Pacers final score: Knicks hold off Pacers 119-113

There were too many missed opportunities tonight for the Indiana Pacers to come up with a win against the New York Knicks, but that’s a fairly remarkable sentiment to have given where this game was with 7:40 remaining in the third quarter. Down 25 and mounting injuries, the Pacers trailed by just three with 1:22 remaining in the fourth, but couldn’t complete the comeback, dropping their third straight road game.

It took a long time for the Pacers to find a rotation that worked, namely because prior to the game, both Aaron Nesmith and Oshae Brissett were late scratches. Add to that an even later scratch for Myles Turner with back spasms and Indiana was left scrambling. They elevated James…