Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Pacers beat the New York Knicks 114-109 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

Friday it was Pascal Siakam, the guy in the gym with an NBA title on his resume from when he was with the Raptors, doing the scoring for the Pacers, especially in the first half when they needed him the most, on his way to 39 points that felt like a hundred on this night.

The Pacers are in control of the Eastern Conference finals as the series shifts to Indiana for Game 3 Sunday. Highlights from Madison Square Garden.

Pascal Siakam scored 39 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 114-109 road win over the New York Knicks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday evening.

The New York Knicks are the latest team to struggle against the Pacers. They find themselves down 2-0 to the Pacers as the series heads to Indianapolis for Game 3 and Game 4. Indiana has only lost to one team on the road this postseason, and that's the Bucks. Milwaukee can show the Knicks a thing or two about how to take down Indiana.

Expect Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and Pacers to be a star-studded affair. Here's all the stars in attendance.

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After being voted as the most overrated player in the NBA by his peers ( via The Athletic ), Haliburton has put on an incredible playoff run to lead his team to his second straight Eastern Conference finals run. The former No. 12 pick in the draft out of Iowa State supplied 31 points and 11 assists, along with the biggest shot of the game.