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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Did Indiana pull Reggie too early? I think they were down like 7 or 8 with 16 seconds left. But its Reggie- didn't he score 10 in 10 seconds against the Knicks once?

That one still hurts.

1995 PLAYOFFS (Eastern Conference Semis; Pacers win 4-3... Reggie: 22.6 ppg)

GAME ONE (May @ 7 @ MSG): Reggie caps a 31-point game by scoring eight points over an 8.9-second span, wiping out a six-point Knicks lead and giving Pacers series-opening 107-105 win at stunned MSG.

Shocking, unforgettable last-minute sequence: With Knicks leading 105-99, Reggie nails a three with 16.4 seconds left (105-102). Then Reggie – after pushing off Greg Anthony -- steals Anthony Mason’s inbound, steps back behind the stripe and nails another threeball to tie the score 105-105 with 13.3 left... Then comes the play everyone forgets: Sam Mitchell, thinking Indiana still trails by one, intentionally fouls John Starks on the inbound with 13.2 left, but Starks misses both FTA... Mason rebounds the second miss, Ewing fails to put back from close in, Reggie rebounds and is fouled by Mase with 7.5 left. Reggie nails both FTA (107-105 Indiana), then Knicks see last hopes fade as Greg Anthony slips and falls going to the hole as buzzer sounds.