On May 18, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Pacers returned to their home court to play against the Knicks. The Knicks won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, and this time they came to the road to win and end the series. This time, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, and the difference between the points could not be opened, and the Pacers opened up the difference with a wave of 17-2 offense before halftime, and then the Pacers have been dominating the initiative, and the Knicks can only rely on Brunson alone. In the end, the Knicks lost to the Pacers 103-116, and the big score came to a 3-3 tie.
In this game, the two teams continued the lineup of the previous game, and the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, and the point difference has not been able to be opened, and more alternate leads, and the Knicks led by 1 point in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the two teams were still difficult to solve, and they were never able to open the difference, but after Hart hit a three-point shot, the Knicks suddenly lost fire on the offensive end, and the Pacers continued to hit the inside, and Turner's three-point + violent dunk directly ignited the whole court, blasting out a wave of 17-2 offensive, and taking a 10-point lead at halftime.
In the second half, the Pacers still took the initiative, Haliburton and Siakam could stand up and score points, the Knicks could only rely on Brunson, and Hart also had an injury, trailing by 13 points after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Pacers' offensive momentum was still hot, Nembhard and Shepard hit three points one after another, and the difference was directly stretched to more than 20 points. In the end, the Pacers defeated the Knicks 116-103 and tied the score at 3-3.
This time the Pacers played with momentum, the last game was a rebound, this time they were very focused on the court, good protection of rebounds, and at the same time can continue to rush for offensive rebounds. A total of 6 players scored in double figures, and each player came up to contribute, and finally helped the team win the game, equalize the big score, and stay in the playoffs. This time, Siakam scored 25 points, Turner scored 17 points, and Haliburton had 15 points and 9 assists, which also plunged the fans into a frenzy.
The Knicks failed to play this time, Brunson missed 11 consecutive shots in the first half, but fortunately made timely adjustments in the second half, but unfortunately other players were lost and could not give him more help, and the team still lost in the end. This time, Brunson was 11-of-26 from the field, scoring 31 points and 5 assists, and really did his best. McBride also has 20 points, but there is another big problem for the team, and that is Hart leaving the court with an injury.