matchup in his favor against Mark Jackson, eight on the clock trying to
punish him short with that.
Big rebound by Rick Smiths, his first rebound of the game, let's go to Jim Gray.
Alright thanks Tom, during that time out Larry Bird wanted his group to attack this trap
to be aggressive, no second shots for the Knicks, no easy baskets, continue to work
the ball around well like they just did there to Rick Smiths and don't get rattled if they
make a run.
Tom?
Jim, Marcus Cambry with a classic example of the Matador defense as he went in front
and Smiths had a clear pass to the hoop, but Jackson, Mark Jackson has given the ball up
early against the double team and that's a great thing to do.
Marcus Cambry, a shot he missed the entire first half, he finally gets one to drop here,
again the lead is 10.
Steve psychologically, guys like Larry Johnson and Marcus Cambry, are they strong enough
to come up with a repetitive great game?
Larry Johnson is the leading scorer in this series, Marcus Cambry is the leading hustler,
they've been doing it, they've just got to be able to get some points, the crowd trying
to get excited.
Cambry hauled down the miss by Rose for his seventh rebound, here's Houston for three,
man looking shot, Cambry had it, and he's fouled.
And that's what Marcus Cambry has been doing the entire series and able to make a big save
for the crowd and the Knicks who want something to happen here before the end of the quarter.
Wait a second, how can you rebound this shot?
This comes off like a cannon shot from so far away you can't even get a bead on that.
Did you see that ball fall in Dale Davis' hand?
The guy took it away from him.
He was guarding his face so he wouldn't get hurt.
Cambry hits the first free throw, he has now 11 points and nine rebounds.
Dale Davis with his second foul.
Larry Bird was disgusted when Marcus Cambry made that save at 144 with three Indiana Pacers
standing around the ball, equally disgusted when he gets this one, but he misses the second
free throw.
But the Pacers' goal has to be, look, we've got to get a solid lead and not let this come
down to the end where we've shot ourselves in the foot all season long.
15 seconds left, third quarter, Jackson backing down on Ward.
Five to shoot, three to shoot, blocked by Ward, blocked again, stop clock violation.
Pretty basketball.
Mark Jackson just backing down, backing down, backing down, and then Ward rejected his shot.
They're going to put some time back on the clock, 2.9 seconds.
You've got to get movement.
Once it doesn't happen initially, cut somebody through, screen down on the weak side, give
it up.
Don't beat a dead horse.
Ward fires a bullet, the former quarterback to Child, but his back shot offline as the
third quarter comes to an end.
Over the last six minutes, New York did outscore Indiana 15 to 8, but Chris Mullum with an
18-point night, keeping Indiana in the lead.
At the end of the third quarter, the Indiana Pacers 66 to New York Knicks 57 in game four
of the Eastern Conference Finals.
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We begin the fourth quarter with Indiana leading New York by 9.
The fourth quarter, of course, traditionally has been Miller time, but not in this series.
It has been a difficult playoff series for Reggie Miller, and this has been a magical
play for him, but he's not been able to get the shot attempt, not been able to get his
hands on the ball.
Credit the New York defense with keeping him from getting that torch going.
In the three-fourth quarters already played, Reggie Miller has taken a combined total of
an eight-shot attempt.
There's another Indiana turnover.
Childs, back to Ward, rejected by Dale Davis.
Well, Dale Davis can't pass, but he can block.
And so he made a big save after throwing it away to come back and make the Knicks work
against the clock, which is at 15.
Does that last pass count as a shot attempt because it hit the rim and work against his
field goal percentage?
Houston finds Camby.
He can't score.
Jackson one-hands it.
Camby has got eight points and seven boards.
Larry Johnson six points and one rebound.
That's coming off career playoff games for the both of them in game three.
Rose against Childs.
Not a good matchup.
They're going to give hell.
Rose squeezes it off.
And a push in the back, looks like.
Steve, that's the way you use your hip to establish position.
Dale Davis down low, pitting, sealing Marcus Camby in there.
Then waiting for the ball to bounce over the top.
Rodman was a master of that.
Camby's third foul.
Rodman.
Please.
That only led the league in rebounding for seven straight years.
Larry Johnson fronting on defense, rejects that entry pass.
Allen Houston, pounded by Jackson and fouled by Mark Jackson.
Let's see which team has the patience and composure to finish this ballgame out.
Right now the Pacers seem a little desperate and they're the team on the lead.
