It's crunch time after Pacers made sure their semifinal best-of-7 series would go deep

The Denver Nuggets, who heeded their coach's admonition to start acting and playing like the reigning champs they are, and the Indiana Pacers saw to it that their semifinal series wouldn't feature any brooms. The Pacers beat the New York Knicks in back-to-back games at home to even their Eastern Conference series 2-2 with Game 5 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. “All we did was do our job,” Tyrese Haliburton said after the Pacers routed the Knicks 121-89 on Sunday.