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Brunson scores 32 as Knicks stay alive with Game 5 win
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Towns adds 24 points and 13 boards despite knee injury
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Pacers struggle on offense, miss chance to reach finals
The New York Knicks avoided elimination on Thursday night, beating the Indiana Pacers 111-94 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals behind 32 points from Jalen Brunson and 24 points and 13 rebounds from Karl-Anthony Towns. The win keeps the Knicks’ season alive and forces a Game 6 in Indianapolis on Saturday.
New York, down 3-1 in the best-of-seven-games series, won at home for the first time in the conference finals and denied Indiana a chance to clinch their second ever NBA finals appearance. The Knicks are trying to become just the 14th team in league history to overturn a 3-1 series deficit and the first to do it in the East finals after losing the first two games at home.
