NEW YORK — Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 39 points, and the Pacers beat the Knicks, 114-109, on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stopped classifying Pluto as our solar system’s ninth planet and demoted its status to “dwarf planet.” But 17 years later, Nigerian singer Shallipopi tells Billboard he’s “claiming it now” as his own domain.

The New York Knicks host the Indiana Pacers to open the Eastern Conference finals. The Knicks went 2-1 against the Pacers during the regular season.

Tyrese Haliburton is averaging 17.5 points and 9.3 assists per game in the playoffs with the assists leading all players in the playoffs.