The Knicks are looking to channel the grit and energy that defined their Game 5 performance into a series-saving win.New York kept the Game 3 lineup with Towns at forward and Mitchell Robinson at center,

The Indiana Pacers will have to wait another day to earn a berth in the NBA Finals as the New York Knicks avoided elimination with a 111-94 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.

Game 5 was the Pacers' least efficient game of the playoffs. They turned the ball over 20 times -- their most this postseason and six more than their total in any of the previous games in this series -- and rarely looked like the fun, free-flowing team that had piled up 130 points against the Knicks two days earlier.