Brunson scores 32 as Knicks stay alive with Game 5 win
Towns adds 24 points and 13 boards despite knee injury
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.
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