I don't know if I don't see it, but I know that Zhou Qi's former NBA teammates are on fire!
On May 15, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Eastern Conference semifinals G5, the remnants of the Knicks defeated the Pacers 121-91 and won the battle of Tianwang Mountain.
In the first two games of the series, the Knicks led the Pacers 2-0, and then lost two away games in a row, and the big score was also chased to a 2-2 draw. In particular, the main players such as Randle, Bojan, Robinson and Anunoby in the team gradually disappeared, which also made everyone not optimistic about the Knicks.
Big head Brunson's super play
In this game, the Knicks sat at home, although the start was unfavorable and the team was behind, but soon Brunson led the team to take the lead, and the Pacers Siakam struggled to bite the score, but Brunson played too well, shooting 18 of 35 from the field, slashing 44 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, especially in the first half of 28 points, 10 points in the first quarter, and 18 points in the second quarter.
It is worth mentioning that in the first two seasons, Brunson played for the Mavericks, averaging 16.3 points per game in the 21-22 season, and then he came to the Knicks because of contract renewal issues, in the 22-23 season, Brunson averaged 24 points per game, and this season's regular season is close to 28.7 points per game.
The contribution of Zhou Qi's former teammate Hartenstein
In this game, the Knicks were able to beat the Pacers by a big margin, on the one hand, because of the perfect play of players such as Brunson, and on the other hand, because of Harten's contribution under the basket, because the Knicks lacked some interior players, the team's rotation situation was very tight. Harten was appointed as a starter and played 31 minutes, scoring 7 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists, including 12 frontcourt rebounds, which can be said to have blown up the All-Star player Siakam, and the Knicks also won a big victory, Harten is really amazing!
It is worth mentioning that in the 2018-2019 season, Harten and Chinese player Zhou Qi both played in the national team, and that season Harten played in 28 games in the regular season, averaging 1.9 points and 1.7 rebounds per game, while Zhou Qi only played one game and scored 2 points. Just when everyone questioned the Rockets about giving Harten more time, it was only in recent years that everyone found out that Harten played for teams such as the Clippers, Nuggets and Knicks, at least gaining a firm foothold in the NBA.
And what about Zhou Qi? Back to the CBA League. You must know that Zhou Qi is 2.16 meters tall and Harten is 2.13 meters tall, I have to say that talent and hard work cannot be lacking.
Head coach Thibodeau has the level
Thibodeau, who once won with defense, was obvious when he coached the Bulls, coming to the Knicks, this is his fourth season in charge, three of which have a win rate of more than 50%, and this season is to completely release Brunson's offense, the team integrates offense and defense, as if it has become a strong team, and this season has a chance to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Now that the Knicks have won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, it is really not easy for them to achieve this result for a remnant formation, Brunson is a real thigh!
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