New York Knicks: Revisiting Rivalry With Indiana Pacers

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers will revisit their rivalry on Tuesday, December 20. We revisit the postseason meetings between these teams.

Though the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, and San Antonio Spurs were the champions of the 1990s, the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers were crucial organizations. The rivalry between New York and Indiana, as well as the challenges they posed to contenders, made the decade what it was.

As the Knicks prepare to host the Pacers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, December 20, it’s only right to revisit one of the most storied rivalries in franchise history.

Between 1993 and 2000, the Knicks and Pacers met in the playoffs an astonishing six times in eight years. Two of those six series went to seven games, another two went to six games, and three were played in the Eastern Conference Finals.

As the two seven-game series display, the Knicks and Pacers went to war and rarely had a significant degree of separation.

New York and Indiana met again in the 2013 NBA Playoffs, thus rekindling the flame of an all-time rivalry. It’s entirely possible that the two sides will meet once again in the 2017 NBA Playoffs, with the December 20 game serving as nothing more than a preview.

In preparation for what projects to be an unforgettable encounter, we revisit the Knicks-Pacers rivalry and the postseason meetings that made it what it was.