The Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks 138-135 in a Game 1 overtime win at Madison Square Garden. Pacers guard/forward Aaron Nesmith played out of his mind and exploded for 20 points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, without missing a single shot in the quarter.

It's the Pacers vs Knicks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Follow along for live score and game updates at Madison Square Garden.

The Pacers were down by as many as 17 points in the fourth quarter on Wednesday night in NYC, but rallied to win Game 1.

Teammate Tyrese Haliburton captured most of the headlines for hitting the shot that sent the contest into overtime — and mimicking former Indiana star Reggie Miller’s famous choke sign at the Knicks afterward — but it was Nesmith who set the stage for Haliburton’s game-tying basket at the regulation buzzer.

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"Every team in the NBA wants a guy like Aaron Nesmith," Pacers teammate Tyrese Haliburton said of the Game 1 hero.

An insurmountable deficit was on the scoreboard at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks in the playoffs.Correction: A seemingly insurmountable deficit.And just like Reggie Miller nearly three decades ago,

Aaron Nesmith saved the day—and joined the NBA playoff history books—with his fourth quarter shooting vs. the Knicks.