On April 23, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs were in full swing, the New York Knicks sat at home to face the Philadelphia 76ers, in the first half behind, the Knicks set off a fierce counterattack in the second half, and finally they reversed the opponent 104-101, rewriting the series to 2-0.
In the case of star Brunson's 29 shooting and only 8 shots, the rest of the Knicks players stepped up. Hart played 48 minutes and had a double-double of 21 points and 15 rebounds, while DiVincenzo scored 19 points on 4-of-8 shooting, four rebounds and three assists, and hit two key three-pointers in the final minute.
In addition, Hartenstein, who used to play for the Rockets, also performed very well in this campaign.
In the 30 minutes he played, Hartenstein contributed 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks on 7-of-8 shooting. Facing Embiid, a super interior player in the 76ers, he not only gave the team great support in scoring and rebounding, but also showed his value in assists and defense. In the final decisive moment of the game, he grabbed a key frontcourt rebound and assisted his teammates to shoot three-pointers, and then sent a decisive block on the defensive end to seal the victory for the Knicks.
Born in 1998, Hartenstein, 213cm tall and weighing 102kg, is a German-born center, in the 2017 draft, he was selected by the Rockets with the 43rd pick in the second round to enter the league, so far he has played in the NBA for 6 seasons, during which he has been in the Rockets, Cavaliers, Clippers and other teams.
In the regular season this season, he made 75 appearances for the Knicks, averaging 7.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 64.4% overall and 33.3% from three-point range.
It is worth mentioning that Hartenstein and mainland player Zhou Qi entered the league a year apart, and they were both selected by the Rockets to enter the league, and even the draft picks were very close, and there was even a competition for positions for a period of time, but then the development trajectory of the two was very different, Hartenstein finally gained a foothold in the league after moving through continuous efforts, and Zhou Qi had long since left the NBA stage, and now he can't play a dominant performance in the CBA. I have to say that the draft determines the starting point, and hard work determines the fate!