On May 11, Beijing time, the Pacers played at home against the Knicks, although the current Knicks won the G1 and G2 games, but the current situation is not very favorable to the Knicks, because Thibodeau will fill the playing time of the team's main players, so the Knicks have a lot of injury risks, in this case, Anunoby was injured in the G2 game, and finally Anunoby was absent from the G3 game, as for Brunson, he also had injury problems in the G2 game, fortunately, Brunson was able to hold on here, Therefore, Brunson is playing in G3, and without Anunoby, it will be extremely difficult for the Knicks to win.
After the start of the first quarter, Brunson hit a three-point iron, but Harden grabbed the rebound, Hart hit a three-point shot and Siakam scored on the board, Haliburton hit a three-point iron after Brunson made a mistake, and then Brunson was also whistled for an offensive foul, Turner caused a foul and scored a free throw, and the Knicks were in a slump in the next game, Nesmith and Haliburton hit three points in a row, and the Knicks also fell behind to 8 points. After the timeout, Brunson continued to play iron, and after turning around, Nesmith scored a layup, and then Achiuwa finally scored to stop the bleeding, DiVincenzo finally scored after Shepard counterattacked and scored, fortunately, Harten and Harten hit the inside to score to stop the bleeding, and then Haliburton and Brunson each scored for the team, but the Pacers made some mistakes, DiVincenzo began to hit three points in a row to narrow the difference, Nesmith responded, and the Pacers led by 9 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, McBride hit a three-point shot, Siakam scored a basket, and then Harden threw a shot, Siakam covered the foul after Brunson caused a kill and made 1 of 2 free throws, DiVincenzo scored a layup after the Pacers made a mistake, DiVincenzo scored a layup after McConnell scored on the board, DiVincenzo hit a three-point shot, and the next game The Pacers offense was sluggish, and the Knicks were hard to overtake by 1 point under DiVincenzo and Burks, and at the critical moment, Turner shot to stop the bleeding, and then Haliburton also hit three points, After McBride hit a board, Haliburton hit a three-pointer and the Knicks trailed by five points. After the timeout, Turner hit a three-point shot, and Brunson also hit a three-pointer, Nembhard hit an iron after Brunson hit 2+1, and then Burks scored 5 points in a row to help the Knicks complete the overtake, but soon the Pacers played a wave of 9-0, and Brunson scored at the critical moment to stop the bleeding, and soon Siakam responded, and the Pacers led the Knicks 63-58 at halftime.
In fact, Haliburton's performance in the first two games was not very good, but Haliburton broke out early in this game, and Haliburton played very resolutely in the game, the first quarter of the game was Haliburton to help the Pacers take the lead, and in the second quarter of the game, when the Knicks counterattacked to complete the overtake, it was Haliburton who stepped forward to help the Pacers stabilize the situation, it can be said that Haliburton's play is quite important, and it is under the leadership of Haliburton that the Pacers can refuse the Knicks to overtake the score, At halftime, Haliburton had 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. At the same time, Turner also recovered in the first half, and Turner had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist at the end of the half.
On the other hand, Brunson played a little inefficiently in the first half, and if it wasn't for Brunson scoring some points on the counter-attack, then Brunson's offensive efficiency might have been lower, and Brunson had 13 points and 2 assists on 5-of-12 shooting at halftime. At the same time, in the first half of the game, the Knicks also had a surprise here, and Burks was in good shape in the game, so the Knicks were able to play a stalemate with the Pacers, and at the end of the half, Burks got 13 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in 4 of 4. Of course, the Warriors veteran DiVincenzo also tried his best, although DiVincenzo did not attack well at the beginning, but then DiVincenzo broke out with three points, so the Knicks were able to complete the overtake for a while, and DiVincenzo got 15 points and 1 assist at the end of the half.