INDIANAPOLIS — Just when you thought they were out, they drag you back in.

The season was exhausted. So were the players. This city loves its Pacers, but what runs a close second in the heart of Hoosiers is watching Knicks teams get hammered in the heartland. And the Knicks were getting hammered. They were down 20. It felt like 30. It felt like the end. And then …

And then.

“They went on their run early,” OG Anunoby would say. “But we had one for them too.”