In the second quarter, the two sides were still deadlocked.

Jamison couldn't make consecutive shots, he shot resolutely, was a little less efficient, and thought of himself as when he was young.

Jones, who was on the bench for the Pacers, had no offensive power and could only rely on Collison to attack, and he was also a frequent prodigal shot.

Su Qun sighed: "The hit rate of both sides in this game is too low. ”

Yang Jian said: "Zhou Xuan also has no good chance to shoot, and the Pacers are very tightly defended. They do have the quality to knock out Celtic. ”

Zhou Xuan sat on the sidelines, looking for the flaws of the walkers. The Celtics' emaciated camels are bigger than horses, how can you eliminate them without any ability? The Pacers rely on defense, and if they want to break their defense, it seems that they can only play fast. The Knicks weren't fast enough. If you want to reach the peak of speed, you have to replace Battier and Gallinari, and send in Leonard and Parsons. But the two newcomers are participating in the playoffs for the first time, and I wonder if Lu Dao will make mistakes.

D'Antoni was also struggling with who to use, and he could see that Jamison was not in good shape, and Battier shot 0-of-2 from the field, and the offensive end did not do much. He simply asked Woodson, the first assistant coach. "Do you feel like Parsons and Leonard are reusable? Wouldn't it be wrong to let them get on? ”

Woodson said: "I think let's let them fight a little longer. Sean can only defend, and the offensive end does not help the team much. Chandler (Parsons) and Coe (Leonard) had a good first round and good physicality, so it would definitely be better to get them on the attack. ”

D'Antoni made up his mind, and after six minutes he made a substitution and began to attack. Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Leonard, Parsons, and Anderson played, and Chandler also sat on the bench.

The Knicks' offense immediately picked up, with Zhou Xuan first passing the ball to Parsons on the right perimeter, and then running to the weak bottom corner with Anderson without the ball.

Parsons has a good sense of passing the ball and accurately distributes the ball to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan received the ball at 45 degrees and turned to face the frame, holding the ball in his right hand and bringing his left hand close.

Hansbrough kept his distance, ready to prevent breaking through and interfering with the shot, and Zhou Xuan took the ball and distributed it to the middle. Anderson didn't mean to cut in the slightest, just squeezed Collison away and got inside the three-point line to get the ball. He has a height advantage over Upper Corlison, and he shoots directly from the face frame, he doesn't jump high, shoots quickly, and hits steadily.

The Pacers missed the offense, Hansbrough still switched to Zhou Xuan, and Anderson received the ball in the middle and stepped back out of the three-point line, hitting a three-point shot in the front. Collison is too poor at shooting defensively, while Anderson happens to be good at misplaced shooting.

Soon, Zhou Xuan assisted Leonard to dunk and score in the fast break. Parsons also cut to the basket and scored for a layup. Compared with Battier, these two people played more flexibly, and the air cutting speed was much faster, and Zhou Xuan was able to deliver the ball to his teammates in time, and the score gradually opened up.

At halftime, the Knicks led by eight points at 48-40. Zhou Xuan had 6 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists. The best performer was Anderson, with 15 points and three rebounds in the half.

Su Qun commented: "When Anderson was in college, he averaged more points per game than Da Lopez, and he had the ability to score, but there was no coach to arrange tactics for him before, but now with Zhou Xuan's pass, he has played his strength." ”

Yang said: "The Knicks will face contract extension issues in the summer. Both Anderson and Gallinari were restricted free men. I think it's because of them that the Knicks dare to send Xiao Si away. ”

Su Qun smiled: "There must be no problem in renewing the contract, Jamison's contract will expire after this season, and he can free up space to renew two young players, which will be the mainstay of the Knicks in the future." ”

It is not a big problem to sign Gallinari and Anderson with Stoudamayer's salary, and they also have more potential than Smalls. This is Mullin's wishful thinking. However, it is not ruled out that the possibility of giving up Gallinari and signing someone else is not ruled out, and there are too many swing people in the Knicks. Chandler is the only regular center, so it's very risky, so they need to make some changes. Even if you don't look for stars, you have to bring in reinforcements in the free market.

In the second half, the Knicks continued to extend their advantage, not by relying on super offense. It's defense. As soon as Chandler came up, the Pacers' offense got tougher and tougher. Granger wanted to step up and score, but he was more like an undercover agent, and all four shots in the quarter were missed. He shot 0 of 8 in the third quarter and didn't score a single point.

The core played like this, and the rest of the Pacers didn't step up to attack, and the burden was on West. West was an All-Star that year, which had a lot to do with Paul's blocking. Now let him carry the ball himself and attack a lot less powerful. He averaged just 12 per game during the regular season. 8 points 6. 6 rebounds and 2 assists, making him feel like a duck on the shelf.

West grabbed a lot of rebounds today, scoring the most points for the Pacers, with only 12 points.

In order to ensure victory, Zhou Xuan continued to play without rest in the fourth quarter, Matthews came on the court to cooperate with him, and Miller continued to sit on the bench.

