Pacers dribble it out! GAME OVER!---- Pacers win Game 3 82-71!
57.8 seconds remaining in this game... Bench players come in for some garbage minutes. Hibbert goes out with a huge ovasion. Copeland sinks the three.
Woodson throws in the towel. Melo to the bench. 14-point game Pacers.
1:48 Melo called for the foul.
2:18 THREEEEE! Pacers put this one away. Martin finishes at the hoop.
3:06 Felton to the line. Almost went for the And-1. Makes 1st FT. 2-2... West jams it on the other end!
3:43 on the clock-- Smith dribbles. Hill called on the foul. Smith goes to the line.
4:24 Hill for three. No. Knicks push. Anthony misses the J. Anthony 6-16 from the floor. Pacers have the ball. Shumpert and George battle for the ball! Jump ball! What a wrestling match! Pacers win the tip. Foul on the Pacers. Knick ball.
4:40 Foul on Hibbert. 5th on him. Felton looks to be going to the line. 1-2
5:05 Chandler with a foul on the floor. Chandler pushed Hibbert to the ground. 2-FT's ...2-2 from the line.
5:22 Anthony grabs the board. Smith for three. Misses. Felton tries to save it. Nothing. Pacer ball.
6:00 remaining Melo fould. You know Melo gets fouled because his headband always falls off. Pacers in the penalty.
George draws the foul on Chandler. He got Chandler in the air and the put up the shot. Misses first...1-2 from the line.
The Knicks have 6:30 remaining--- Chandler will go to the line. Chandler goes 2-2 from the line.
Felton can't put up the shot! 24-second violation. 7:20 to play in the game-- Knicks with beautiful D. Shumper gets fouled. Knicks miss. Augustin with another three... No! Hibbert on the offensive board... GETS IT TO FALL! 15-point game.
8:20 Augustin hits the three!! 13-point lead for the Knicks. And-1! Melo gets hit. Sinks the bucket. No! No basket.
8:46 TIMEOUT! George will be taking FT's when we return.
9:00 Pacers run their half court offense. Hibbert with a deep hook. Kidd gets the rebound. Loses it! George draws the foul!
9:10 Anthony drasw the foul. And this how the Pacers get to you. Hansbrough and Hibbert foul Melo hard. Melo misses 1st. Melo 1-2 from the line.
9:46 and-1! Felton drives and completes 3-point play. Knicks force turnover. Smith misses badly on three. Hansbrough and Kidd fight for it. Jump ball!
10:07 Pacers winning on the hustle. Pacers get ball back as Hansbrough gets it off Chandler's knees out of bounds. Hibbert then sinks the hook.
10:37 10-point game. It was supposed to be an alley to Anthony. he can't finish, puts it on the floor. Misses badly on turn around. Martin picks up 4th as he can't defend Hibbert.
10:50 Another offensive board for the Pacers and Stephenson made sure he hit the rim from a deep three. Stat tips it right to the Pacers. Hibbert at the line.
11:39 Pacers ball Turnover. Knicks push. George on the ground. George still on the ground. Knicks can't take advantage. George back up on his feet.
62-53 is the score. Knick have ball. Stoudemire called for offensive foul as he was working the paint.
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62-51 Pacers lead.
STAT HITS THE THE THREE AT THE BUZZER!!!!! Count that and the layup they wiped off later.
4.5 seconds--- Beautiful pass to Stephenson, he gives it to Hansbrough. Kidd fouls. Goes 1-2 from the line.
Smith drives. Layup goes off the top of the backboard. It goes in!! But they're calling it a 24-second violation. Will review it later.
55.4 seconds remaining--- Another Pacers turnover. Prigioni misses three. That would have been big. STEPHENSON KNOCKS DOWN THE THREE!
1:31 Travel on Hibbert. Chance for the Knicks to make it a single-digit game or back to 10. Smith bodying up. Consecutive points as he sinks line dribve shot from the paint.
2:12 Kidd grabs the rebound after the Pacers had it for a second chance
Smith runs at tbe bucket. Sinks a sweet sweeping hook.
2:53 TIMEOUT KNICKS----- Knicks will have ball after the break.
The Knicks have Prigioni, Stat, Kidd, Martin and Smith on the floor. Who can keep the Knicks in this one?
3:15 Stat comes in for Melo. Another foul on the Knicks. Stat called for the foul and the Knicks are in the penalty.
4:03 Stephenson finall hits the three! Biggest lead of the game. 12-point lead. Pacers up. Pacers looked like they were running a bit of a triangle offense. Anthony picks up 4th foul. Switched on Hibbert and the physicality was too much to handle. Anthony goes to the bench when the Knicks are struggling from the floor.
4:31 Melo can't get the putback. Pacers almost picked up another turnover. Knicks have gone cold
5:00 Third foul on Melo. West to the line. 2-2 from the line.
Play-by-play Back! 5:15 to play in the 3rd- Pacers have ball. So far it's been Melo driving and hitting jumpers, while the Pacers are hitting threes and Hibbert still working well with his jump baby hook.
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Knicks do a great job to trim the lead. Pacers up 36-33.
24.2 Stephenson with a HORRRRIIIIBLE shot. Smith holds it. Passes it to Anthony. What a feed! Martin with the bucket. George misses the half-court shot
55.1 seconds remaining-- Melo fouled in the paint. He was fouled like 3 times. Goes to the line. 1-2 from the line. 5-point game.
1:40 GORGE JAMS IN THE PUT BACK!! Smith responds 202 in last two shots. Knicks have a chance to cut it to four.
