On May 13, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Eastern Conference semifinals Pacers played at home against the Knicks. In the last game, the Pacers pulled back a city, this time they came up with great momentum, entered the state early, and kept widening the point difference, establishing a 20-point lead in the first quarter, and then the Pacers did not give the Knicks any chance to fight back, leading by as many as 43 points at most, and the game lost suspense early. In the end, the Pacers beat the Knicks 121-89 to tie the series at 2-2.
The Knicks Anunoby was still absent in this game, and their state was very sluggish, and the Pacers blossomed inside and outside to open up the point difference, and then the Knicks were completely unable to respond, and the point difference was constantly widened, falling behind 14-34 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Knicks' offensive state was still not good, but the Pacers continued to score points in the cheers of the home fans, and the difference continued to widen, Haliburton broke through at the last moment, and then hit a three-pointer to help the team take a 28-point lead.
By the second half, the Knicks players' minds had been crushed, and Brunson was only struggling to support himself, after all, he was not in good physical condition. On the other hand, the momentum of the Pacers is still hot, not giving the opponent any chance to fight back, further widening the point difference, and the lead is as high as 38 points after the third quarter. The final quarter was directly reduced to garbage time, and both teams were replaced with substitutes, and the main players on the Knicks' side finally got a rest, and finally lost 89-121.
The Knicks, as the second in the East, did not have any competitiveness this time and were directly blown up by the Pacers. The first three games of the two teams were still very stalemate, but I didn't expect the Knicks to collapse by themselves this time, it seems that the consumption of the first few games is still very large, it depends on this break, to be able to regain the state. Brunson was 6-of-17 in this game and scored only 18 points; DiVincenzo scored only 7 points on 3-of-13 shooting, and the previous hot momentum was gone in an instant, and the only thing to be thankful for was that the battle of Tianwang Mountain would be played at the Knicks' home court.
The Pacers took the initiative early, and the fans were very happy, and they all celebrated happily after the game, and this big win will also boost the morale of the whole team. The Pacers blossomed more this time, with six players scoring double-doubles on the team, including Haliburton continuing the previous momentum, scoring a team-high 20 points, as well as 6 rebounds and 5 assists, with a team-high plus/minus of +31. In addition, McConaughey and Toppin on the bench still had excellent performances and helped the team to open up the difference.