On May 15, Beijing time, the Knicks played at home against the Pacers, and at this stage of the playoffs, the Knicks did let fans see their tough style, but the Knicks have suffered a lot of injuries so far, especially Anunoby's absence has a huge impact on the Knicks, and Brunson has been fighting with injuries here, so the Knicks are still in a difficult situation now, so at this time, the Pacers also need to seize the opportunity, otherwise it will really let the Knicks find their own state, Then the Pacers may really be difficult to win.
In the first quarter of the game, Smith broke through and scored a layup, Siakam also scored a layup after Brunson hit the iron, Nembhard also hit the iron after Brunson hit the shot, Nembhard also hit the iron after Turner hit the iron, Nembhard scored a basket, turned around McBride hit a three-point shot, Haliburton responded with three points, Brunson and Harden responded after a three-point response, but unfortunately Turner also hit a three-point shot, DiVincenzo hit the iron and Harden scored on the board, and the Knicks performed badly in the next game, Siakam helped the Pacers take a 7-point lead. After a timeout, Hart hit a three-pointer, and the two teams went against each other in the next game, and when Toppin hit the iron, Hatten hit a throw, and the Pacers had only a two-point lead. After a timeout, Shepard hit a three-pointer, but then Brunson and McBride counterattacked and scored, and the Pacers made frequent mistakes in the next game, and after Hart hit a three-pointer, McBride made a layup to continue scoring, and the Knicks also led by 6 points. The next game was chaotic, and the Knicks led by six points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Harden threw and hit, and then Nesmith suffered a big hat, Brunson assisted DiVincenzo to dunk and score, and then Harden and Jackson had some conflicts, and finally Jackson, Harden and Burks were blown fouls, Nesmith scored 1 point on a free throw, and then the two teams were in a sluggish offense, Brunson took the lead to help the Knicks score, and then Siakam finally scored to stop the bleeding, Nembhard hit three points after Achiuwa hit the iron, and Brunson scored 6 points in a row to help the Knicks expand their lead, After Siakam hit a shot, Burks hit a jumper, and the Knicks also led by 14 points. After the timeout, Siakam suffered a big hat, Burks hit a three-point iron and Haliburton scored 2 points on a free throw, Nembhard hit a three-pointer and Achiuwa threw a shot, and the next game The Pacers' offense stalled again, on the other hand, the Knicks Achiuwa scored a basket, McBride hit a three-pointer, Hart countered and scored a layup, and the Knicks also led to 18 points. Siakam scored late to stop the bleeding, and the Knicks led the Pacers 69-54 at halftime.
In fact, after the start of this game, the Pacers performed well, so it was the Knicks who were suppressed, but what people didn't expect was that the Pacers performed at the end of the first quarter of the game, and at this time the Knicks had slowly completed the overtake, and in the second quarter of the game, the Pacers still failed to find the state, Siakam had a physical advantage, but there was no way to help the Pacers take the lead on the court, as for Haliburton, the number of offensive shots here is limited, so Haliburton's help to the Pacers is also limited, At halftime, Siakam had 13 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and Haliburton had 7 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.
In the first half of the game, Brunson played an explosive performance, and it was relying on Brunson's explosion that the Knicks successfully opened the score, at the end of the half, Brunson got 28 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in 12 of 18, and the Warriors veteran DiVincenzo Although the outside three-point state is sluggish, DiVincenzo was still able to play some counterattacks, and at the end of the half, DiVincenzo got 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 2 of 10, and Hart played an explosive performance here, Especially when Hart can hit an outside three-pointer, which is quite important for the Knicks, Hart had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-7 shooting at halftime.