In one of the wildest NBA playoff games ever at Madison Square Garden, the Pacers, trailing by 16 points in the fourth quarter, rallied past the Knicks in a 138-135 overtime thriller in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night.

Pacers 138, Knicks 135. The Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks, 138-135 in overtime in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Tyrese Haliburton forced overt

Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks drew a massive audience.

The Knicks held a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter and a nine-point edge in the final minute, yet the Pacers were able to come back and force overtime -- and eventually win the game -- through an incredible sequence of events,

The Knicks let Game 1 slip right through their fingers, but they learned some very valuable lessons about how to attack the Pacers.

Even a day after the Pacers' stunning Game 1 comeback victory over the Knicks, Isiah Thomas and Steve Smith are still buzzing.

The Knicks led the Pacers by 14 points with under three minutes to play Wednesday night, but through an array of defensive mistakes and costly turnovers, they lost in overtime to open the Eastern Conference finals.

If the New York Knicks' fourth-quarter collapse in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals was unbelievable that's probably because it was the first of its kind, dating back to the start of the play-by-play era in 1997.