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INDIANAPOLIS — Tyrese Haliburton had 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover in a sensational postseason performance to lead the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks 130-121 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

With his father, John, back in Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Haliburton carried the Pacers within a victory of their second trip to the NBA Finals. Game 5 is Thursday in New York.

Pascal Siakam added 30 points while Haliburton had four steals in his second career postseason triple-double — the first in NBA playoff history in which a player had at least 30 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds with no turnovers. Obi Toppin’s 3-pointer with 46 seconds left sealed it.

The Pacers have not lost consecutive games since March 10.

Jalen Brunson scored 31 points. Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 12 rebounds, and OG Anunoby finished with 22 points. But the Knicks couldn’t rally from another double-digit deficit.

It marked the first time in the series the home team won.

Nearly a dozen former Pacers players, including Jermaine O’Neal and Lance Stephenson, joined Haliburton’s father in the heavily gold-clad crowd. So did WWE Hall of Famer Triple H, rappers Rob 49 and 50 Cent and singers John Mellencamp and Jelly Roll.

John Haliburton had been forced to watch Indiana’s previous eight postseason games from afar after he ran onto the court and confronted Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo following his son’s last-second shot to eliminate Milwaukee in the first round. The Pacers allowed him to return for Game 4 and he sat in a suite.

“I’m glad Pop’s in the building. It makes it that much more sweet,” Tyrese Haliburton said in his postgame interview on the court.

The Knicks had their own fan section featuring film director Spike Lee and actors Timothee Chalamet and Ben Stiller.

What they witnessed was one of the most entertaining games of the NBA’s 2025 postseason. Both teams were shooting at a clip of 70% long into the first quarter as the Pacers raced to a 43-35 lead. New York stormed back in the second quarter reclaiming the lead three times, the last at 64-63.

But Haliburton helped Indiana close the half on a 6-0 run to make it 69-64 as he finished the half just two rebounds short of a triple-double.

Indiana then opened the second half with an even more aggressive style that spurred a 9-2 run and closed the quarter on a 9-4 spurt to extend the margin to 102-91. Siakam scored the final five points of a 9-3 run early in the fourth to give Indiana a 1110-96 lead.

New York got as close as six three times in the closing minutes, but Towns limped to the bench after hurting his left knee with 2:11 to play and finished the game.

It was one of the key questions heading into the series: Could the Knicks’ defense slow the uptempo Pacers’ offense enough to give themselves a chance? Through the first three games, Indiana had a 119.3 offensive rating, slightly better than their top-five regular season number, which had them up 2-1 in the series.

In a critical Game 4, the Pacers’ offense found a new gear, and their offensive rating jumped to 126.2, thanks to a masterclass 32-point triple-double from Tyrese Haliburton — with zero turnovers — in front of his father, who was back in the building.

New York couldn’t keep up.

Despite a strong offensive game themselves, Indiana’s offensive outburst sparked a Game 4 win, 130-121, and Indiana now has a commanding 3-1 lead in the series. Game 5 — must win for the Knicks to stay alive — is Thursday night in Madison Square Garden.

Game 4 was played at the Pacers’ tempo from the opening tip. The Knicks’ new starting five was -5 in its first quarter run, while the Pacers had a 159.3 offensive rating in the first quarter, which is why they led by 8 after one. The Knicks made a comeback, using a 9-2 run in the second quarter with the bench in and Brunson resting, and tied the game at 51-51. New York slowed the game down in the second with that bench lineup.

However, in the fourth quarter, with the game on the line, Thibodeau leaned back into his former starting lineup — playing Josh Hart but not Mitchell Robinson — and while that lineup was +5 for the game it could not close the gap at the end. The Knicks again looked worn down by the Pacers’ pace of play.

“Just the hustle, making defensive transition, getting more continuity into the offense,” Thibodeau said of why he leaned into Hart in the fourth, rather than going with the bench group that has done well the past two games.

Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 31 points with five assists, while Karl-Anthony Towns added 24 and OG Anunoby 22.

Towns injured his knee in the final minutes in a collision with Aaron Nesmith (where Myles Turner was called for the foul following a review for shoving Towns into Nesmith). This is the same knee he had meniscus surgery on in 2024 and he was limping and flexing that knee the rest of the game. However, he stayed in the game and said he would be good to go in Game 5.

Haliburton got more help with Pascal Siakam adding 30 points and Aaron Nesmith adding 16.

“He stole a lot of my rebounds,” Siakam joked about Haliburton. “He was amazing… I just love the way he played tonight, his energy.”
The Knicks now have to win three straight games to advance to the NBA Finals.

