After Mo Xi's return, the Magic lost the ability to scorch with the Knicks, and even Mo Xi directly cut Sean Kemp into a waste with a three-way plate axe. The fifth game was played in New York, not at all, not at all to anyone's surprise, the Knicks crushed the Magic, continued to play, the last game of the first round, Mo Xi seemed to be planning to take out a few more weapons from his arsenal, he directly took the Magic and began to test the waters, after all, the opponent he will face in the second round is not an easy role, whether it is the 76ers or the Pacers, their strength, especially in the playoffs, is more than a cut above the Magic, and the Pacers have O'Neal Jr., The 76ers even have Iverson, these two people, one is a well-known top defensive center, and the other is a super scorer with decisive talent.

In the fifth game of the first round, the New York Knicks defeated the Magic 114:94, and Mo Xi cut down 41 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks by himself. Mo Xi's performance made the New York media brag about it, and the Los Angeles people saw itchy, no way, O'Neal's performance was good, but O'Neal's strength was only a decent strength at present, far less than Mo Xi's current explosive state. But there is not only one O'Neal in the West, almost at the same moment when Mercy ended the game, San Antonio also ended their battle, Tim Duncan cut a triple-double of 15 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 blocks that are more like a center than Mercy, San Antonio fought six games, sanctioning the young "Little Overlord" Stoudemire and "Hacker" Sean Marion, and just before this game, the Kings eliminated the Utah Double Shake as easily as the Knicks, And Nowitzki's Mavericks also eliminated the Portland Trail Blazers led by "Architect of the Air" Sabonis, and the new generation of insiders have defeated the old-timers and continued to move forward.

Now there is only one last game left in the first round, and that is the battle between the 76ers and the Pacers.

Everything is as David Stern expected, even without Artest, the Pacers are not easy to gnaw, the 76ers have too few offensive points, except for Iverson, only Aaron McGee and Snow can give Iverson a chance to breathe, Mutombo's departure has made a huge gap in the 76ers' interior line, and the 76ers with this Achilles heel can hardly do any effective resistance when facing the Pacers with O'Neal Jr., if it weren't for Iverson being too rebellious, With an average of 30+ points per game, the 76ers may have already been eliminated at this moment, and because of Artest's absence, the 76ers barely won three of the first four games, but then, after Artest came back, the Pacers directly tied the score, and then the seventh game of life and death between the two sides.

This game is played on the home court of the Pacers, which is really not good news for the 76ers, they were originally tied 3:1 on the side, the psychological pressure is even greater, this is still to the opponent's home court, this has almost become a script that has been written, the Indiana Pacers achieved a big reversal of 1:3 behind at their own home, and now the Pacers are very strong, the outside will be banned for four games, and after coming back, it is to help the team win two games in a row to equalize the score, such a plot...... It looks like a team in a certain year.

At this time, Mo Xi followed the scouts in New York and was secretly sitting in the home court of the Pacers, which is really not easy, in the United States, there are not many tall people like Xiang Mo Xi, plus the yellow-skinned people stand out from the crowd, Mo Xi came this time, it can be said that he has done enough disguise, even Ding Xiaowei's cosmetics have been lent out, kicked the bald and covered Xuan Xuan, and finally made himself unlikely, so he entered the arena with satisfaction.

From the first minute Mo Xi entered the arena, his heart was cold, the momentum of the Pacers was too strong, and the 76ers were lifeless, although the mourning soldiers would be defeated, but the 76ers were now not just mourning soldiers, they had almost lost their fighting spirit, if it weren't for Iverson's always full of fighting spirit eyes that had been burning, it was hard for Mo Xi to imagine how the 76ers had survived and walked onto the court, Mo Xi saw the shadow of the magic that had just finished fighting him from the 76ers, and Mo Xi couldn't help but worry about his brother.

As for the Pacers, although Mo Xi doesn't want to admit it, the facts are there, the current Indiana Pacers are very much like the Knicks of the Black Eight back then, the same backwardness, the same lack of generals, the same catch-up, although the details of the script are different, but their core is the same.

76 people are in danger.

The process of the game was as Mo Xi expected, everyone in the Pacers, every offense, every defense seemed to bring an invincible buff, playing fiercely, while the 76ers seemed a little cringe, thanks to Iverson alone to support the overall situation.

But soon, Iverson also fell into trouble, he was entangled by Artest, which seemed like a very strange thing, Artest? The beast? Can you keep up with Iverson?

A long, long time ago, when the man was still called Ron Artest, it was not for nothing that he was able to snatch the best defensive player from Big Ben's hands, people's first impression of Artest always seemed to be his strong strength, fierce style of play and fiery temper, but there were many things that have been buried under these, before that long ban period, Artest was no pressure even for a shooter with good running ability like Hamilton, Artest during this period, Defensively, especially on the perimeter, he's the best one, no matter what type of guy you are, he can defend it.

As a result, Iverson and Artest launched the most exciting offensive and defensive battle of the first round.

With absolute speed and explosiveness, Iverson can't pass Artest, he can only rely on his skillful dribbling to shake off Artest, especially his famous stunt "crossover", but Artest is not just a person who plays with his body, he is also a person who relies on his brain to defend, although sometimes his intelligence is off the line, but it can't hide Artest's natural understanding of defense.

