On May 3, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Knicks defeated the 76ers 118-115 away, eliminated the opponent with a big score of 4-2 in the series, and successfully advanced to the next round, where they will compete with the Pacers for the Eastern Conference finals. The game was also full of twists and turns, the Knicks once took a 22-point lead in the first quarter, but the 76ers quickly caught up with the score, and the two teams fell into a tug-of-war in the second half.
There was also the first miracle in history in this game, the Knicks completely relied on the starters on the court, and the bench players did not get too many opportunities at all. And this time the Knicks scored 118 points as a team, of which 113 came from the starters, and the bench players only scored 5 points, which is also a history, which is still very rare. After all, in many cases, the play of role players can make the difference between the game and the Knicks, and the Knicks don't care.
113-5, this is the scoring gap between the Knicks' starters and the bench, it's really not that they don't give the bench, they just don't have a chance. The Knicks only had seven players in rotation throughout the game, Robinson and McBride on the bench got a chance to play, but the time was also very limited, Robinson played 17 minutes and 46 seconds, and McBride played 9 minutes. The bench player didn't score a point in the first three quarters, and it wasn't until more than 3 minutes in the final quarter that he relied on Robinson's inside dunk to score the first point.
On the other hand, the 76ers relied on the bench players to bring the difference back, and they contributed as many as 42 points, 37 points more than the Knicks, but they still couldn't win the game. This time, the veteran Batum played very steadily, scoring 16 points and 7 rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting, while Hield almost became a wonder soldier, scoring 20 points on 6-of-9 three-point shooting, including 17 points in the second quarter. It's a pity that he couldn't grasp the three-point shot at the last moment, and he was worried that the opponent would foul in advance.
In a previous vote of players, Knicks coach Thibodeau came first in the selection of the most reluctant head coach. I still like it as a starter, I can stay on the field for a long time, and the substitutes are definitely not willing to play, there is really no chance. Four of the starting five played 40+ minutes, including DiVincenzo for 48 minutes, Hart for 46 (all of them before), Anunoby for 45 minutes and Brunson for 43 minutes.