In the early morning of May 13, Beijing time, the fourth game of the Indiana Pacers vs. the New York Knicks in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs began, and the Knicks led 2-1 after the first three games. But in the third game, Knicks small forward Anunoby was injured without a confrontation and missed the fourth game between the two sides! This made the already not rich Knicks even worse, so at the end of the first quarter of the game between the two sides today, the Knicks had fallen behind the Pacers by 20 points at 14-34, and the largest point difference in the game came to 42 points, and the team finally lost to the Pacers by 32 points 89-121! The score came to 2-2.
The Pacers win
And Haliburton, the star of the Pacers in this round of the series, played well, scoring only 6 points on 2-of-6 shooting in the first game, and then after the team fell behind the Knicks 0-2, many media, including fans, thought that the Pacers' five-year $260 million maximum salary contract signed with Haliburton in the offseason may be watered! But in the last three games, Haliburton proved himself, Haliburton hit 7 three-pointers to get 34 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists in the second game, 35 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists on 6 three-pointers in the third game, and 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the fourth game after hitting 4 three-pointers in only 27 minutes.
Halliburton
It can be said that the Pacers can tie in the case of falling behind 0-2, on the one hand, because of the Knicks' serious injury, but the biggest factor is Haliburton's excellent performance, and so far Haliburton has averaged 20.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game in 10 games of the playoffs, and maintains a good efficiency, shooting 48% from the field, 38% from three-point range, 3.5 three-pointers per game, and 86% from the free throw line. It can only be said that the five-year, $260 million contract between the Pacers and Haliburton is worth it!
Anunoby
For the Pacers, under the leadership of Haliburton, they have a high probability of reaching the Eastern Conference Finals this season, because the Knicks are now very injured, and they have injured Randle, Robinson, Anunoby, and the star Brunson also has a knee injury, and the team has almost a set of starters after an injury, and the Pacers are almost all healthy, so as long as the Pacers do not play abnormally, then they can enter the Eastern Conference Finals. Of course, you can't underestimate the Knicks, after all, the Knicks have Brunson, the new king of New York, who averaged 34.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game this year.
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