The Pacers fought their backs
After losing Mount Tenno, the young Indiana walker came to the edge of the cliff. Game 6 of the series, a game where you lose and go home, the Pacers have no way back. In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Pacers' rebounds were blown up by the Knicks, which was the key to their loss. So in this game, the team's adjustment is very simple, and that is to protect the rebounds. Whoever wins the rebound wins the world, this is the unchanging truth of the NBA league. The Pacers have a lot of players, which is their advantage, and staying alive can win rebounds.
The Knicks have played to this extent, there are only seven people left in the team, and the seven swords under the Tianshan Mountain are heroic, but now, the Knicks are only left with sadness. Even if they cross the Eastern Conference semifinals, they will not be able to create suspense on the stage of the Eastern Conference finals. Brunson has had an extraordinary season, but there are only a limited number of helpers around him.
The Knicks were injured one more
At the beginning of the first quarter, Haliburton did not exert his strength, only 3 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 1 of 3 shots, but Siakam got 7 points and 3 rebounds, Nembhard had 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and the team scored 29 points in a single quarter, but the Knicks bombarded 30 points, McBride scored 11 points and 2 rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting, and DiVincenzo also had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. After returning from the game in the second quarter, the Pacers continued to exert their strength, Siakam scored 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Turner scored 9 points, Haliburton 5 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and the team scored another 32 points in a single quarter.
The Knicks couldn't resist, Brunson didn't score a point on 0-of-6 shooting, DiVincenzo only had 5 points and 1 assist, the team only scored 21 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Pacers outscored the Knicks by 10 points 61-51. In the second half, Hart was injured and fell, and the team only had 6 players left in the rotation, Brunson found his form, scoring 14 points and 2 assists on 6-of-9 shooting, but the team only scored 24 points. The Pacers were unrelenting, Haliburton had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, McConaughey had 7 points and 1 rebound, and Siakam also had 6 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and the team scored 27 points in a single quarter and successfully stretched the gap to 14 points.
In the final quarter of the game, Hart announced that the game would not return, and the Pacers were full of momentum and stretched the margin to about 20 points in one go. Brunson scored another 12 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, but to no avail, Thibodeau could only throw an early shot to admit defeat and declare the game into garbage time. With the final whistle, the Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks 116-103, and the series was tied at 3-3.
The battle of the seven is here again
The robbery is here again, yes, yes again. The series between the Nuggets and the Timberwolves also came to the tiebreaker. The young Pacers and the tenacious Knicks also dragged the series to a tiebreaker. If it weren't for the injury, the Knicks might have advanced a long time ago, but injuries are also part of the game, not to mention Thibodeau's crazy playing time. Brunson finished with 31 points, one rebound and five assists on 11-of-26 shooting, including 3-of-8 three-pointers, five in the first half and 26 in the second. McBride had 20 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and DiVincenzo had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Pacers had the last laugh, grabbing 44 rebounds in the game, 11 more than the Knicks. Siakam is still the team's most consistent scoring point, with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Turner 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Haliburton 15 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Nembhard 15 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, McConaughey on the bench also has 15 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Toppin 11 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and as many as 6 players on the team scored double-doubles, which is still perfect team basketball. In fact, team basketball is the key to where the Knicks are this season.