Karl-Anthony Towns was brilliant in the fourth-quarter, scoring 20 points in the frame — which was the same as Indiana’s entire team — to help the Knicks avoid an all-but season-ending 0-3 whole in the series. The Pacers’ stars weren’t able to match his dominance. Haliburton, who broke the Knicks’ hearts with a game-tying jumper in Game 1 that sent the game into overtime and eventually led to a Pacers win, scored seven points in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t provide the same late-game heroics as he did in Game 3.
The All-Star guard sank two free throws to cut the Knicks’ lead to two points with 9.7 seconds left in the game, but this time around, the Pacers ran out of magic. Jalen Brunson, who battled through foul trouble for nearly the entire game, scored six points over the last 77 seconds of the game to seal the Knicks’ victory.