Saturday, American time.

The New York Knicks flew to Indianapolis, home of the Indiana Pacers.

The Indiana Pacers finished the regular season with a 50-32 record and finished fourth in the East.

Therefore, in this series, the New York Knicks still do not have home-court advantage, and must first play two consecutive away games.

Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana, the most populous city in the United States, and the climate is warmer than New York.

It was already afternoon when the team arrived in Indianapolis, sitting on the bus to the hotel, Lin Feng listened to music while enjoying the scenery of this strange city, Indianapolis is far less prosperous than Manhattan, but the basketball atmosphere of the whole city is very strong, the prominent position of the city's main block, hanging huge billboards promoting the playoffs, and the posters of the team's number one star George can be seen everywhere.

"Lin, George said that he would personally defend you in this round of the playoffs after eliminating the Raptors, how about it, is there any pressure? He's the best forward defender in the league, even better than Toms. Jones, who was sitting next to Lin Feng, asked with a grin.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing how strong his defense is." Lin Feng turned down the music in the headphones and said lightly.

"Lin, George is tall and has long arms, and he has a lot of feet, so he is really intimidating on the defensive end." Jones said.

"These are just appearances, whether it works or not, we have to see you on the field." Lin Feng shrugged.

Jones smiled: "Okay, maybe I'm thinking too much, you're crazy, you can't be measured by ordinary people's eyes!" ”

In the evening, the team did not schedule any training sessions, but allowed the tired players to rest well.

Next. The team originally arranged normal preparation drills, however, the home team did not arrange a training ground for the Knicks on the grounds that the stadium was being repaired.

Obviously, this is a deliberate, shoddy off-the-board move on the part of the Pacers. This tactic is not uncommon in many sports, and the Knicks are angry but helpless. In the end, in order to ensure training, the team had to temporarily rent a field.

It was just a small episode, but it sparked the fire in the hearts of the Knicks.

On the day of the race.

The New York Knicks arrived early at the Pacers' home court, the Bankers Living Arena.

When the players arrived, they warmed up on the pitch and got a feel.

Fans at the Pacers' home stadium are entering one after another, and the Bankers Living Arena can accommodate more than 18,000 people. With two hours to go before the official start of the game, the attendance rate in the stadium has reached 60%, and the enthusiasm of the fans for this game can be seen.

To Lin Feng's surprise, he also saw a lot of fans wearing his No. 11 jersey at the scene, and it seemed that these fans were deliberately flying from New York to support the team away.

There is still an hour before the official start of the competition.

ESPN Sports' live broadcast of the game officially began, and in addition to the host Ruby, there were also Coleman, who has been focusing on Lin Hei for 30 years, and former Pacers star Jackson.

"The long-awaited 'contradiction' war is about to begin. Let's make a prediction about the outcome of this match, it must be interesting. Ruby looked at Jackson, "You can talk about it first, Jackson." It's your home turf. ”

"Okay, actually, when I knew the Pacers were going to play against the Knicks, I had the answer in mind," Jackson responded, "I think the Pacers can win this game because they have the best defensive system in the league, the best defensive players, of course." You will definitely say, can they prevent Lin Feng? My answer is, it must be, just in the past few days, I and a few colleagues have watched Lin Feng's performance in the first four games in detail, of course. We don't look at how many shots he makes, but at those of the few shots he makes with iron, and it turns out that 70% of his shots are mid-range, and 20% are at 30 degrees from the bottom corner of the left and right sides, and give that in all his iron shots, 70% of the time, he is caught by a double wrap-up defense. ”

"In other words, if you want to defend against Lin Feng, it's actually very simple, first, double wrap defense, second, block the three-point line, let him shoot in the middle and long range, I believe, in this way, Lin Feng's shooting rate must drop sharply, and as long as Lin Feng is restricted, winning the Knicks will naturally become a very easy thing." Jackson gushed.

"Oh, it sounds very reasonable, it's just that it's easier said than done, in addition, if Lin Feng is doubled, he can completely divide the ball, he has the ability to assist, which has been verified in the last game." Ruby finished speaking, and looked at Coleman again.

"Coleman, what do you say?"

"I agree with Jackson's statement, in fact, I also studied Lin Feng's previous four games, it's not that he can't defend, it's just that the opponent didn't find the right way to defend." Coleman said.

"Uh, Coleman, I remember that you praised Lin Feng for his omnipotence in your column last week, could it really just be that you were forced to write it after you lost the bet?"

Before the last game between the Knicks and the Cavaliers, Coleman insisted that Lin Feng's full-court assists would not exceed ten times, but Lin Feng slapped him in the face and contributed 19 assists in the whole game.

This is what Ruby is talking about at this time.

"Of course not, that's right, Lin Feng has many advantages, but in the face of the Pacers' iron-blooded defense, I'm still not optimistic that Lin Feng can play like he did in the first round against the Cavaliers." Coleman responded.

"Okay, that said, you're all optimistic that the Pacers can win this game." Ruby smiled and shook his head: "However, I have different views from the two, I think the Knicks may be able to continue the good performance against the Cavaliers in the last round, and Lin Feng may still have a magical performance!" ”

"Anyway, the game will start soon, so let's wait and see......"

The scene of the competition.

The players' appearance ceremony has begun, and the first to enter is the New York Knicks generals, because it is an away game, there is no cheer after everyone plays, but there is a boo, especially when Lin Feng plays, the boos of the audience have also reached the peak.

No way, who made Lin Feng their number one mortal enemy!

After the Knicks players played, it was the home team's appearance ceremony, and as the home team players played one by one, the Bankers' Living Arena began to boil......

…… (To be continued.) )