Their toughest test is upon them as they will take on the top-seed Oklahoma City Thunder for the right to be crowned NBA champions. Indiana earned its way to the finals after beating the Knicks, proving they are one of the elite teams they showed to be at the start of the 2025 calendar year.

Reggie Miller Sends Farewell Message After East Finals originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Indiana Pacers have officially booked their ticket to the NBA Finals, where they will battle the Oklahoma City Thunder in what should be an epic seven-game series.

The Indiana Pacers punched their ticket to the NBA Finals in front of a sold out crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday night for the first time in 25 years.

All Reggie Miller could do was laugh. As Madison Square Garden descended into disbelief after Tyrese Haliburton’s game-tying buzzer beater in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Miller broke the silence on the TNT broadcast with a prolonged chuckle.

To Haliburton's credit, he admitted he did Miller's choke sign wrong during his postgame interview, essentially because it wasn't for the win:

The former coach loves the fact that TNT gets this Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the Pacers and the Knicks with Miller on the call.

Tyrese Haliburton helped the Pacers rally from a 17-point deficit to stun the Knicks in overtime in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

And all those who do care about the Knicks, and even those who don’t, will always talk about the end of Game 1, when the Knicks where ahead of the Pacers by 14 with under three minutes left and still ahead nine with under a minute was left and lost. Did they ever.