Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who erupted and was ejected in the final minute of Wednesday's Game 2 loss, said he believed unfair officiating again favored the big-market Knicks.

Jalen Brunson fought through a first-half injury and sparked the shorthanded Knicks to a 130-121 win over the Pacers in Game 2.

Out for much of the first half with a sore right foot, Jalen Brunson returned to score 24 of his 29 points in the second half as the Knicks won 130-121 to take a 2-0 series lead over the Pacers.

New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson returned to start the second half of Monday's Game 2 against the Pacers after exiting the contest late in the first quarter with a right foot injury.

The former Pacers star-turned-analyst infamously responded to taunts from Spike Lee with a playoff win over the Knicks.

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic became the NBA's ninth three-time MVP, easily beating out the Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Mavs' Luka Doncic on Wednesday.