In 2024, Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers came back from a 2-0 deficit to take down a hobbled Knicks club in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to win in seven games. One series later, they ended up getting swept the mighty Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are meeting once again in the playoffs, and this time there is an NBA finals berth on the line. The New York-Indiana playoff rivalry gets its newest chapter in the 2025 Eastern Conference finals,

This might not be the conference finals matchup that many expected, but that just makes things all the more interesting.