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NBA playoffs: Pacers outlast Knicks, 111–106, for crucial Game 3 win
Tyrese Haliburton scored 35 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 111–106 win over the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their second-round NBA playoff series.
The Canadian PressJalen Brunson starts for New York Knicks despite injured right foot
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson started Game 3 against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night despite having a sore right foot. The All-Star is averaging a league-high 35.6 points in the postseason, leading the Knicks to a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Brunson was injured late in the first quarter Wednesday night but returned in the second half and helped the Knicks rally for a 130-122 victory. Brunson is irreplaceable for the severely short-handed Knicks. He
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Charles Oakley declines invite to MSG as long as James Dolan is in charge
Retired New York Knicks star Charles Oakley says no thanks, he won’t step foot in Madison Square Garden. Not during these NBA playoffs, and certainly not as long as he has an ongoing lawsuit against Madison Square Garden and team owner James Dolan over a tussle with security at a 2017 Knicks game that got Oakley ejected from the arena. “I guess their lawyer called my lawyer saying it's a good time for you to come back to the Garden,” Oakley told The Associated Press on Friday. Oakley, the former
The Canadian PressCavs and Mavs try to keep home-court edge in Game 3s against Celtics and Thunder
Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers took the home-court advantage with a Game 2 victory in Boston, the same way Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks did in Oklahoma City. Now the Cavs and Mavs will try keep that edge against the top seeds in each conference in their respective Game 3s at home Saturday. The Celtics, who had the best record in the NBA, had the same problem in the first round, losing Game 2 to Miami before winning the final three games of the series. “Nobody’s in there def