On May 15, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Indiana Pacers went to challenge the New York Knicks on the road. In the first 4 games of the series, the two teams faced Mai Mang, and they both successfully defended their home stadiums, and this battle of Tianwang Mountain is of great significance! From the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the two teams fell into a state of confrontation, and the Knicks had a slight advantage. In the second quarter, Brunson suddenly came out of nowhere, and the Knicks extended their lead to double digits in one fell swoop. In the rematch, Turner hit three three-pointers in a row, and the Pacers once chased the difference to single digits, but Brunson stepped up to lead the team to a 20-1 offensive climax, and the Knicks widened the difference to 20+. In the final quarter, the Pacers were unable to chase points, and the Knicks became more and more courageous, and the point difference went straight to 30+, and the game lost suspense. In the end, the Knicks beat the Pacers 121-91!
The Pacers are a typical "home dragon, away bug", returning to the home court of the Knicks Mountain and the tsunami, the Pacers lack strength at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and they can't collapse! At the end of the game, the Pacers had 18 turnovers as a team, and the Knicks scored a whopping 24 points with the turnovers; For comparison, the Knicks only had nine turnovers, and the Pacers scored just 18 points on turnovers. What's more, the Pacers interior line was completely blown up by the Knicks! After the whole game, the Knicks scored 62-36 inside to crush the Pacers, 53-29 rebounds to the Pacers, and 20-5 rebounds to crush the Pacers, among them, Harden grabbed 12 frontcourt rebounds alone, which is higher than the entire Pacers team! Unable to attack and defend, the Knicks generals could only watch the new king of New York "ascend the throne" in the battle of Tianwang Mountain.
Brunson played crazy games, he played 42 minutes, 18 of 35 shots (2 of 6 three-pointers), 6 of 7 free throws, 44 points + 4 rebounds + 7 assists, and the plus/minus on the court was as high as +31, the best in the game! In the G4 game, Brunson appeared in a rare slump with an injury, but he completed self-redemption and saved the team in this battle of Tianwang Mountain! In the first quarter of the game, Brunson scored 10 points to set the tone for the game; In the second quarter, in the face of the Pacers' frantic counterattack, Brunson scored another 18 points to help the team extend the lead. In the second half of the game, Turner's three-pointer gave the Pacers a glimmer of hope for a comeback, and Brunson used a wave of offensive climaxes to make the game lose suspense in advance! At the same time, Brunson broke a number of NBA records.
According to statistics from the NBA's official website, this is Brunson's fifth time in a single game in the playoffs this year, and he has become the fourth player in NBA history to score 40+ in at least five times in a single playoff game, the first three being West in 1965, Jordan in 1989 and James in 2018. In another statistic, so far in the playoffs, Brunson has played 11 games and scored a total of 373 points, becoming the fourth player since 1990 to score at least 373 points in the first 11 games of the playoffs, the first three are Jordan, James and Durant! This is Brunson, so ruthless, when he pays tribute to epoch-making superstars such as Jordan, Lao Zhan, and West in this way again and again, you know why Madison Garden always rings the MVP call!
Brunson led the team to win this Tianwang Mountain with a 30-point victory, and was only one step away from advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals! After the game, the Knicks coach praised Brunson, who was more or less Versailles, and said frankly: Although you often talk about Brunson, he is far from meaningful enough for the team! That's right, Brunson's talent is mediocre but he is a practitioner of "love to fight to win", and the Knicks have the upper hand in this series by improving their physical confrontation level when their height, size, and roster reserves are not superior, and they deserve such a victory! We look forward to Brunson's continued efforts to fight for the Eastern Conference Finals! Fans, what do you think about this? Leave me a comment to discuss.