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For the first time since 2000, the Indiana Pacers are in the NBA Finals.

Indiana topped the New York Knicks 125-108 in a climactic Game 6 on Saturday night, securing its place with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the battle for the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. The Eastern Conference finals were a throwback to 2000, when the Pacers defeated New York in six games to earn their most recent NBA Finals berth.

Pascal Siakam led Indiana to victory on Saturday with 31 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and a steal to be named series MVP. Siakam had three 30-point games in the conference finals, tied for the most in a single series with Reggie Miller in 2001, according to ESPN Research.

Tyrese Haliburton contributed to the dominant Game 6 win with 21 points and 13 assists.

From sports to movies to the Pacers themselves, going back to that time 25 years ago offers a trip down memory lane and some unlikely threads to the current age of pop culture and Indiana's squad.

Here's a look at what things were like the last time the Pacers played in the NBA Finals.

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Around the same time the Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers were competing for the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, the final series in the quest for the Stanley Cup was underway in the NHL.

The matchup between the Dallas Stars and the New Jersey Devils proved to be a dramatic affair. Four of the series' six games were decided by one-goal margins, and Games 5 and 6 featured a combined five overtime periods. New Jersey jumped out to a 3-1 series lead, and center Jason Arnott eventually lit the lamp in the second overtime of Game 6 to clinch the Devils' second Stanley Cup.

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