Carmelo and the Knicks loss 106-99 and the Pacers are going to the Eastern Conference Finals

     The Indiana Pacers knock out the New York Knicks with 106-99 win in Game 6 (Marot,2013,p.nd). The Pacers are going to the Eastern Conference Finals and will face the Miami Heat (NBA Champion). The Pacers will have a rematch of last year's conference semifinals loss to Miami (Brunner,2013,p.nd). According to Marot (2013), the Indiana Pacers spent the entire season perfecting its defense, but Carmelo evaded that defense and scored 39 points (p.nd). In the Pacers, Lance Stephenson "eliminate the Knicks" scoring 25 points (career-high), and added 10 rebounds (ESPN,2013,p.nd). Paul George had 23 points and Roy Hibbert had 21 points.
     The Knicks were loosing by 10 points at the beginning of the 3rd quarter, but they made a 12-2 run to go 81-81 to the 4th quarter. Iman Shumpert made some 3's and lead the 12-2 run when they were loosing by 12 points.For this game, the Pacers could play with George Hill, who didn't played in Game 5 due to a concussion suffered in Game 4. J.R. Smith was also making some 3's and with Copeland they added a streak of 7 consecutive 3-pointers made as the Knicks took 92-90 lead with 5:42 remaining in the 4th quarter (Brunner,2013,p.nd). According to Brunner (2013), Carmelo missed 2 shots and committed 3 turnovers while Stephenson scored 7 straight points in a 9-0 run to put Indiana in front 99-92; a 3 point play by Smith and a dunk by Anthony cut it off to 103-99 with 49 seconds left but the Pacers closed it out at the line (p.nd). The Indiana Pacers beat the Knicks 4-2, while the Miami Heat beat the Bulls 4-1. The Pacers won 2 of 3 games in the regular season against the Heat; the only game that the Heat won was when they were in their 27-game winning streak.

References:
Marot (2013) Pacers knock out Knicks with 106-99 win in Game 6
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Brunner (2013) Notebook: Pacers 106, Knicks 99
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ESPN (2013) Lance Stephenson leads way as Pacers knock out Knicks
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