The Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks 138-135 in a Game 1 overtime win at Madison Square Garden. Pacers guard/forward Aaron Nesmith played out of his mind and exploded for 20 points in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, without missing a single shot in the quarter.

"Every team in the NBA wants a guy like Aaron Nesmith," Pacers teammate Tyrese Haliburton said of the Game 1 hero.

Teammate Tyrese Haliburton captured most of the headlines for hitting the shot that sent the contest into overtime — and mimicking former Indiana star Reggie Miller’s famous choke sign at the Knicks afterward — but it was Nesmith who set the stage for Haliburton’s game-tying basket at the regulation buzzer.

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The Indiana guard erupted for 11 points in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter to set up one of the most miraculous shots in NBA Playoff history. Nesmith hit five threes in the fourth quarter and was 8-9 overall from beyond the arc to help the Pacers pull off the 138-135 win.

Indiana Pacers' Aaron Nesmith kept his cool even after helping lead his team to a stunning win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Aaron Nesmith saved the day—and joined the NBA playoff history books—with his fourth quarter shooting vs. the Knicks.

The Pacers beat the Knicks, 138-135, in overtime in a Game 1 instant classic. This was legitimately one of the most unhinged endings to a high-stakes NBA Playoffs game in history, and it was made possible Nesmith briefly turning into some combination of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Ray Allen, and Miller himself.