Shakeia Taylor

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Shakeia Taylor

INDIANAPOLIS - For about 35 minutes Sunday night, the Indiana Pacers looked like they were going to cruise to a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. They led the New York Knicks by 20 points in the second quarter and by 15 late in the third. But in the fourth quarter, the Pacers' offense stalled, and they finally found themselves on the wrong end of a double-digit comeback as the Knicks rallied for the 106-100 win.

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Shakeia Taylor

NEW YORK — Pascal Siakam is relatively quiet, choosing to let his game do the talking instead. On Friday night against the New York Knicks, his game was loud in front of a hostile Madison Square Garden crowd. On a night when it took most of the first half for Tyrese Haliburton to score his first points, Siakam took over offensively for the Indiana Pacers right away and had one of the best performances of his career. Siakam scored Indiana’s first 11 points and had 23 at the half.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Shakeia Taylor

NEW YORK - Pascal Siakam is a relatively quiet guy, choosing instead to let his game do the talking. On Friday night against the Knicks, and in front of a hostile Madison Square Garden crowd, his game was loud. On a night when it took most of the first half for Tyrese Haliburton to score his first points, Siakam took over offensively for the Pacers right away and had one of the best performances of his career. Siakam scored Indiana's first 11 points and had 23 at the half.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Shakeia Taylor |Jay King

Aaron Nesmith's high school coach, John "JP" Pearson, learned years ago that his star player didn't always stop at three baskets in a row. Looking for ways to motivate Nesmith when he played at Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, S.C., Pearson would urge him to string together three straight 3-point makes within a game. Most high school players would struggle to achieve such streaks with any sort of consistency. But for Nesmith, Pearson found the number was not high enough.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Shakeia Taylor

NEW YORK - Typically, a long shot means something has the slightest chance of being successful or accurate. But for Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton, it can mean your team still has a chance to steal a game on the road against a rival in the Eastern Conference finals. With less than 10 seconds remaining in regulation and the Pacers down two points in Wednesday night's Game 1, Haliburton ran to the 3-point arc, stepped back and tossed up a prayer.