At 8:00 a.m. on May 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season playoffs Eastern Conference semifinals Knicks host the Pacers G5 Tianwang Mountain battle, Anunoby continues to be injured, and its starting five tigers are Brunson, DiVincenzo, Hart, McBride, and Harden; The starting lineup of the Pacers is Haliburton, Nembhard, Nesmith, Siakam, Turner.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Nesmith hit a 2-point shot, and Siakam easily put in a basket for 2 points, and the Pacers led 4-0 in the opening game. Brunson hit a step-back jumper and hit 2 points, McBride came up and hit a 3-point shot from a distance, and Haliburton also pulled out a bow and shot a 3-point shot from a distance to enter the net steadily, Brunson made a steal and shot 2 points, Hartentar Taishan pressed the top and added 2 points, and the Knicks tied the score 9:9. The Knicks led the Pacers by 6 points at 38:32 at the end of the first quarter.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Harden scored 2 points on a step-back jumper, DiVincenzo got up and deducted 2 points, and the Knicks scored 4 points in a row to extend their lead to 10 points at 42:32. Nesmith scored 1 point on a technical free throw, Brunson scored 2 points on horseback archery, continued to add 2 points to his mid-range shot, Siakam hit an inside hook layup and hit a 2-point shot, Nembhard hit a 3-point shot from the outside, and the two sides fell into a confrontation mode, and the Pacers trailed the Knicks by 15 points at 54:69 after the two-quarter battle.
Statistics of both sides in the first half -
Knicks:
Brunson had 28 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Hart had 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Harden had 4 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, McBride had 12 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, DiVincenzo had 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Burks had 5 points and 2 rebounds, and Achiuwa had 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
First Half Pacers:
Haliburton had 7 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Nembhard had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Turner had 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Siakam had 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, Nesmith had 5 points and 2 rebounds, and Toppin had 7 points and 2 rebounds.