Artest defends Iverson, his distance is just right, three-quarter step, this space makes Iverson very uncomfortable, it seems that he can both break through and jump, but in fact, no matter which one of the two, it is very laborious, and even Artest will end the attack if he is not careful.

Iverson didn't admit it, he started directly as a crossover, but Artest was unmoved, Iverson took a step forward, who expected, Artest did not retreat, but took a step forward, just pinned on Iverson's forward route.

Iverson stretched his foot back in aggrieved terms, and then pulled the ball out, retracted it sharply, and pulled it again, and a big peng spread his wings and lifted up with one foot.

At this time, Artest quickly withdrew his foot, and the whole person returned to the position he had just been, and there was no more than three-quarter of a step between him and Iverson.

Iverson was a little impatient, but he still tried his best to calm down, his performance, his every move will determine the direction of the entire 76ers and the momentum of the whole team, he, can't panic, can't mess up, can't be impatient, and can't lose!

Iverson dribbled the ball under his crotch and took a step back, but it was not a jumper, Artest moved forward a little, but because he knew that this was Iverson's feint, he didn't dare to step forward too much, for fear of being taken advantage of by Iverson, the distance of this small step was not accurate, and the distance between Artest and Iverson became a full step.

Opportunity!

Iverson's eyes lit up, he flickered, and with a bow to the Buddha, Artest froze in place, his subconscious telling him that it was a feint, but his mind told him that in this position, if Iverson made a move, he couldn't even interfere. The body froze under two different commands.

Iverson accelerated violently and rushed out directly from Artest, Iverson passed Artest, and there was not much time left before the twenty-four second violation, Iverson didn't dare to be careless, a jump, dodged O'Neal Jr., and directly raised a small lever to try to hit a layup.

Iverson didn't score tens of thousands of layups like this, and just when he was confident that he could win these two, Artest turned around.

Artest broke the shackles of his body and forcibly twisted his body, and then saw Iverson get up and make a layup, this time, he didn't want to, and directly relied on the beast-like consciousness of his body's instinct, and flew forward to chase the hat.

"Bang~", Artest pinned Iverson to the board.

The audience erupted in warm applause and cheers.

Mo Xi watched from the sidelines, his brows furrowed tightly.

The 76ers' lineup is still not good, at least their lineup depth is far from enough, just like the Magic's problem, and the Pacers, their lineup is not as strong as the Knicks in a few points, and it is not much inferior to the Knicks in other places, or even better. Such a reasonable lineup without lacking flexibility and plasticity is far from being comparable to the 76ers' current remnant.

The 76ers fell into a quagmire, or Iverson fell into a quagmire, even if he barely passed Artest, but there was still a little O'Neal guarding there under the basket, in a trance, Iverson felt that he was back in the finals of the hard "OK", at that time, he was in his prime, dragging a body of injuries, half of his body was cut off the unbeatable Lakers, although it may be regarded as a finger, but ten fingers are connected to the heart, that moment, it is enough for them to hurt.

As if returning to the light, Iverson suddenly burst into flames, and seemed to sacrifice himself to some unknown existence, the whole person is like the ancient Greek god of war descended to earth, and the current Iverson is called Ares.

Iverson broke off and attacked in a row, forcing a wave of 11:0 climax in four minutes, magically overtaking the score. All of a sudden, the arena fell silent, fearing that something out of the ordinary might infuriate the horrible little man and ruin the Pacers' good fortune.

Mo Xi sighed softly. That's the end of the 76ers. This is only the middle of the third quarter, and this is still the playoffs, Iverson's outburst came too early, which is bound to make him weak, if the 76ers no one can continue to fire Iverson, then next, the 76ers will go straight into the trough.

In the following time, Iverson did not take a minute off, but only scored 8 points, and the shooting rate dropped to 36%, and the 76ers' instantaneous lead was wiped out after a few rounds.

Mo Xi covered his eyes, the game was over, the Indiana Pacers beat the 76ers 101-87, Iverson was still difficult to save despite scoring 33 points, and all the rhetoric before the start of the playoffs turned to ashes, the 76ers lost, and Iverson lost.

Mo Xi did not go to Iverson, he knew that the proud Iverson would not want anyone to see him depressed after the defeat, Mo Xi followed the celebratory crowd out of the arena, and did not look back.

The news that the New York Knicks will meet the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the East is like wings, and it flies all over the country in an instant, at first, people don't realize what is going on, but soon, people react, and the excited cries are like waves from low to high, from far to near, from nothing.

First of all, the period that Mo Xi did not experience, the period when the Knicks were pressed and beaten by the Pacers, and then after Mo Xi entered the league, Larry Johnson - the magical three-point shot, since then, the Pacers have not won any series in the playoffs against the Knicks. And just recently, Mo Xi and Artest had another fight, which made Artest, who originally had no grudge against New York, and little O'Neill, who was angry, also directly pulled into the game, this time, Or go home? No! For the Knicks and the Pacers, it's life or death.

At the post-game press conference, Reggie Miller, who has stepped down as captain, made a rare appearance, he first rebuked a deplorable fight, saying that he had caused serious damage to Artest, that he was an out-and-out butcher, a murderer, and then began to spray in the air. Mo Xi only abuses vegetables, Wallace is a soft egg, Sprewell can't play, Houston is slow like an old man, Arenas? Excuse me, who is that?

All in all, Reggie Miller handed over the play to the Knicks in his own way.

Everyone could smell the blood from a day later.