On May 15, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and today the Knicks sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Pacers. In this game, Brunson was on the side of the Knicks, and the Knicks also maintained the lead for a long time under his leadership, of course, the Pacers did not give up, so let's talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Smith and Sika scored 4 points to win the Pacers' lead, Brunson and McBride combined to score 5 points in response, Haliburton hit a three-pointer, Hatten responded with an inside kill, and then the game entered the rhythm of the Pacers, Turner and Sika scored 8 points in a row to help the team establish the lead, but at the end of the quarter, Hart and McBride scored successively to help the Knicks overtake the opponent, and Burks hit a three-pointer to help the Knicks lead by 6 points to end the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Brunson turned on his personal mode, he scored 6 points in a row to help the team directly establish a 13-point lead, Sika and Nembhard combined to respond with 5 points, Brunson hit all three free throws, Turner and Nembhard scored 4 points in a row, Burks and Brunson combined to cut 5 points in response, relying on Brunson's excellent play, the Knicks have maintained a double-digit lead, and the Knicks have led the opponent by 15 points at halftime.
Harden relied on free throws to help the Knicks extend their lead, Turner hit three three-pointers in a row to help the Pacers chase down to only 7 points, seeing that the opponent was about to get up, Hart and DiVincentzo combined to cut 4 points, McBride and Brunson hit three points one after another, and the two combined to cut 4 points, the Knicks directly extended the lead to more than 20 points, and they once extended the lead to 20 points, but at the end of the quarter, Haliburton and Nesmith scored successively The Pacers chased down to 21 points to end the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Sika and McConnell scored back-to-back points to help the team chase down to just 13 points, but Brunson's back-to-back scores helped the team regain the lead beyond 20 points, and then the Pacers failed to play a decent comeback, and the Knicks eventually defeated the Pacers 121-91 to win the Kings Mountain.
Haliburton played too poorly
After chatting about the game process, let's talk about the players' performance, this game faced the Knicks' iron-blooded defense Sika and Haliburton's performance did not meet expectations, in the playoff level of the competition, the opponent will definitely come up with the best defense to target them in order to win, in this case, what they have to do is not to dodge, but to break down their defense, as far as Haliburton and Sika are disappointed.
In this game, Sika shot 7 of 15 from the field, 2 of 3 from three-point range, and got 22 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist. Haliburton shot 5 of 9 from the field, 1 of 4 three-pointers and got 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.
The two leading stars can't fight a tough battle, and Carlisle is also a clever woman who can't cook without rice. Turner did his best in this game, he finished with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 6-of-12 shooting and 4-of-7 three-pointers, and Nembhard had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. This round of the series will not be able to hit a tie-break, although Haliburton and Sika are not good at playing away, but they are really good at home, and the team has not tasted a defeat at home so far in the playoffs!
Brunson was on fire
It seems that Thibodeau's last strategic abandonment really worked, the team's three cores were all alive, Brunson shot 18 of 34 from the field, 2 of 6 from three-point range and got 44 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, the last game because of the team's heavy defeat, so Brunson only played 30 minutes, it seems that plenty of rest time also allowed Brunson to rest, he scored 18 points in the second quarter. DiVincenzo had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and although he was not efficient on 4-of-14 shooting, he had 3 steals and was very active defensively.
Hart only played 24 minutes in the last game, and he also rested, shooting 7 of 16 from the field, 2 of 5 from three-point range, with 18 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. In addition, McBride entered the starting lineup in this game, and he scored 17 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists on 7-of-12 shooting, which is very good.
Burks continued the efficiency of the past two games, scoring 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting, and Thibodeau was still ruthless enough in this game, he has been in the seven-man rotation for the first three quarters, and the extreme rotation also maximizes the team's strength. But it is estimated that the team will have a lack of physical fitness in the next game, and the Knicks can play a lot of players, and Thibodeau should give other players some opportunities. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the Knicks and the Pacers? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.