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.
Statistics for both sides at the end of the first half:
Pacers:
Siakam had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Turner had 11 points and 3 rebounds, Haliburton had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Nembhard had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Nesmith had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Knicks:
DiVincenzo had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Hart had 5 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, McBride had 15 points and 2 rebounds, Brunson had 5 points and 2 assists, and Hutten had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.