Basketball · 1995 · New York, USA
8 Points in 9 Seconds
Trailing by six points with under twenty seconds left at Madison Square Garden, Reggie Miller scores eight points off two three-pointers and two free throws to steal a win from the rival Knicks.
8, in 9 seconds
Points scored
Pacers 107-105 Knicks
Result
6 points
Deficit overcome
The Indiana Pacers trailed the New York Knicks 105-99 with 18.7 seconds left in Game 1 of their 1995 Eastern Conference semifinal at Madison Square Garden, a deficit that looked settled with the ball in New York's hands. Reggie Miller, the Pacers' shooting guard and a player who had built a rivalry with Knicks fans over years of postseason meetings, changed that in a span of nine seconds.
Miller hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to three, then immediately stole the Knicks' ensuing inbounds pass, retreated behind the three-point line, and drained another three to tie the game. Fouled on the next Indiana possession, he calmly made both free throws to put the Pacers ahead.
Indiana won 107-105, completing a comeback built entirely on one player's nine-second burst against a hostile road crowd. The performance cemented Miller's reputation as one of the game's most feared clutch shooters and gave New York fans, who had jeered him throughout, a finish they still talk about with disbelief.
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