The Knicks ran out of gas, and their season came to a crushing end.
Falling behind big early, the Knicks’ comeback attempts were futile and their season came to an end Sunday in a 130-109 Game 7 loss to the Pacers at the Garden in the second round of the playoffs.
And to top it all off, after the myriad injuries they already suffered, Jalen Brunson fractured his left hand in the second half to end his afternoon.
The Knicks trailed by 15 at halftime after the Pacers shot an unfathomable 76.3 percent from the field over the opening 24 minutes.
The Knicks crawled back a bit in the third but the Pacers counter-punched and would never relinquish their lead.
This marks the second straight year the Knicks were eliminated in the second round of the NBA playoffs.
They have not made it to a conference final since 2000.
The home team had won each of the first six games of the series.
OG Anunoby tried to play through a hamstring injury for the first time since Game 2 but lasted just five minutes.