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Pacers hold off Knicks in NBA Cup thriller, Spurs rout Warriors

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AFP. (2026, November 14). Pacers hold off Knicks in NBA Cup thriller, Spurs rout Warriors. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/11/14/nba-cup-basketball-pacers-knicks-spurs-warriors?traffic_source=rss

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The shorthanded Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks 106-104 on Friday, leaving the Knicks with two group-stage losses in the NBA Cup. Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 19 points to help the team overcome a 14-point third-quarter deficit, while Jalen Brunson recorded 33 points for a Knicks team that fell to 0-2 in the tournament. The report also covers the San Antonio Spurs' 123-85 victory over the Golden State Warriors, highlighted by Stephon Castle's 32 points and Victor Wembanyama's 12 points and 12 rebounds. The article focuses on the precarious tournament positions of the Knicks and the dominant start of the Spurs' Cup run.
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The Knicks are last in East Group B and will host the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat in their last two Cup group games.
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Cup Knicks New York Pacers Warriors

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Knicks ORG · 8× Pacers ORG · 3× Warriors ORG · 3× Heat ORG · 2× New York GPE · 2× Spurs ORG · 2× 3Salah PERSON · 1× Egypt GPE · 1× Indiana Pacers ORG · 1× NBA ORG · 1×

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Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Salah breaks Egypt scoring record, Tunisia lose to Libya in AFCON qualifier - list 2 of 3Goalkeeper Owono handed 12-match ban after De Miguel death - list 3 of 3Mauricio Pochettino announced as new Manchester United manager But after coming up short in their bid to erase a 14-point third-quarter deficit, the Knicks fell to 0-2 in Cup play.
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The Knicks are last in East Group B and will host the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat in their last two Cup group games.
2026-11-14 · Al Jazeera
Pacers hold off Knicks in NBA Cup thriller, Spurs rout Warriors · assertive framing

Claims (23 extracted, 0 hedged)

The shorthanded Indiana Pacers held off New York 106-104 on Friday to leave the Knicks’ bid for an NBA Cup repeat in tatters. asserted
Pacers → hold → tatters
The Knicks won last year’s in-season tournament in what proved a curtain-raiser to their run to a first NBA championship since 1973. asserted
what → win → 1973
Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Salah breaks Egypt scoring record, Tunisia lose to Libya in AFCON qualifier - list 2 of 3Goalkeeper Owono handed 12-match ban after De Miguel death - list 3 of 3Mauricio Pochettino announced as new Manchester United manager But after coming up short in their bid to erase a 14-point third-quarter deficit, the Knicks fell to 0-2 in Cup play. asserted
Knicks → break → play
They are not mathematically eliminated, but in three prior editions of the Cup, no team with two group-stage defeats has reached the knockout rounds. asserted
team → eliminate → rounds
Pascal Siakam scored 19 points to lead a balanced Pacers attack. asserted
Siakam → score → attack
Aaron Nesmith scored 18 points, Kelly Oubre Jr added 16, and Ivica Zubac and Andrew Nembhard chipped in 12 apiece to lead Indiana, who were again without injured star Tyrese Haliburton. asserted
who → score → Haliburton
Jalen Brunson scored 33 points and handed out 11 assists for the Knicks, who tied it at 87-87 early in the fourth quarter, only for the Pacers to pull away again with a 15-2 scoring run. asserted
Pacers → score → run
The Knicks made one last push, cutting the deficit to two, but Karl-Anthony Towns – who scored 23 points and pulled down 15 rebounds – missed a potential game-tying basket with nine-tenths of a second remaining. asserted
who → make → second
We were pretty big underdogs coming into this game,” said Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, whose team outscored the Knicks 50-30 in the paint. asserted
team → come → paint
“Second half, it got difficult. asserted
it → get → ?
They know how to make comebacks,” Carlisle said. asserted
Carlisle → know → comebacks
“Our guys stuck together and kept fighting together. asserted
guys → stick → ?
The Knicks are last in East Group B and will host the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat in their last two Cup group games. asserted
Knicks → host → games
In Miami, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo scored 37 points each to lead the Heat to a 133-121 victory over the Cavaliers. asserted
Antetokounmpo → score → Cavaliers
Adebayo added 14 rebounds, and Davion Mitchell chipped in 22 points and 17 assists to help the Heat improve to 2-0 in Cup play – top of the group – and 6-6 on the season. asserted
Heat → add → season
Spurs thrash Warriors asserted
Spurs → thrash → Warriors
The San Antonio Spurs, who fell to the Knicks in last year’s NBA Cup final before losing to them in the NBA Finals, crushed the Golden State Warriors 123-85, their 11th straight victory pushing them to 2-0 in Cup play. asserted
victory → fall → play
Stephon Castle scored 32 points and Victor Wembanyama added 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs, who opened the game on an 18-0 run and led by as many as 43 against a Warriors team playing without injured superstar Stephen Curry. asserted
who → score → Curry
LJ Cryer scored 20 points to lead the Warriors as none of the Golden State starters scored in double figures. asserted
none → score → figures
Veteran Draymond Green finished with four points and was assessed a flagrant foul for a shove from behind that sent Wembanyama crashing out of bounds midway through the second quarter. asserted
that → finish → quarter
In the last game of the night, the Los Angeles Clippers improved to 1-1 in Cup play – just 3-8 overall – with a battling 113-112 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. asserted
Clippers → improve → Thunder
Darius Garland sealed the victory with a three-point play with less than a minute remaining, driving for a layup that tied it at 112-112, drawing a foul and converting the free throw. asserted
that → seal → throw
LA’s Brook Lopez scored 11 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers withstood a 40-point performance from Oklahoma City’s two-time reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – who came up empty on two attempts in the waning seconds. asserted
who → score → seconds
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