Knicks hold Tyrese Haliburton scoreless in blowout win over Pacers

NEW YORK — Rick Carlisle knew the challenge that awaited his Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden — a new-look Knicks team and a fired-up crowd hungry for revenge. Carlisle knew the same fans his Pacers eliminated in Game 7 of last season’s Eastern Conference semifinals hadn’t forgotten the sting of being one game shy of a Conference finals appearance. He knew that this new-and-improved Knicks team wouldn’t be the same depleted squad his deep Pacers ran off the Madison Square Garden floor last year.

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