But the Knicks are trying to get in that scramble game.
Now it's critical that Indiana plays with disciplined boys.
Derek McKee replaces Mark Jackson for Indiana.
New York's offense, after shooting 33% of the first half,
52% of that third quarter to see if they can sustain it.
Well, they've done a better job of moving the ball and attacking the rim.
Camby from Charlie Ward.
When you come off that high screen and you make the decision to step out,
you have to force him back.
You can't let him step around you.
That's not Charlie Ward easily down the line.
Knicks within seven.
Proud and it's Van Gundy and it's telling these guys up, up,
can't understand why it's for the Pacers.
Yo, hey means I want to get your attention.
You're going to see a nice penetrating drive by Charlie Ward
and the defense come to him.
Camby with two hands over the top.
And that's what they want to kind of do for Camby.
Keep him in the slot and then let him play above the rim.
That was the key to the Knicks great comeback in game three.
Charlie Ward and Chris Childs penetrating in an easy opportunity.
Davis got it and will shoot one.
As Camby inexplicably once again ran right by him.
This could have been called a flagrant foul.
There was no play made on the ball here.
What was Camby doing?
He ran right by Davis and then fell down.
Trying to get into transition offense there, Tom.
Getting a head start.
Well, he's trying to make a steal and got off balance and couldn't recover.
That left Larry Johnson exposed.
And Dale Davis gets that tiptoe jam to go in.
And now they have a chance for a three-point play.
Spreewell replaces Ward for New York.
They're the closest they've been since the second quarter before that.
Dale Davis and now a chance for the three-point play.
And he converts it.
So a three-point play by Dale Davis.
And Indiana goes back up by 10.
This is the first game that we haven't seen the Knicks exploit their quickness advantage.
The Pacers have stood their ground, played up over the top of New York.
McKee slaps it away from Houston.
Rose.
Childs right with him.
He has to give it up.
The big men for Indiana.
Dale Davis and Derrick McKee and Antonio have to come away to help the guards.
Derrick McKee lost it out of bounds.
Larry Ferguson, wait a second.
The foul went right off the Knicks.
How could you make that call?
Indiana with the lead.
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Game four Eastern Conference Finals.
The Pacers desperately trying to even the series.
Their star Reggie Miller scoreless in the first half.
So Chris Mullen, the veteran, stepped up hitting this three and 18 points so far in the game.
Jalen Rose off the bench, a potent force for the Indiana Pacers.
The Knicks started flat.
Larry Johnson trying to get them going with a three-pointer, the hero of game three.
Allen Houston untracked in the third quarter.
Marcus Camby running the court.
But yet, in the fourth quarter with 9.46 left, a trip to the finals and a chance at that trophy.
Finds Indiana leading New York, 69-59 with 9.46 remaining.
Childs with a steal.
Camby is fouled by Rose.
When they went away to commercial, the officials changed their call while we were away, giving the ball back to Indiana.
Didn't matter, New York got the steal, and now Jalen Rose commits his third foul, putting Camby on the line.
Camby with great quickness here, just keeps running and beautifully laid back by Chris Childs.
Perfect execution of the two-on-one.
It was that guy, Camby, who's doing all the yelling and screaming that tipped that ball free.
So Camby, although his numbers aren't quite as good as they were in game three,
has definitely been a factor for Van Gundy, gets his first free throw.
They're behind by nine, Steve.
There is a ton of time left in this game. 9.40 to go, Knicks are in it.
Pacers' goal is to not even give the Knicks or the referees a chance to have any sort of influence on the end of this game.
Camby was not a good free throw shooter, only 55% in the regular season.
Hits one of two, he has 14 points and nine rebounds.
Well, the Knicks' defense has slowed the Indiana Pacers down,
it's caught them from coming inside on every possession rebound Larry Johnson.
Antonio Davis with a miss, only the second rebound for L.J.
Just more than nine minutes remaining in the game.
Indiana leads by nine.
Trying to go to Streewell against Reggie Miller, who has three personal fouls.
Streewell backing him down.
Spotted up for the three, L.J. came up short.
Camby and Antonio Davis battle for the ball, it'll belong to the Knicks.
Again, the quickness of Marcus Camby, who just seems to have his hands by every single guy that tries to block him out.
That time, Antonio Davis.
Thomas on the floor for the New York Knicks, giving it up to Streewell.
That's a patented Reggie Miller move as Miller flops to the court and the foul called on Streewell number three.
