Cheer up, Indiana Pacers fans! I know things didn't go your way on Monday night, but I've got a dose of nostalgia ready to inject into your veins that should cure your postgame blues after that tough-to-swallow Game 1 loss at the hands of Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks.

29 years ago today, one of the most stunning and iconic sequences in NBA Playoffs history unfolded inside of the World's Most Famous Arena in Game 1 of what would turn out to be just the third of six postseason meetings between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks from 1993 to 2000. In the Hoosier State, and across the entire NBA, ‘8 points in 9 seconds' is all you need to say to evoke images of Greg Anthony on the floor, Reggie Miller in hysterics, and Spike Lee in disbelief.

A few notes from Game 1 of that 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals series:

-Indiana Pacers center Rik Smits (34 points, 7 rebounds) absolutely took it to Patrick Ewing (11 points, 10 rebounds). The Dunking Dutchman's 34 points were a postseason career high.

-Smits and Pacers forward Derrick McKey had both fouled out of the game, and Antonio Davis and Knicks guard Derek Harper were both ejected during the 3rd quarter. Sounds just like 90's hoops to me.

-Reggie Miller's famous Choke Sign, which he directed at Spike Lee, did NOT take place in this game, but it might as well have. It actually happened one year earlier in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, when the Pacers outscored the Knicks by 19 in the 4th quarter to take a 3-2 series lead. The only problem was, Indiana lost the next two games and the Knicks advanced to the NBA Finals. The much bigger choke job happened in '95.

-The Knicks had no timeouts left when they were forced to inbound the ball under their own basket after Miller's first triple in the iconic sequence, resulting in a frantic Anthony Mason making a costly error as he tried to inbound to Greg Anthony, who was on the floor.

-The Pacers themselves nearly choked away the game after Miller's back-to-back three's tied the game. Pacers reserve guard Sam Mitchell intentionally fouled John Starks believing that Indiana was still trailing. Starks had a chance to give the Knicks the lead back with seconds remaining… but that didn't happen. 25 years later, Mitchell would recall Reggie Miller telling him that Starks was going to miss both of the free throws.

“Reggie Miller said basically, ‘Mitch, don't worry about it. That you-know-what is gonna choke,'” Mitchell recounted for NBA.com back in 2020. “He said that loud so that John Starks could hear it. And as soon as he said it, John Starks turned around and started yelling at Reggie.”

-Out of frustration, Starks fouled Miller in the aftermath of his own missed free throws, giving Reggie Miller the chance to ice the game at the free throw line.

-Two weeks later, the Pacers would win Game 7 at Madison Square Garden to clinch the series and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row.

Reggie Miller is coming back to MSG

Miller was 18-17 in his postseason career against the Knicks, with Indiana and New York splitting the six series they played against each other in that eight year span. In each of those six series, the team that won Game 1 would go on to win the series. This potentially spells bad news for Indiana this year.

Now a broadcaster for TNT, Reggie Miller will have a front row seat for Game 2, much like his Knicks superfan nemesis Spike Lee did all those years ago.

“Just know, the Boogeyman is coming back to town to call the game,” Reggie Miller joked with Dan Patrick on Monday, per ESPN.com. Even though he's there on official business for Turner, the greatest player in Pacers history isn't expecting a warm welcome when he steps inside of Madison Square Garden for another Knicks vs. Pacers postseason matchup.

“I'm sure I'll hear the chants, I'm sure I'll hear all those naughty words. I'm good with that, but I'm there to do a job, to call a game.”