News Category: Indiana

Plenty of offense on tap as Celtics, Pacers meet in East finals

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Based on past performance, it’s unlikely that generating good offense will be a problem for either team when the Indiana Pacers visit the Boston Celtics for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night. Sixth-seeded Indiana led the NBA in scoring during the regular season, when it averaged 123.3 points per game. Top-seeded Boston averaged 120.6 points per contest in the regular season, which ranked No. 2. The Pacers shot 67.1 percent from the

Caitlin Clark still seeking first WNBA win as Fever, Sun meet

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Think of the Indiana Fever, and Caitlin Clark comes to mind. But the No. 1 overall pick in last month’s WNBA draft is still seeking her first win with the Fever, who are set to face the Connecticut Sun on Monday night in Indianapolis. Indiana (0-3) is off to a rough start, with Clark averaging a team-high 17.0 points through the team’s first three games. She has struggled with ball security, though, committing 7.0 turnovers

Knicks look to hold home court vs. Pacers in Game 7

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The biggest trends of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks continued in Game 6 Friday night. Whether the script remains the same for Game 7 may depend on the health of Knicks forward Josh Hart, who is listed as questionable for the pivotal encounter. The Knicks will host the Pacers in the winner-take-all Game 7 Sunday afternoon, when the two teams battle to advance to the conference finals

Caitlin Clark show comes to Big Apple as Fever visit Liberty

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The New York Liberty look to remain unbeaten on Saturday afternoon when they host the Indiana Fever and rookie Caitlin Clark in their home opener in Brooklyn. “We have to show up and play our 40 minutes of best basketball in order to win,” Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu said. It is a rematch of Thursday night’s 102-66 rout in favor of the Liberty (2-0), an outcome that put a damper on the Fever’s home opener.

Knicks focus on finishing off Pacers, avoiding Game 7

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The New York Knicks are one victory away from reaching the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000. New York will be swinging hard to end that drought when it visits the Indiana Pacers for Game 6 of their second-round series on Friday night in Indianapolis. The second-seeded Knicks hold a 3-2 edge in the series and are certainly confident after pounding the sixth-seeded Pacers 121-91 at home in Game 5. But they

Caitlin Clark, Fever move past tough opener, host Liberty

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Caitlin Clark will look to put her less-than-spectacular WNBA debut in her rearview mirror on Thursday night when the Indiana Fever host the New York Liberty in Indianapolis. Sure, Clark scored a team-high 20 points in the Fever’s 92-71 setback to the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday. However, the top overall pick of the 2024 WNBA Draft and the NCAA’s all-time Division I scoring leader also committed 10 turnovers and four fouls to prevent Indiana (0-1)

Short-handed Knicks hope to shift series flow vs. Pacers

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The last time the New York Knicks played at home, Jalen Brunson conjured up memories of the franchise’s first NBA title by playing through an injury and lifting the Knicks to a memorable victory. But the Knicks’ next championship may seem even further away by the end of Tuesday night. The undermanned Knicks will try to stop an ill-timed skid and the Pacers will aim to take the series lead Tuesday night, when New York

Caitlin Clark era gets underway as Fever visit Sun

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Caitlin Clark’s WNBA career officially begins on the road Tuesday with the Indiana Fever’s regular-season opener against the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn. The unprecedented flood of interest in women’s basketball is expected to follow Clark from her record-smashing college career at Iowa to the WNBA. The nearly 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena is sold out for Clark’s debut, and ESPN’s broadcast will include player mics and roving cameras for “a WNBA Finals-level production setup.” Knowing

Knicks try to overcome Pacers home-court streak in Game 4

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The Indiana Pacers will aim to hold serve at home and even their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the New York Knicks at two wins apiece when the teams play Game 4 in Indianapolis on Sunday. The second-seeded Knicks outlasted the Pacers during the first two contests in New York before Indiana responded with a 111-106 victory in Game 3 at home on Friday. The sixth-seeded Pacers have won their past nine games at home

Pacers running out of time to solve Knicks’ Jalen Brunson

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Jalen Brunson will look to help the New York Knicks take a commanding lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Indiana Pacers on Friday when the teams play Game 3 in Indianapolis. Brunson followed up his 43-point performance in New York’s 121-117 victory in the series opener by overcoming a right foot injury to score 29 points in a 130-121 win on Wednesday. “The mental toughness piece is so important,” Knicks coach Tom