Wednesday’s NBA playoffs score, takeaways: Knicks keep dropping; Pacers can’t capitalize

The Indiana Pacers returned to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, looking to even their series with the New York Knicks after a controversial ending to Monday’s Game 1 had allowed the home team to slip away. Instead, the Pacers leave New York in a 2-0 hole after the Knicks pull away late.
Here’s what we saw in Game 2.

Series: Knicks lead 2-0
Game 3: 7 p.m. ET Friday in Indianapolis (ESPN)

The Knicks could not avoid every injury.
On the same night that Jalen Brunson suffered a foot injury, which cost him the second quarter but inspired a miraculous second half, New York…