Aaron Nesmith's 4th quarter puts him as sole player to achieve historic playoff feat

Alex Walsh

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If you were able to catch your breath after that thrilling ending, let's look into one of the many historic feats in Wednesday night's thriller.

What history was made by Aaron Nesmith?

In Game 1 against the Knicks, Nesmith became the first player to hit six threes in the fourth quarter of a playoff game in the play-by-play era.

Nesmith was on fire in the final few minutes, hitting clutch shot after clutch shot to keep Indiana in the game.

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These timely threes allowed Haliburton to hit the game-tying long two-pointer at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. 

Nesmith finished with 30 points and was an incredible 8/9 from three and 9/13 from the field.

Nesmith will need to continue this high level of play as the Pacers will have to bring their A-game Friday in Game 2 to combat a hungry Knicks team looking to tie the series up.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.