Haliburton, who was named the most overrated player in the NBA by his peers before the playoffs, continued to show that if anything, he's underrated. The star point guard nearly had a triple-double by the end of the first half and finished with 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds. What's more, Haliburton didn't turn the ball over one time.

Still, the evidence is right in front of them: The teams advancing and the teams booking flights to Cancun have distinct differences. The NBA will always be a star’s league. But the teams that win it all? They’re deeper than the headlines.

Tyrese Haliburton followed his magical Game 4 with a muted performance, with just eight points on 2-7 shooting and six assists. Bennedict Mathurin had another strong night, scoring 23 points in 25 minutes, and Pascal Siakam scored 15 points on just 5-13 shooting.

Tyrese Haliburton’s NBA Finals push with the Indiana Pacers sparks debate over his place alongside franchise legend Reggie Miller.

For the New York Knicks, this was the best season in a quarter of a century. They made it back to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the Allan Houston-Latrell Sprewell-Patrick

INDIANAPOLIS — With 46.1 seconds to play in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, Indiana Pacers forward Obi Toppin stepped back behind the 3-point line to receive a baseline out-of-bounds pass from Tyrese Haliburton. Without a New York Knicks player anywhere near him, Toppin hit Indiana’s 13th 3-pointer, a dagger against his former team.

Mathurin, who played just 24:42 off the bench, led all Pacers with 23 points The Oklahoma City Thunder awaits the winner of the series in the NBA Finals ... part of a run to push their lead ...