The great defense of Reggie Miller, who's got so many career steals and great defensive plays in his resume.
Did you say the Tonys were last night?
I stopped by there, it was quite an event.
Was Reggie there?
Reggie's taken only six shots in the game, he said he would take 20 or 25.
I think it was Streewell that took that to heart.
Again, the pressure defense has forced the Indiana Pacers to slow down, fighting the shot clock now.
Miller.
Streewell blocked it, it'll be Indiana's ball with three to shoot.
And Larry Bird has seen enough, he wants someone that can control things out there.
Dale Davis is going to come out of the game, Mark Jackson in, but you can see Streewell working hard defensively,
making it very tough for Miller to get a shot away.
Bird is going small here to match the quickness that New York has, shot clock.
Jackson a long three, rebound can be, that's his temp.
He has a double-level.
Derek McKee has to be big for Indiana here in all aspects of the game.
Now they got a mismatch, Thomas against Mark Jackson, this is where he can score, got to take his time.
And he did, and he put it home, Kurt Thomas.
First eight possessions in the fourth quarter, not much doing, seven-point game.
Rose, he got wide open, Larry Johnson didn't get back down court to pick him up, and Rose made him pay.
Jalen with a dozen points.
With New York scrambling in double-teaming, taking the ball out of Jackson's hands,
everybody has to want to shoot the ball for Indiana, particularly Jalen, Derek McKee, and Antonio Davis.
Spreewell, LJ for three, Thomas cleared out with his off-arm and his call for the foul.
Kurt Thomas, number four, that is a foul.
That is just throwing bodies out of the way, total disdain for the rules of basketball.
Larry Johnson, who had the three miracle three-point shots in game three, is firing blanks from the arc tonight.
Kurt Thomas has four fouls on field, can be.
Remember the trouble Indiana has closing out a game.
Seven-twenty left, New York trying to mount a comeback down seven.
Crowd is back in it.
Jalen Rose, tough shot right over Larry Johnson, 14 for Jalen.
Jalen is the best player Larry Bird has at getting his own shot, forcing Ben Gundy to take a timeout here.
Timeout New York, 7-0-1 showing on the clock.
Marcus Camby right into the passing lane, and he'll throw it down on the other end.
Nice pass by Mark Jackson.
Camby's trying to get the crowd involved in it if New York is going to have a chance to come from behind.
But this hurts if you're a New York fan.
Jalen Rose over Larry Johnson, and Indiana has a 73-64 lead.
Larry Johnson has adjusted his game and has gone deep in the well to pull out the three-point shot in the regular season.
That was something that he didn't look a lot to take, but in game three he was the hero with some miracle shots.
That one to end the first quarter, and then it's a tough one off the bank, and of course no one will forget the four-point play.
And it's been that kind of a series for Larry Johnson where he has come up with a lot of big shots,
but tonight that hasn't been the case with the three-point field goal for Johnson.
Steve, not only has he not got it done in the offensive end, he's only got two rebounds in 38 minutes as the starting power forward.
He's on the bench now. Kurt Thomas is back in. Child kind of slapped away, saved by Spreewell.
Five on the clock.
Camby from 15.
Rebounded by Antonio Davis.
That was a terrific pass by Spreewell. The flying can be so wide open.
Hit him in his perfect, perfect motion.
Mark Jackson sails it out of bounds.
Reggie Miller and Reggie Miller.
Reggie Miller turned the wrong way. He was wide open and turned, and as he turned, the ball fell out of bounds to give the Knicks a chance.
The guy they got to get going now is Alan Houston here in the fourth quarter of play.
Here's the ball in his hands.
Got a good screen from Thomas. Couldn't hit short again.
Back tap by Camby.
Childs inside. Thomas missed right under the rim.
How do you expect to win if you can't convert a play like that?
Camby, though, unstoppable. Nobody's able to keep him off.
I guess that bounty message did not get through to the Davises.
Thomas with a jarring bump of Reggie Miller as he came through off the screens.
Got open that time, but missed. Can be another ball.
Here's Childs pushing for New York. All the way to the rim. Score.
Those were the kind of mad dashes he made against Mark Jackson late in the ballgame to get the Knicks back in it.
A quick push there. Seven point ballgame.
This is where the Patriots have been so many times.
The good solid leads. Chris Childs up. No shot blockers there.
Tough pass.
Lob pass for Antonio Davis and one.
Camby was trying to front him. Excellent lob pass.
