The New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers reached the Eastern Conference finals by virtue of a record number of ridiculous comebacks. That bore out in Game 1.

On Wednesday, it was the Knicks yielding a late lead to a furious Pacers surge, then falling 138-135 in overtime to complete one of the most stunning games of an NBA playoffs that had already set a high mark for drama.

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New York led by as many as 17 points in the fourth quarter and by 14 points with 2:45 remaining. Teams were, emphasis on past tense, 994-0 when leading by at least 14 with 2:45 left. And now they’re 994-1, and it shouldn’t be a surprise the Pacers were involved after posting some of the wildest comebacks in recent memory against both the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers.

The game came down to one final possession for the Pacers, down two points with 7.3 seconds left. The ball naturally reached the hands of Tyrese Haliburton, who attempted to continue his run of heartbreakers with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

For a moment, it looked like the ball had clanged away, before falling back in the net. For a moment, the the game looked over, and then replay showed Haliburton’s foot was on the 3-point line. Overtime.

All told, the Pacers scored 23 points in the final three minutes and 14 seconds of regulation, the most any team has scored in such a stretch in NBA playoff history, according to Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press.

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Haliburton had something special prepared for the moment after the shot, pulling out the Reggie Miller “choke” sign against the Knicks with the Pacers legend himself calling the game for TNT, not realizing his team had five more minutes left to play.

Game 2 is scheduled for Friday at 8 p.m. ET in New York.

The Aaron Nesmith game

Haliburton might have had the big shot, but Aaron Nesmith was responsible for seemingly every other huge swing for the Pacers in the final minutes.

Nesmith had 10 points with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. He finished the game with 30. He made five 3-pointers in the final four minutes of regulation and pulled the Pacers back into a game that should have been over.

Nesmith went scoreless in overtime, but he had already done enough to give Knicks fans flashbacks every time they hear his name going forward.