On the morning of May 11, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, with the New York Knicks, who led 2-0 and challenged the Indiana Pacers away.
Despite the dominance, Anunoby's absence still took a toll on the Knicks' strength. Just three minutes into the game, Brunson went off the break, which is quite rare.
The answer to who will carry the offensive banner of the New York Knicks is DiVincenzo, who has a hot hand. In the first half, DiVincenzo showed the projection ability expected of a top scorer. At halftime, the Knicks trailed 58-63, and DiVincenzo scored a team-high 15 points.
What really belongs to the Knicks' scoring guard is the third quarter, DiVincenzo went completely crazy, hit three 3-pointers from the outside, and frequently scored when he rushed to the basket. The Pacers' defense was like papier-mâché in front of him.
17 points in the third quarter, which was also a career high for DiVincenzo. By the end of the third quarter, DiVincenzo had scored 32 points. Under the leadership of DiVincenzo, the Knicks overtook the score 32-22 in a single quarter.
At the beginning of the final quarter, DiVincenzo made a decisive three-point shot and hit a solid shot again. It was also DiVincenzo's seventh three-pointer of the game, which tied the New York Knicks' single-game three-point shooting record in the playoffs.
After that, the two teams were locked in a fierce battle, and with 14.1 seconds left in the final quarter, Nembhard made a three-point shot. In the end, the New York Knicks lost to the Pacers 106-111, and the big score was 1-2. DiVincenzo shot 12-of-26 from the field, including 7-of-10 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, scoring 35 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. This is also DiVincenzo's playoff career scoring record, and in one game, DiVincenzo swiped three records in a row.
Last summer, DiVincenzo, who was gradually unused by the Golden State Warriors, declined to exercise his 4.7 million player option and became a free agent. After that, DiVincenzo switched to the New York Knicks and signed a four-year, $50 million contract with the team, with an annual salary of only 10.9 million this season.
But in this round of the series, DiVincenzo scored 28 and 25 points in the first two games, such a contract is really worth it, I wonder if the Warriors management will regret it when they see DiVincenzo's hot performance in this round of the series?