D'Antoni was in the Suns that year, and he would fight defense when he met the Spurs in the playoffs, and he tasted the sweetness of positional offense in the past two seasons, and he would not blindly use the two-point guard tactics, but humbly listened to the opinions of Woodson and Malone and insisted on defense.

Chandler was on the inside, and Hibbert was completely defended today, scoring just two points in three quarters. A few people on the outside have a poor hand, and they don't dare to shoot easily at this time, and the Pacers players pass the ball back and forth, and the time is almost exhausted after the last is a reluctant shot.

Knicks home fans used to only like to watch the offense, but now they also applaud when they defend their opponents. Always watching the run-and-run, suddenly the team strengthens the defense to give people a sense of freshness.

The Pacers trailed by 11 points at the 4-minute mark, and in order to strengthen the offense, coach Vogel replaced Sam Porter and replaced Collison. This substitution was the turning point of the game.

Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Gallinari in the front court, the Eagles attacked and ran in a bad position, misplaced on the weak side, Chandler cut inside after blocking and dismantling, Hibbert hurriedly retreated, and Zhou Xuan scored a 45-degree emergency stop jump shot. 83 to 70.

Collison broke through the block, misplaced Gallinari missed a jumper, Chandler took the rebound and threw it to the frontcourt, and Matthews passed to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan dribbled under his crotch and changed direction, passed George by jumping, and rushed to the basket to score the basket. 85 to 70.

The Pacers West missed, the Knicks attacked, and Zhou Xuan once again ran without the ball to cover the position, 45 degrees on the right side, ignoring Collisson's side block, and scored a cricket. 87 to 70.

After Granger missed, Zhou Xuan faced Collison in the middle, suddenly pulled out three points, and hollowed into the net. 90 to 70.

In just 1 minute and 49 seconds, Zhou Xuan scored 9 points in a row, directly turning the game into garbage time. It was useless for Vogel to ask for a timeout.

After the timeout, D'Antoni directly replaced Zhou Xuan and replaced the veteran Miller to control the situation. With Rose's experience of a serious injury in garbage time, the coaching staff didn't dare take any chances.

Zhou Xuan played 37 minutes and scored 11 points in the final quarter, 11-of-22 shooting, 1-of-3 three-pointers, 2-of-2 free throws, and scored 25 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists and 1 steal.

Su Qun said: "The Pacers' defense of Zhou Xuan is relatively tight, but as soon as Sam Porter is replaced, Zhou Xuan suddenly becomes powerful. After all, he is the leading scorer this season, and as soon as he relaxes his defense, he immediately makes his opponents pay a heavy price. ”

Yang Jian said: "Hibbert's physical strength is also a problem, if he plays more than 30 minutes, the efficiency seems to drop, just a few misalignments, he did not prevent the out. ”

Su Qun said: "If you defend against Chandler, George and Granger will have to defend Chandler under the basket, and there is a difference in height, which cannot be said to be wrong, but it is not good to play like this in the face of the Knicks." ”

The Knicks replaced the bench one after another, and several veterans all went off the court to rest, and Leonard, Parsons, Stephenson, Beverley, and Amunderson continued to play and began to run.

The walkers were directly blinded. Usually at this time, the leading side will choose to control the tempo and play positional battles. The Knicks are 7 seconds to run and shoot, how fast they can play.

It stands to reason that this rhythm is beneficial to the Pacers, but a few of their swing people don't feel good today, they are used to positional warfare, and there is no guard suitable for running and bombing.

Stephenson was impressed in just a moment. He defended Granger too much and almost got into a confrontation, and the two pushed each other and drew a technical foul each.

Leonard singled Granger in the low post on the right and turned to throw the ball in. Parsons and Beverley blocked and cooperated, received a return pass, and hit a three-point shot.

Su Qun smiled: "The biggest surprise this year is these two newcomers, Leonard has always been great, Parsons is known as Gao Fushuai by Chinese fans, he didn't get many opportunities in the regular season, but in the playoffs, his playing time has increased, and he has shown a comprehensive range of skills, can shoot suddenly, and can also divide the ball." ”

Yang Jian said: "They both signed four-year contracts with the Knicks, and with Parsons, I don't think there is any need to renew Jamison's contract, the two have similar styles." ”

Parsons validates the old saying, "It is gold that shines everywhere." 'The coaching staff gave him limited time to perform and he took it. In college, he played averagely, just as a role player, but when it came to the Knicks, he played better than in college in the same way, with excellent teammates to cooperate. He made the most of his strengths, his height, his shooting ability.

The Knicks also have a common characteristic among these young players, they are all masters who are not afraid of heaven and earth, and they will fight on the court, no matter who the opponent is. Stephenson dared to provoke Granger when he came on the court, and D'Antoni had no doubt that this guy would still spew trash talk when he ran into James and Kobe. That's what the players from Brooklyn are all about.

Seeing that there was no hope of a reversal, the Pacers also replaced all their main players. The Knicks benches all want to perform, especially Beverley, who is in a contract year, is unforgiving, playing with all his might, and others are also in this way, and the competition within the team is too fierce.

In the last two minutes, the Knicks went on a 10-3 run, and the Pacers only had Barbosa hit a three-pointer.

At the end of the game, 109-81, the Knicks won by 28 points.