The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers play Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals in the NBA Playoffs Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

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Two-time All-NBA Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton had an underwhelming performance during his team's disappointing 111-94 Game 5 blowout defeat to the New York Knicks. Indiana, up 3-1 in the series heading into the Madison Square Garden contest,

Pascal Siakam has come in the clutch for the Pacers in the postseason and can be the boost they need to closeout in Game 6.

In Thursday's Game 5, New York became the first team in the postseason to hold the Pacers to fewer than 100 points.

NBA playoffs began, the Indiana Pacers were given 50-to-1 odds to win the title. Ten teams had better chances. Most analysts didn’t even mention them in championship conversations.

The Pacers squandered a chance to close out the New York Knicks with Game 5's 111-94 loss at Madison Square Garden, sending the Eastern Conference finals back to Indiana. Pascal Siakam got into an awkward exchange with a reporter following the contest after admitting the Pacers didn't give the same effort that previously helped established a 3-1 lead in the series.

John Mellencamp made it clear he didn't like how Pat McAfee encouraged Pacers fans to boo Knicks fans Timothee Chalamet, Ben Stiller and Spike Lee.