After appearing down and out midway through the fourth, the Indiana Pacers staged an impressive comeback against the New York Knicks, securing their second preseason win on a 25-6 run. They got there with some timely shooting from Andrew Nembhard and Goga Bitadze, climbing back into it and taking charge behind big time play from rookie Bennedict Mathurin.
Mathurin scored all nine of his fourth quarter points after Indiana had given up their first lead of the second half and fallen behind by 10, prompting a timeout from Rick Carlisle. Out of the timeout, Mathurin completed a three point play and drilled a floater to cut the lead in half, setting up Nembhard and Bitadze to each hit two three pointers that pushed Indiana into the lead with two minutes remaining.