At 8:30 a.m. on May 18, Beijing time, the Knicks in the NBA regular season playoffs Eastern Conference semifinals traveled to the Pacers G6 battle, Anunoby continued to be injured, and its starting five Tigers were Brunson, DiVincenzo, Hart, McBride, and Harden; The starting lineup of the Pacers is Haliburton, Nembhard, Nesmith, Siakam, Turner.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Haliburton came up and hit a 3-point shot from the outside, and Nembhard hit a 2-point shot, and the Pacers led 5-0 at the beginning. Brunson hit a step-back jumper for 2 points, Hatten easily put in a basket for 2 points, Siakam scored 2 points on a step-back pull-back, and McBride hit a 3-pointer from the outside, and the Knicks tied the score at 7-7. Nembhard hit a 2-pointer on a horseback archery and DiVincenzo hit a 2-pointer on a steal, and the two sides began to fall into a storm of attacking and chasing me, and the Knicks led the Pacers 30-29 at the end of the first quarter. McBride scored 11 points in the first quarter and DiVincenzo had 10 points.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Burks made a killing free throw and scored 1 point in 2 free throws, Nesmith jumped back and hit 2 points, Toppin got up and deducted 2 points, and the Pacers overtook 2 points at 35:33! Harden made a foul and scored 2 points on a free throw, Siakam scored 2 points on an inside hook layup, McBride hit a small pull rod for 2 points, Siakam scored another 2 points in the face of confrontation, and the two sides fell into a confrontation mode, and the Pacers surpassed the Knicks by 10 points at 61:51 in the two quarters.
In the third quarter, Brunson scored one point on a technical free throw, then continued to attack the basket and scored two points, McBride hit two points from mid-range, and the Knicks scored five consecutive points to chase 56:61. Nembhard hit a 3-pointer with a sword on the outside, and Haliburton also shot a 3-pointer from the outside to continue to shoot, and the two teams fell into a scuffle again, and the Pacers led by 13 points at 88:75 in the third quarter!
The fourth quarter came to the tiebreaker! McConaughey scored 2 points on a driving layup, and Isaiah scored 2 points. Jackson scored two points on the basket, and the Pacers scored four straight points to extend to 82:75. Achiuwa deducted 2 points, Siakam scored 2 points in the back, Brunson made two free throws to add 2 points, Siakam hit another inside point, the two sides fought again in the last quarter, seeing that there was no hope of chasing points, the Knicks surrendered early, and finally the game ended with the Pacers easily defeated the Knicks 116:103, and the two sides entered the tie-break battle at the Knicks' home court in the next game!