The Indiana Pacers were dominating the Knicks for much of the game then during the third quarter Iman Shumpert started firing from three point line helping Carmelo Anthony with the Knicks surge. It carried over into the fourth quarter and the Knicks were finally able to take the lead, then Roy Hibbert stepped in and changed everything. Read more after the jump.
Midway through the fourth quarter of Game 6 and with the Knicks surging and clinging to a two-point advantage, Carmelo Anthony drove baseline and elevated, almost certainly expecting to finish this dunk over Roy Hibbert to further extend his team’s lead.
Hibbert got there first, however, and met Anthony at the rim for this monster rejection.
Not only was this play one of the game’s signature highlights, it sparked the Pacers form that point on. Indiana immediately went on a 9-0 run to seize control of the game, and finished it off with a 106-99 victory that eliminated New York from the playoffs.
