In a game that ended in the early hours of this morning, the Knicks defeated the Pacers 121-91 at home by 30 points and won the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain, with star Brunson slashing 44 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, and center Harden grabbed 17 rebounds, including 12 rebounds in the front court to lead the team to blow up the Pacers. Teams that win the Battle of Kings in NBA history have an 85.6% chance of advancing to the next round.
Full explosion
In this game, Anunoby and Robinson, who were injured by the Knicks, are still sidelined, and Randle, the team's second-in-command, did not play a single playoff game. With such a big remnant, he can defeat the fully healthy Pacers by 30 points, and it can only be said that the Pacers are really bad, and no one on the team can prevent 188 Brunson, and the other two All-Star interior Turner and Siakam can't even grab a Hatten. He grabbed 12 frontcourt rebounds in the game, while the Pacers grabbed only 5 frontcourt rebounds as a team.
Hatten
And the most important thing is that the star opposite can stand up and carry the team forward when the team's main players are injured, and Haliburton, who has just signed a five-year $260 million contract with the team and is known as the first point guard in the East, has begun to be invisible again in this game, only 9 shots in the whole game, hitting 5 balls and getting 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, you are the star of the team, you must stand up and digest the ball at the critical moment, score by yourself, and you can't just keep giving the ball to Sika and the bench players!
Halliburton
You know, Haliburton has played very well in the last three games, averaging 29.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game, and an average of nearly 20 shots per game. Look at Brunson of the Knicks, who takes nearly 30 shots per game! There is no stage fright at the critical moment, isn't this the style of a general? Halliburton should really learn from Brunson!
Brunson