Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: New York 51-31, Indiana 50-32
Game 1 on Wednesday, 21 May: Indiana at New York
Game 2 on Friday, 23 May: Indiana at New York
Game 3 on Sunday, 25 May: New York at Indiana
Game 4 on Tuesday, 27 May: New York at Indiana
Game 5* on Thursday, 29 May: Indiana at New York
Game 6* on Saturday, 31 May: New York at Indiana
Game 7* on Monday, 02 June: Indiana at New York
* if needed

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Playing Game 1 @ H:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team playing Game 1 @ H (New York) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals round:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 1071-536 (.666)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 234-146 (.616)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 466-164 (.740)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 89-47 (.654)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 1054-553 (.656)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 243-137 (.639)
Game 1 record, NBA only, all rounds: 451-179 (.716)
Game 1 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 94-42 (.691)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1607 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals round. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

SERIES NOTES:

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the New York Knickerbockers finished one game ahead of the Indiana Pacers. From 1947 through the 2025 NBA Quarterfinals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season game, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 24-28 (.462) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1611 is the 52nd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the New York Knickerbockers, and the 38th for the Indiana Pacers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the New York Knickerbockers have an all-rounds series record of 22-29, a Semifinals-round series record of 5-5, and a Game 1 record of 25-26 (with an active four-Game 1 winning streak), while the Indiana Pacers have an all-rounds series record of 18-19, a Semifinals-round series record of 1-8 (with an active four-Semifinals series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 17-20. Series 1611 is the eighth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the New York Knickerbockers and the Indiana Pacers. In their previous seven best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings, the Indiana Pacers won five of them. The sole Indiana Pacers best-of-7 NBA Semifinals series victory occurred in series 817, in the 2000 NBA Semifinals over the New York Knickerbockers.