New York Knicks: Revisiting Rivalry With Indiana Pacers

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Feb 28, 2015; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks former player Anthony Mason, who died today, is honored with a moment of silence at Madison Square Garden before a game between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

1993: Knicks def. Pacers, 3-1

Before the first round of the NBA Playoffs was a seven-game series, it was a five-game war. This gave the lower seeds less time to shock the world and the higher seeds less time to recover from a potential home loss.

In 1993, the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers went to war in what was the first of six postseason series.

New York defeated the Pacers 3-1, but this was far from an easy series. Patrick Ewing and Charles Smith combined for 49 points to overcome the 32 Reggie Miller scored in Game 1, with Ewing hitting a clutch jumper to close the Pacers out late in the fourth quarter.

New York came from behind to win Game 2 101-91, with John Starks posting 29 points and 11 assists, Ewing tallying 25 points, and Doc Rivers tacking on 11 points and 13 assists.

Indiana grabbed Game 3 in a lopsided manner, 116-93, behind a combined 90 points from Miller, Detlef Schrempf, and Rik Smits. Anthony Mason had a clutch 25 points and 10 rebounds off the bench in Game 4, however, as the Knicks closed out the Pacers, 109-100.

Following the win over Indiana, New York would go on to make its first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 1974.

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