INDIANAPOLIS — The Knicks played right into the Pacers’ hands. Josh Hart fell right into their trap. Turning the ball over is precisely what can’t be done against a team that thrives so much in transition. But Knicks turnovers were the biggest determinant of their 130-121 Game 4 loss to the Pacers Tuesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

There are several reasons the Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years. Hart, a do-it-all guard who epitomizes the team's ethos, is one of them.

The New York Knicks' regularly scheduled Josh Hart antics were fashionably late and undeniably clutch in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Hart's de facto demotion from the Knicks' starting lineup,