2:11 Line drive jumper by Smith. Shumpert draws another foul! This time, he goes to the line. West arguing from the bench Shump sinks 1st... hits 2nd
3:00 West gets called for an offensive foul. West can believve it. He goes to the bench. The Pacers D is simply all over the Knicks. Smith misses the three! ANOTHER OFFENSIVE FOUL! Iman Shumpert drawing fouls left and right.
3:32 George forces the Knicks 9th turnover. AND FINISHES WITH A BEAUTIFUL LAYUP!
Anthony sinks the quick jumper. Hibbert misses and Shumpert now has 8 rebounds. Alley oop is broken up. Pacers race back the other way. miss.
4:55 10-point game! Pacers up! TIMEOUT KNICKS!
1-2 from the free throw line. Knicks can't sink shot. Hibbert with a hook. And-1! Sinks free throw
Shumpert called for the foul on the floor. West gets his own rebound. Gets fouled. Chandler picks up 1st foul West to the line
6:53 TIMEOUT PACERS---- Hibbert responds with a baby hook. Shumpert travels. 7 TO's for the Knicks
7:06 Melo sinks all three free throws. West misses free throw, then Martin lets the ball slip out of bounds. Knicks force the turnover, then the Knicks turn it over.
7:12 West hit with a tech. West never touched Melo, but a foul was called. Melo deserves an Oscar. He was holding on to his shoulder. Sinks 1 of 3 free throws.
7:40 Pacers misses his sot. Prigioni drives. Martin called for the foul. 2nd on Martin. Neither offense can get something working.
8:15 Stat with the jam! West on the other end tries to put it over Stat but falls a bit short. Shump with a good cross over, but then misses the jumper as help came over.
8:42 The Pacers are getting rolls and bounces. They are up. TIMEOUT KNICKS. Pacers are leading.
Pacers with possession... Stat in playing Hansbrough,., Hibbert to Young, can't get the roll. Tip, tip, bucket. Foul
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Pacers win the quarter 18-15.
Pacers hold it for the last shot. They miss. BUZZER.
38.6 Hansbrough AND-1!! Misses free throw. Melo drives tried drawing foul. Sinks the short jumper.
1:07 Both sides turn the ball over. Kidd hits the back of the iron with a three. Pacers still up with less than a minute remaining in the 1st.
2:03 TIMEOUT KNICKS---------- Clear path foul... Misses both free throws AND the Pacers put up a horrible shot.
Smith with the clear path foul? Doesn't look like it.
2:36 Smith forces up a J. Misses badly. Looked like he was trying to draw the contact. Hibbert with his deadly hook again.
3:03 Hill with a three! Pacers regain the lead.
Offensive foul on the Knicks. Melo called for using his arms twice to drive to the hoop.
3:50 Smith in the game and misses the three. Hill charged for the foul. 3rd on the Pacers.
4:47 Tied game! Chandler with the jam on the alley. 4 points for Chandler. AND-1! After the turnover the Knicks battle on the boards. Pick up two offensive fouls in one possession. Chandler to the line. Misses.
Another turnvover for the Pacers. 3-second violation. Not what you want to do after a timeout
Important to point out, the Pacers are winning the battle of the off. boards. The winner of offensive boards has won the last two games.
TIMEOUT PACERS-------
5:31 Chandler can't get the hook to fall. Pacers have the ball. Hill misses the three over Melo. West with another offensive board.
6:02 Shumpert sinks a medium range humper. Knicks press and almost force the turn over. Pacers missing wide open threes.
2 point game after Melo scores th elast five for the Knicks. George gets the defensive rebound and West sinks the short floater to stop the bleeding.
7:07 Melo sinks a three... George misses the three. Knicks run it up te floor. Melo drives and draws the foul. 2nd on the Pacers. Hibbert gets charged. Melo to the line.
7:33 West with another turnover. Pacers up so far in this one.
8:17 Turnover Pacers. 2nd of the game. Melo posts. Ball tipped. He recovers and misses badly.
8:38 Pacers 3-3 from 3. They might as well just keep shooting threes.
9:12 Hill with another three. Wait what? Chandler with a 12-footer? Swish
10:00 Both teams cold. Prigioni travels.
1 foul on West... Offensive. Knicks 0-3 from the floor. They haven't tried Penetrating taking all their shots from the outside. And Prigioni misses the three.
12:00 Knicks win the tip... Melo bricks! Hill knocks down the three!
Teams are on the floor. Tip off is coming next.
Game is starting in a couple of minutes---------
The Indiana Pacers host the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Check out the score in this live blog with play-by-play, commentary and stats from this matchup as the game tips off a little after 8 p.m. ET.
The Knicks blew out the Pacers in their last meeting, winning Game 2 105-79. New York was unstoppable in the final quarter of the game outscoring the Pacers 33-13. Carmelo Anthony, as usual, led the way with 32 points. Iman Shumpert added to his highlight reel with a monster dunk off a Chris Copeland miss. Raymond Felton had his high percentage shooting night going 5-9 from the floor with 14 points. The Knicks shoudl do a better job of getting him the ball as J.R. Smith continues to struggle as usual.
For the Pacers, the ball didn't bounce their way in Game 2. They shot well from the floor hitting 46 percent of their field goals and going 8-25 from three. However, they couldn't keep possession of the ball. The Pacers finished the night with 21 turnovers, 14 more than the Knicks had in Game 2.
One advantage the Pacers didn't use too often was Roy Hibbert. He only took seven shots in Game 2 after destroying Tyson Chandler and the Knicks in Game 1 with his baby hooks. Look for Paul George and George Hill to play their part in getting the home crowd into it as they are the Pacers most consistent scorers.
The Knicks would love for Smith to get his game back as he's been shooting horrendously from the floor. Anthony is a pure scorer, but there's only so much he can do as the Pacers will frustrate him whenever he makes moves for the basket. David West will try his best to create these frustrations.
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