Took him right to the rim and a chance for the three point play.
Against defensive pressure. Kurt Thomas all over the ball.
Derek McKee delivering. Camby's going to come out of this looking over at Alan Houston on the trails free well and saying,
Hey, how about some weak side rotation? We're on the ball with pressure.
We're fronting and you two guards are standing on the weak side waiting for us to get the ball so you guys can shoot.
Three point play by Antonio Davis. Fourth foul on Marcus Camby.
They can't afford to lose Camby. Nice drive Childs. Childs right back to lay it in.
Five seventeen remaining. It's seventy six sixty eight Indiana.
Chris Childs been very impressive throughout this series with his guard penetration.
Mark Jackson just no answer for it.
Again, the back court pressure from the Nick guards. Rose blows right by Houston.
Miller's floater goes baseline floater as he got to step on free well.
Indiana has to think offense right now. They have to just come out and get guys that want to shoot that ball.
Reggie Miller with seven points on two of eight shooting. Looking for Houston.
Reggie Miller doing a good job of keeping away from the ball. Nine on the clock.
Thomas. Nice shot over Antonio Davis. Much to the light of the injured Patrick Ewing.
Thomas can score inside. His basic problem is keeping himself in the game and playing under control.
Rose. Jalen Rose taking Allen Houston to school. Tease him with the right handed runner.
Jalen of course a lefty coming down freezes Houston. Houston doing as good a job as conceivable there.
No shot blockers there. Timeout called as every time the Knicks get a little bit close.
The Patriots respond with big plays. First Reggie Miller and then Jalen Rose.
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Larry Bird is telling his guys right here, look, this is a ten point lead.
We want at least a ten point lead at the end of this game. Don't just think about holding on right here.
Go out there and put some more points on the board. Attack that trapping defense.
With a victory tonight, Indiana would not only tie the series but would regain the home court advantage
as we go back to Market Square Arena for game five on Wednesday.
Well both of these teams believe that they can win on the road and they've proven it.
The Knicks have got five road wins and really surprised Miami by getting two down there.
Two in Atlanta, one in Indiana so far. Jalen Rose, big hitter for Larry Bird every time the Knicks have rushed at them.
He's got a three point play.
Remember, the Pacers have only lost one road playoff game all year and that was on the miracle finish.
The miracle by Larry Johnson. Larry Johnson returns to the game replacing Kurt Thomas.
They tried this back door cut here but the defense that time for Indiana,
unlike the Knicks on the previous positions, rotating and collapsing from the weak side.
Seventeen on the clock. Houston against Miller.
No shot says Joey Crawford. Foul on Reggie Miller.
The Pacers' biggest lead has been 16. New York has gotten within seven on four different occasions
but no closer as Reggie Miller commits his fourth.
And Tom, we've seen so few fast break opportunities for the Knicks tonight.
That's something that's really separated them in this series by getting out and running.
The Pacers are playing such a disciplined and powerful force with their fast break points.
New York has 10, Indiana three.
Canby, awkward looking move and Antonio Davis has it for Indiana.
What was he trying to do there?
Well, he was making it up as he went. You know, that was a little Baryshnikov
and he just couldn't quite get the right angle and they're down 11.
Baryshnikov would never claim that.
Allen Houston outstraps Jackson for the basketball, gives it up to Childs.
Not good spacing by the Knicks on that transition opportunity and they're lucky to get the ball back.
Four on one into a baseline out of bounds where it's not good indecision.
Freewell was not ready to catch and that hurt him.
Freewell has had a tough game and those are the kind of plays that he normally finishes.
Jackson being double teamed by McKee and again misses the layup.
Emotional fatigue. We've seen it tonight from Larry Johnson and Marcus Canby.
Miller will shoot the free throws being fouled by Latrells Freewell.
I don't know if Canby goes in that category of emotional fatigue.
Canby has been all over the place and doing a good job.
Larry Johnson, don't throw Canby in there because he has played a heck of a game.
Latrells Freewell again showing the defensive liability that has plagued him throughout his career.
Canby has done fine, Steve, but to win games like this you've got to be great.
And that's what's tough for this Knicks team is that everybody has to play with that incredible theme of we are the underdogs and we've got to pull together.
New York will try to pull it together but they trail by 12 at the 328 mark.
Moving without the ball, a lost art in the generation of everyone wanting to be like Mike.
