NBA East 2nd-round match-up: Knicks gear for old-school playoff rival Pacers who play new-age game

Back when the New York Knicks often would march into the playoffs, they'd almost always run into the Indiana Pacers. With the teams set to renew their playoff rivalry Monday in the Eastern Conference semifinals, it's easy to think back to those rough and rugged tussles in the 1990s. Tyrese Haliburton runs the NBA's highest-scoring offense, with Indiana putting numbers on the scoreboard that make the ones in the past Knicks-Pacers contests look like a different sport, not just a different century. “I guess whenever you have the original teams from back then, there's always going to be some type of history,” Brunson said.