All four NBA conference finals teams this year are here because of win-win trades they've made with one another. The first came nearly a decade ago. In 2017, the Indiana Pacers traded Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis.

Last year, the New York Knicks had a tough time in the playoffs. With no Karl-Anthony Towns at the helm, the Indiana Pacers knocked them out in the seven-game series.  They were hit hard by injuries,

Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby had a tense exchange on the Knicks’ sideline Wednesday during the final moments of regulation in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Pacers — which ended in a shock 138-135 overtime loss at Madison Square Garden to give Indiana a 1-0 series lead.