But Reggie Miller has paid the price tonight as he has just been battered around by a lot of Knicks stepping up.
But Reggie is more than willing to take that price as he's leading the Indiana Pacers to a comfortable victory here in Madison Square Garden game four tonight.
Reggie Miller, two for nine, eight points.
Only nine shots. The New York defense continues to throttle his point production but they're winning without him tonight.
83-70.
Well, a lot of people left the building figuring that there's no miracle comeback but there's still time for the New York Knicks to make one more run trying to get it inside to Larry Johnson and they get a foul.
The defense for Indiana tonight, Steve, has just been a huge difference.
Yes, the Knicks offense has been struggling but everybody is going to the ball.
They're moving as a team in unison. They're rotating beautifully, helping each other out.
And Jalen Rose, Reggie Miller, and Derek McKee have been big on the three offensive weapons for New York.
You spent yesterday with Larry Bird and you said he called them all out so we'll find out whether that worked. Johnson.
Larry was not in a happy mood yesterday. That was a tough night's sleep of which he got zero.
You saw that sun come up on Saturday night after game three.
Well, Jeff Van Gundy, who, of course, is travail as well, chronicled.
Still his status for next year has not been clarified so he makes the big decision to bring Springwell off the bench most of the year and then puts him in the starting lineup tonight.
Was it the right decision? Well, so far it hasn't paid because Springwell has not given him the offense of energy.
Crowd wants a three from someone. Eleven on the shot, Hockford Johnson against the defense of McKee.
Johnson one on three and the shot's locked. Tom, I thought it was the right move coming in, starting Springwell, but the way it's turned out, it has been a disaster.
Chris Mullin got off and went crazy. Springwell has not responded to the pressure in the challenge.
Well, we've just passed the two-minute mark, the point where the Pacers have blown a lot of leaves. If they blow this one, Larry Bird's going to walk home.
He might not even go to game five.
Can be. How much of a factor was the emotional fatigue of New York after that draining victory in game three?
It didn't affect Indiana as much, a veteran team, as it did New York, the exuberance of.
Indiana stayed mad. It's easier to stay mad than it is easier to stay up.
The disappointing performances have come from Houston and Springwell, who had to be huge and were not.
Miller is fouled and won.
Well, that was the nail in the coffin. Everybody just hit the seat and they're out of here.
But Miller, was there a fire alarm or something going off? How about submission?
Miller with the top shot right here, and this is a big effort by him and the kind that really gets them going.
But Springwell has had this kind of night, gambling defensively, out of position.
Miller makes him pay a chance for a three-point play.
And now Jalen is coming over, starting to talk to the guys in the front row.
I think Jalen had the little LJ sign, too. He showed a spike lead.
There's Jalen, who had a big game, gave the Pacers a lift off the bench in the first half.
Reggie Miller now with a dozen points, the minute 13 left, and the Pacers on their way to evening the series at two.
Former Nick Charles Oakley among the few remaining at Madison Square Garden for the final minute 13.
It was, of course, the controversial trade that sent Oakley away.
And he said the heart and soul of the Knicks for Remarcus Camby, the trade widely panned early.
Ernie Grunfeld, the general manager, demoted.
And now Camby playing like a man possessed, the best New York player tonight and maybe the whole series.
There's Latrell Springwell.
Tonight, Camby with 18 points and 13 rebounds.
Camby has to learn to turn those numbers, though, into more impact as the Knicks are in just a fouling situation.
How much more impact can the lad have?
They lost the game.
Well, it's not his fault. I mean, he has given every ounce of sweat he has had this evening,
and you're making it seem like he is the guy that's let them down.
He is the guy that's kept them in it.
Numbers. Numbers.
Give me some guys who control ball games.
That has not been the case for New York as Latrell Springwell sits down in a very, very disappointing game.
Fouled out with 12 points on six of 14 shooting in his starting role tonight.
But that's the difference between good players and great players.
And Latrell Springwell has always been a good player.
But only the select few are able to come in there and deliver when the whole world is watching and the pressure is right squarely on you.
Charlie Ward came back in for Springwell who fouled out.
Larry Johnson, the three.
Camby kept it alive.
A right to Antonio Davis, who's hacked by Chris Child.
Antonio Davis walking it back the other end.
It's been a night in which the Indiana Patriots came out with a different attitude at both ends of the floor.
They were more aggressive in attacking the basket for Larry Bird.
That got them off to a very good start, and the New York Knicks have to rethink how to play game five in Indiana.
