Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Pacers beat the New York Knicks 114-109 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

The New York Knicks have dropped the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals at home to the Indiana Pacers. After a wild Game 1 between the two sides, Game 2 was much more tightly-contested, but the Pacers were able to come out with a big win.

Tyrese Haliburton smiled widely as he envisioned the scene when the Pacers host Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals to cap a daylong sports celebration in Indiana.

The Pacers have seized complete control against the Knicks with their win in Game 2, and NBA fans had some interesting reactions to their triumph.

Pascal Siakam scored 39 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 114-109 road win over the New York Knicks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday evening.

New Yorkers had no chance of catching any sleep after the Knicks delivered an unthinkable blunder in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers. This was a night to remember in the city that never sleeps for all the wrong reasons.

After being voted as the most overrated player in the NBA by his peers ( via The Athletic ), Haliburton has put on an incredible playoff run to lead his team to his second straight Eastern Conference finals run. The former No. 12 pick in the draft out of Iowa State supplied 31 points and 11 assists, along with the biggest shot of the game.