KAT Jumper at Buzzer Misses. Indiana 106 NY 104

November 14, 2026 LouV 2026-27 0
Jalen Brunson had 33 pts on 11-22 shooting (4-9 from 3) with 11 assists. Photo courtesy NY Knicks.

The Knicks — down 13 points with just over 6 minutes left, and down 8 points with 1:10 left — launched a furious last-minute comeback but fell short as Karl-Anthony Towns‘ game-tying 10-footer at the buzzer rimmed short. Final score Indiana 106 NY 104 on a Friday night in Indiana.

The game marked a comeback performance by Mikal Bridges, who scored 18 pts on 8-12 shooting (2-4 from 3) on an evening when OG Anunoby (11 pts on 4-13 shooting, 2-8 from 3) and Landry Shamet (5 pts on 2-6 shooting, 1-5 from 3) shot poorly. Not to mention Josh Hart who — in his 2nd game back from an injured ankle — shot 0-4 (0-3 from 3) for 0 pts in 23 minutes.

KAT and Brunson did their jobs — KAT with 23 pts (9-19 shooting, 3-7 from 3) with 15 rebounds, and Brunson with 33 pts (11-22 shooting, 4-9 from 3) with 11 assists. Miles McBride (9 pts on 3-8 shooting) and Tyler Kolek (5 pts, 6 rebounds, 4 assists in 19 minutes) also played well.

Indiana was led by Pascal Siakam (19 pts), Aaron Nesmith (18 pts on 7-10 shooting), and Kelly Oubre Jr. (16 pts). Tyrese Haliburton was out with a hamstring strain.

NY Robbed on Free Throws Again

For the 2nd game in a row, the Knicks seemed to get robbed at the free throw line — Indiana got 25 free throws (going 18-25) to NY’s 13 (going 10-13). In the prior game, Cleveland was 18-25 in free throws to NY’s 11-11. Knick coach Mike Brown got a technical in the 2nd quarter complaining about the discrepancy.

“I did get a T,” said coach Brown afterwards. “But the reality of it was, they were playing harder than us. It was out of frustration. We just had a game where a guy like Jalen who’s an All Star and an MVP candidate — goes 0-0 from the free throw line.”

“At the end of the 1st half, it was 20-3 or something like that,” Brown continued. “That in itself it’s frustrating to know we’re getting beat so bad from the free throw line. They’re missing some calls. Are we fouling? Yes. And we gotta do a better job of doing our work earlier. But discrepancy shouldn’t be that bad 2 games in a row; hopefully not 3 games in a row coming up. That’s what I’m taking a look at — there are some fouls that they’re calling with our body — because guys are just putting their heads down and running into you and snapping their head back… But we’re not getting those same calls, and that is the frustrating part.”

NY falls to 6-6; Indiana improves to 5-8.

1. NY Leads 18-9 But Indy Pulls to 27-26 Down After 1

NY jumped out to an 18-9 lead with Karl-Anthony Towns doing damage inside and out. He scored 12 points in the 1st quarter.

But Indiana pulled back into it with old pain in the ass T.J. McConnell penetrating and feeding Jay Huff for 8 straight points — a deuce sandwiched by a couple of 3’s. NY led 27-26 after 1 quarter.

2. Indy Gets 20-5 Free Throw Advantage in 1st Half

Indiana continued their aggression in the 2nd half. Pascal Siakam kept getting foul calls — and the Knicks as a whole didn’t.

In fact after 1 quarter the free throws were even at 3 free throws for each team. But Indiana proceeded to go on a 16-0 free throw run in the 2nd quarter — 12 of them by Siakam — as Indiana pulled out to a 10-pt lead.

3. Indy Up 14 in 3rd — NY 15-2 Run Pulls It within 85-84

Kelly Oubre Jr. had a game — active defensively and scoring on breaks and hitting 3’s. Ivaca Zubac was getting buckets inside or feeding Oubre and Indiana upped their lead to 14 pts early in the 3rd.

But NY tightened their D and Jalen Brunson led the Knicks on a 15-2 run that pulled NY to 85-84 down after 3 quarters.

4.  NY Ties It at 87-87 in 4th — But Indy Goes on 15-2 Run

Mikal Bridges was a big part of the Knick run as well as Brunson. An OG 3 tied the game 87-87 at the start of the 4th quarter.

But Indiana then went on a 15-2 run of their own on buckets by Andrew Nembhard, Ivica Zubac, Siakam, Oubre, and Aaron Nesmith. The Pacers led 102-89 with 6:36 left.

5. NY Furious Last-Minute Comeback Falls a Jumper Short

But NY wasn’t done. A 3 by Mikal Bridges and deuce by Brunson pulled NY back to 8 down with 5:15 left.

KAT and Brunson got buckets for NY down the stretch — but Oubre and Siakam got scores for Indy, and they were up 106-98 with 1:49 left.

NY pressured Indy on D and forced turnovers.

  • A Nembhard turnover led to a KAT bucket and NY was down 6 with 1:04 left.
  • OG blocked a Nesmith 3-pointer — but Brunson missed a 3 down the other end.
  • NY forced an 8 second violation on Nesmith bringing it up court, and Brunson hit a drive with 26 seconds left to bring NY within 106-102.
  • Bridges fouled Siakam with 23 seconds left — and Siakam Missed both free throws — then Bridges hit a deuce down the other end and NY was down 106-104 with 10 seconds left.
  • After a timeout, NY forced Siakam to throw the ball away on the inbounds — OG stealing — and NY called timeout with 2.8 seconds left.
  • NY inbounded to KAT, who took a turnaround 12 footer at the buzzer — but the ball rolled out for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909296

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