A smile in Dale Davis now.
And the big three of the New York Knicks, Larry Johnson, Allen Houston, and Latrell Springwell, shooting under 38 percent from the floor, 16 of 43 for the game.
Knicks can't win with that.
They have to get back to their quickness game.
Indiana's defense was just too solid today.
They tried to go too much one on one.
It was Springwell over-dribbling.
Chris Child trying to do too much at times.
Allen Houston, not an explosive enough game when they really needed that.
Larry Johnson too tired to do anything today.
They just had to regroup, come back, and start over.
Houston launches a three.
And we're down to 30 seconds.
But if you thought we saw a hungry crowd at the start of this game, wait till that crowd at Market Square on Wednesday night.
And if you're a Pacer fan, the good news is your team has regained the home court, as will even up the series at two and two with teams trading hostile court victories.
Well, as we saw in the Miami series, when the New York Knicks had a chance to seize control of the series, they let it slip away, but they were able to come back and get game five.
Game five goes back to Market Square.
There will be a game six.
So the Knicks know that they can win on the road, and that's the attitude and belief they'll take to Indiana.
And even though Reggie Miller and Rick Smiths did not have the big Knights again, other players stepped up.
Chris Mullen at 18 points in the first three quarters.
Jalen Rose, who had been in the funk, came off the bench and blasted out of it in a big way.
He has 19 points.
And so the good news for Larry Bird is you get Smiths and Miller back to the top of their game and you're hitting on all cylinders.
It seemed tonight, Tom, as if the Pacers finally played with a sense of desperation.
It says if we don't win this game, we have no chance to win that elusive championship.
Rose and the Pacers will dribble it out, and Reggie Miller says not tonight.
There'll be no 3-1.
Reggie Miller talking to Chris Rock as he's walking off the court there.
And the first game of the series that did not come down to the last possession or two,
the first three games had been decided by a total of six points.
This one belongs to the Indiana Pacers in a big way by a final score of 90 to 78.
Let's go to Jim Gray.
All right, thank you very much, Tom, with Jalen Rose, 19 points.
Chris Mullen with 18.
Jalen, let's start with you.
It seemed like you had the answer every time when they tried to put up a run.
You repelled it every time.
How did you manage that?
I just wanted to stay aggressive.
I was unhappy with the way I went home one for three the other day,
and I told myself, regardless of what happened tonight,
I was going to come out and be aggressive and get myself an opportunity to help the team to win.
Now Larry Bird kind of called you out after game one,
and he said to the press before tonight's game that you'd been pouting.
Did that ignite you?
Well, I don't know if he said that, so I'm not going to feed into it,
but Larry's the guy that knows how to motivate his team,
and the bottom line is he wants to win the championship just like I do.
So I'm going to go out there and do the best I can to help bring that home to Indiana.
You guys have had a tough time dealing with prosperity all year.
Now you get the home court advantage back.
Can you handle the prosperity and finish your business?
Well, we can handle our business.
We know what it takes.
We was here this time last season.
It's not new to us, and we're going back to Indiana.
We got the best six men in the country, and here we come, y'all.
Sit on sleep.
Jalen Rose, congratulations.
Chris Mullin, it seems as though you turned the clock back tonight, didn't you?
Well, you know, you were telling me I was looking old in the locker room,
so I was really waiting for a breakout game, you know.
I've been struggling a little bit,
but I felt tonight we played a lot of energy,
got in the old flow a little bit, which is good for my game,
and, you know, got some good looks.
Chris, congratulations.
Great game to return home to.
Thanks a lot.
Let me say one thing.
Happy birthday, my son Sean.
You just did.
Happy birthday, Sean.
Tom?
All right, the best present Sean could get.
Dad scores 18-10 in the third quarter.
Jalen Rose led all scores with 19 points.
Marcus Canby had 18 to leave New York.
Final score, 90-78, Indiana.
Stay tuned on most of these NBC stations for your late local news
and then late night with Conan O'Brien.
Be sure to join us Wednesday, 9 p.m. Eastern, back in Indiana
as the Knicks and Pacers meet in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals
and now all even at two wins apiece.
That's Game 5, Wednesday night, 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific time,
here on NBC Sports.
The Knicks couldn't pull it out tonight.
They didn't have a miracle finish to fight off the Indiana Pacers.
Steve Jones, Phil Walton, and Jim Gray.
Tom Hammond saying so long from New York.
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