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Pacers’ Aaron Nesmith goes ‘unconscious’ with 6 late 3s to assist steal Japanese Convention Finals Sport 1 from Knicks
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Pacers’ Aaron Nesmith goes ‘unconscious’ with 6 late 3s to assist steal Japanese Convention Finals Sport 1 from Knicks

Last updated: May 22, 2025 2:07 pm
Editorial Board Published May 22, 2025
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An NBA-sized rim has a diameter of 18 inches. However for Pacers guard Aaron Nesmith within the fourth quarter of Wednesday night time’s Sport 1 of the Japanese Convention Finals, the rim was the scale of the Atlantic Ocean.

Or at the least that’s what it appeared like for the 25-year-old who drained six consecutive three-pointers to hold his group out of a 13-point deficit within the closing 5 minutes of regulation that led to an unbelievable come-from-behind 138-135 additional time win at Madison Sq. Backyard.

“It’s unreal,” mentioned Nesmith, who totaled 30 factors on 9-of-13 taking pictures from the sector, together with eight made three-pointers. “It’s probably the best feeling in the world for me. First, I love it like when that basket feels like an ocean, and anything you toss up, you feel like it’s going to go in. It’s just so much fun.”

Nesmith’s heroics saved his group within the sport with the Knicks only a few minutes away from securing a 1-0 sequence lead. The primary trey — from one among Tyrese Haliburton’s 11 assists — shortened the deficit to 12 with 4:45 remaining. He then drained a 26-footer a minute and 31 seconds later to get nearer to 11.

“I was just doing what the team needed of me,” mentioned Nesmith, who was unaware of his sizzling streak throughout the sport. “I was just letting them fly. Was in a good rhythm. Didn’t really realize what I was doing in the moment, just trying to win the basketball game.”

He would drain two extra earlier than changing his deepest one, a 30-footer steps away from the Knicks emblem with OG Anunoby not shut sufficient for a correct closeout.

“He got too much airspace, and some of it is transition,” mentioned Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau. “Some of it is coming off pindowns. Some of it is communication. I’m gonna take a look at the film.”

His closing trey in regulation got here on one other Haliburton help and was shot over Josh Hart, who slipped after maneuvering round Obi Toppin’s display screen on the perimeter. It introduced the Pacers inside two with 22.1 seconds remaining.

Because the Knicks ran out of gasoline and sputtered, Nesmith saved his foot on the pedal. Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle subbed out Nesmith for slightly below three minutes earlier than the torrid stretch, permitting the sharpshooter to return with contemporary legs within the comeback try.

“So he came back in the game fresh and he had his legs,” mentioned Carlisle. The top coach added the treys “were all very much needed… Aaron got hot certainly at the right time.”

Nesmith’s buckets later arrange Haliburton’s thrilling buzzer-beater on the finish of regulation. The Pacers All-Star nailed a stepback jumper over Mitchell Robinson that the street group initially celebrated because the game-winner. Haliburton proceeded to make the choke signal — a not-so-subtle callback to Reggie Miller’s taunt directed at Spike Lee throughout the 1994 Japanese Convention Finals.

Officers deemed the made area purpose a two-pointer after replay confirmed Haliburton’s foot on the road.

Nesmith admitted postgame he wished the ultimate play of regulation to be drawn up for him.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t,” Nesmith mentioned when requested if he’d hope to get the ball. “But big-time players make big-time plays and that’s what [Haliburton] continues to do on a daily basis.”

The sport went into additional time, a interval the Pacers gained, 13-10. Nesmith didn’t do harm there, however Andrew Nembhard did with seven factors within the further interval to safe the win. It capped one other comeback win from the never-say-die Pacers squad.

Earlier than Wednesday, postseason groups have been 0-970 once they trailed by 14 or extra factors within the closing 2:50 of regulation. The Pacers now stand alone: 1-970. The one group to beat such deficit late in a playoff sport.

And Nesmith is an enormous purpose along with his efficiency for the ages.

“Yeah he went unconscious,” mentioned Nembhard. “It was obviously very much so needed. He makes those types of plays. He’s a big-time hooper.”

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