Kyrie Irving delivers the coup de grace with a floater inside the final minute on his way to 22 points and 7 assists in Game 3.
Banged up and depleted, the Knicks will need to dig deep as the Pacers look to even the series at home in Sunday's Game 4.
Cleveland's All-Star guard is already an all-time playoff performer.
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