Sure, it was the New York Knicks, but after losing two of their last three, a win was needed to right the ship for the Indiana Pacers.
The win won’t take away the narrative that they’ve been beating up on bad teams — there’s some truth to that — but at the same time, a good team should be able to handle the NBA’s ‘rebuilding’ teams.
It was a balanced game from the Pacers, but Domantas Sabonis filled up the box score with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Sabonis merely shot 64.3 percent after his perfect performance last time Indiana visited Madison Square Garden.