“I’ve never known this team to quit,” Hart said. “That’s not the character of the guys we have in the locker room.”
More than not quitting, the Knicks need to slow down the tempo of the game — and provide Brunson and Towns with consistent help — to have a chance at those wins.

A group of New York teenagers returning home from junior prom are being hailed as heroes for helping get a father and his two daughters to safety upon noticing the family’s garage was on fire.

“Your house is on fire! Your house is on fire,” Aiden Kane, 17, is heard in cellphone video yelling to alert the occupants of the house in Marcy — a town of around 8,700 — on May 17.

Kane, his girlfriend, Morgan Randall, and their friends Donato Jellenich and Tyler Sojda were driving back from the junior prom at Whitesboro High School when they saw the garage engulfed in flames.

Kane said the orange glow looked like a bonfire, which they thought would not be unusual on prom night in Marcy, which is in Oneida County north of Utica. But upon getting closer, they realized what was happening.

The cellphone video shows Kane telling the dad and his two girls, “You guys got to get out!” and, once outside, telling one of the shaken children, “You’re OK,” and to stand behind a car.

Jared A. Pearl, chief of the Maynard Fire Department, one of several agencies that responded, said that Kane alerted the family, which allowed them to get to safety, and that he asked whether any pets were inside; Jellenich called 911; and Randall stayed with the family and helped with their children.

No one was hurt in the fire, Pearl said.

“The family was safely evacuated before flames could reach the main structure of the home,” Pearl said in a statement. “Thanks to Aiden’s leadership and the team’s quick response, a potential tragedy was averted.”

Sojda said their comforting the children touched close to home because he has a little brother.

Randall said, “We were there on the right time.”

Kane, a junior, said that his father has worked for police and EMS and that he has been on calls with his dad because emergencies have happened while they were together.

“Seeing him doing it kind of inspired me to help out the family,” he said.

Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., faced intense questioning from people at a town hall Tuesday, at one point conceding that he did not read a provision in the House’s “Big Beautiful Bill” before he voted for it, triggering loud protests from the audience.

The town hall was held in a high school in Seward, Nebraska, and livestreamed on YouTube by News Channel Nebraska — a media network founded and owned by Flood.

Flood admitted he did not read the full bill when an audience member asked him why he had voted in favor of a provision that would make it harder for judges to enforce orders holding parties before them in contempt for defying court orders.

Flood, who holds a law degree from the University of Nebraska, said that he did not agree with the provision and that he was unaware of it when he voted in favor of the bill.

“I believe in the rule of law. I’ve taken an oath as an attorney, I’ve taken an oath as a state senator, I’ve taken an oath as a member of Congress, and I support our court system, and I do believe that the federal district courts, when issuing an injunction, should have legal effect. In fact, I relied upon that when the Biden administration was in place. The federal courts did a tremendous amount of good work,” Flood said.

“This provision was unknown to me when I voted for the bill,” he finished, to loud yells from the crowd.

As the moderator tried to move on to the next question, Flood stopped her, saying: “I am not going to hide the truth. This provision was unknown to me when I voted for that, and when I found out that provision was in the bill, I immediately reached out to my Senate counterparts and told them of my concern.”

Flood’s words did not calm attendees, who continued their shouting.

The questions only got more intense from there, with attendees grilling him on a number of topics, from Medicaid cuts to his voting record to changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Flood won handily in Seward County, winning re-election with 77.6% of the county’s votes in November — higher than President Donald Trump, who won 72.2% in the county. Flood won his district with 60.1% of the vote.

The Nebraska Democratic Party encouraged followers Tuesday to “pack the place” and ask Flood questions at the town hall.

One person accused Flood of being a “fascist” and asked him whether he would be willing to invoke articles of impeachment against Trump.

Flood denied the accusation, saying, “I get that you get an applause line when you call me a fascist, but I’m not. I am not a fascist, I’m an American, and I would never call you something like that.”

Yet another person accused him of lying over promises to protect health care but voting in favor of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which could trigger cuts. The bill would slash hundreds of billions of dollars for Medicaid and SNAP.

In response, Flood said Nebraska does not provide benefits to undocumented immigrants, arguing that the bill’s cuts would target that group of people and not his state. Minutes later, Flood turned the question on the crowd, asking, “Question for the audience, do you want illegal immigrants to get tax-funded benefits?”

The crowd answered with a loud “Yes.” Flood replied: “I would say that is not the majority opinion of most Nebraskans, however. Next question.”

Flood hosted a town hall in Columbus, Nebraska, in March, when he also faced criticism. Several of Flood’s colleagues have faced tough questions since Trump returned to office at the beginning of the year, leading Republican congressional leadership in March to advise GOP members not to hold in-person town halls.

A spokesperson for Flood did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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