A small pack of dejected New York Knicks fans ended up on the wrong end of good-natured heckling: “Hicks in six!” This Midwestern ecstasy was 25 years in the making. The Pacers pulled away from the Knicks with a hot-shooting third quarter and rode a splendid effort from star forward Pascal Siakam to claim a 125-108 victory in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse,

With Tyrese Haliburton questionable, T.J. McConnell's energy will be even more important if Indiana hopes to extend the series.