New York is still home advantage, facing the Pacers, this game is easily reminiscent of their first meeting of the season, before the start of that game, many pundits were full of this Pacers, at the time, this Pacers had a power that no one knew about, they looked fantastic!

Even if they lost at the time, the Pacers weren't the worst in terms of the league-wide dominance that the New York team played later, but rather a team that played a lot of games that couldn't compete against the Knicks.

So although the game was lost, most fans thought that this team could go one step closer and continue to challenge the New York team in the future.

But it turned out that the main player Grant was injured, and the team suddenly lost hope of getting closer as the ace of the offensive end was reimbursed for the season.

Fortunately, this team has been good enough this year, which allows this team to still occupy the top four positions in the East.

He even killed the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.

Playoffs Round 2!

Before you know it, the team has played their best result in recent seasons.

But everyone knows that their journey for the season is over!

"There's no doubt that no one can guard easy, and when the Pacers aren't as good as they have been on the defensive end, then their shortcomings on the offensive end come to the fore."

The pundits said this before the game.

And the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals also vividly illustrated this point.

The Pacers gritted their teeth in the first half, relying on defense to trail by just five points at halftime.

That's something the 76ers didn't do in the first four games!

It shows how good this Pacer is on the defensive end.

Speaking of which, this is also the reason why this Pacers could have been the most troublesome opponent for the Heat, they are really tough!

It is also tenacious enough.

From the third quarter onwards, the team lost its ability to bite the Knicks tightly, and the team's lack of ability on the offensive end began to show.

No one on the team could score, especially in the 6-8 minutes of the third quarter, when the entire Pacers suddenly fell into a scoring drought.

"That's the playoffs, that's why we keep saying you can't go far without star players! Because the intensity of the game dictates that the star players have to step up at this time and help the team break this embarrassing situation, only now, obviously, they miss Danny very much! ”

It is said that this team could have become the bitter master of the Heat, and another very important reason is Hibbert's play!

The "black version of Yao Ming" can always gain a huge advantage on the inside against the Heat, and there is no problem at all in playing an average of 20 plus 10 per game!

The original Hibbert also won a big contract with his excellent performance against the Heat!

It can also be seen from here how weak the Heat's interior line is, a player like Hibbert who has height and weight, and a little bit of independent offensive ability can do whatever he wants on the inside, if Yao Ming does not retire, he will inevitably become a huge sufferer during the "Big Three" period of the Heat, and it is not impossible for him to average 30 plus 10 per game in the face of the Heat team with his ability!

However, Hibbert can play an All-Star interior level against the Heat, and only against the Heat, and he can't play any advantage against other teams.

The Pacers began to trail, and over the ensuing period, the margin grew to over 10 by the end of the third quarter.

In the third minute of the fourth quarter, Yi Jianlian took over the game and scored 9 points in a row in 5 minutes, relying on these 9 points, the New York team led the score advantage to 15 points.

With four minutes left in the game, those 15 points also ensured victory for the New York team.

The Knicks won the game without a hitch.

The big score in the second round of the playoffs was also rewritten to 1-0.

Yi Jianlian got 40 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in this game.

It is worth mentioning that this is his first triple-double in the playoffs this season.

In the first four games of the playoffs, he averaged 36.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 7 assists per game, and did not get a triple-double.

Speaking of which, this season, his record of averaging 3 doubles per game for two consecutive seasons has also been broken, Yi Jianlian's assists this season are a lot less than last year, and he is still the most important point for opponents to pay attention to, but with the ability of other players in the Knicks team has also improved, no team dares to wrap Yi Jianlian as unscrupulously as last season, and now, as long as anyone dares to wrap Yi Jianlian, then the other players of the Knicks team will inevitably make them pay the price of contempt.

It is also because of this that Yi Jianlian has a lot fewer opportunities to assist.

It must be pointed out that Yi Jianlian is not a traditional point guard, and all his assists are based on his strong offensive ability.

When opponents don't dare to flank him with impunity, he has a lot less choice in passing, which also makes his assists drop a bit.

This is also the reason why Allen Iverson averaged 7.5 per game at the beginning, but he did not say that he was a good passer.

Of course, Yi Jianlian's ability is here, and not being caught is also relative to last season! In many cases, opponents have to be packed, which also keeps his assist count at a higher level.

And although these data have declined, Yi Jianlian's efficiency value has improved a lot, his shooting rate in the regular season is maintained at more than 50%, you must know that he can average more than 40 points per game this season, and there are naturally more shots in this way, Yi Jianlian is indeed the player who has the most shots in the league's regular season, but in the same way, among the players who have made more than 1000 shots, his shooting rate is the highest!

At the same time, he also shot above 45% from three-point range.

As the player who has shot the most three-pointers this season, this shooting percentage is also among the top three among players who hit more than 150 three-pointers, and even Stephen Curry's three-point shooting percentage is below him.

As for Ray Allen, needless to say, as a star player, the defensive intensity he originally suffered was greater, coupled with the increase in age, Ray Allen's explosiveness has declined, which has made his three-point shooting rate decline a little.

That's why the Celtics went home in the first round this season.

Ray Allen is no longer fit to play as a core player on the pitch.

Now that he is in a more suitable position for him should be a puzzle piece.

Plus a 90% free-throw shooting percentage.

Yi Jianlian's efficiency in this season has surpassed the "180" club by a lot.

And it was when his data was still so exaggerated.