At the beginning of the second quarter, Van Gundy did not replace Moxi, but let him stay on the court, and once again formed an inside offensive line with Ewing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, in the backcourt, Van Gundy put on a two-point guard combination in an ingenious way, with Ward and Charles both on the court, and John Wallace, the Knicks sent out a weird formation.

On the Pacers' side, their bench lineup is among the best in the league, if it weren't for the fact that the old ones in this lineup are too old and the young ones are too young, this lineup would have no problem playing as a starting lineup. Sam Perkins of the center is one of the few centers in this era who can shoot three-pointers, he is a player produced by North Carolina, won the college league championship with Jordan, and entered the league in the same year, but his light has been overshadowed by people of the same period, especially after joining the SuperSonics in 93, he actually developed a three-point shot, which can be thrown into one per game, and the most important thing is that he often has amazing moves, once shot a quasi-kill in the finals, and scored 30+20 in the face of Olajuwon, and scored 45 points, He also scored 26 points in 26 minutes off the bench and made eight of eight three-point shots, which can be said to be a miracle player; There's also a left-handed forward, last year's rookie, Al Harrington, who is also a flexible big man pitcher; And on the bench sat a "God's left hand" Chris Mullin, a player who simply doesn't need to be described too much, those who know him know his greatness, and those who don't know him don't understand his legend at all.

Compared with the two, the Knicks' second lineup that still relies on the starters to lead a belt is a bit dwarfed.

However, the Knicks' excellent touch continued, coupled with the Pacers' interior line, which was generally a little soft except for one Dale Davis, which brought a big surprise to the Knicks' interior offense.

Mo Xi received in a high position, holding the ball in his waist, Al Harrington's height is only two meters and three, and he feels very difficult in the face of Mo Xi, the two entered the league together, Mo Xi still has a two-year window period, but it is not an exaggeration to count it as the protagonist's halo, Mo Xi's current strength is much stronger than Harrington, although Harrington is also a pearl under Larry Bird's unique vision.

Mo Xi glanced down at Harrington, he felt that he should be able to pass the other party, but Harrington was a striker after all, and he was still a striker with good foot movements, Mo Xi didn't dare to take risks, and chose to hoist the ball from the top of his head to Ewing in the low position.

Ewing is easy to get to a deep position, and on the offensive end, Sam Perkins is a player who can do wonders, but when it comes to the defensive end, it's much weaker.

Ewing catches the ball and goes straight to the basket, with the basket behind him. If he was a few years younger, he would have flown up and won the back buckle by now, but now, Ewing thought about it, turned to the left, hit the small hook, and the ball went in.

The Pacers' counterattack came much faster and more powerful than the Knicks thought.

All five of the Pacers came to the three-point line, which made the Knicks have a big head, what kind of tactic is this? Mo Xi and Ewing are not used to this way of completely emptying the interior defense, and the two awkwardly followed, but they still followed suit, always on the lookout for any other defenders to take advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the basket.

Ewing and Mo Xi's concerns are not without reason, as soon as the two pull out, the Pacers' guard directly hit the inside, but Ward's defense is very strong, the opponent just rushed to the free throw line and was stopped by Ward, and at the same time, Mo Xi turned around and directly wrapped the opponent, not up or down at the free throw line, very uncomfortable. However, fortunately, Moxi's defense was still a little flawed, and the opponent found an opportunity to pass it to Al Harrington.

Al Harrington catches the ball and pulls it up and throws it.

But Al Harrington's three-pointers were like Garnett's in this period, coming and going, not consistent, and the shooting percentage was not particularly high, the ball was crooked, and the rebound bounced far away.

Mo Xi rushed forward and tried to win the rebound, but just as he was about to accept the rebound, a Pacers player suddenly came out from the side and controlled the ball in front of Mo Xi, and Mo Xi, who was one step late, looked very depressed.

The Pacers quickly moved the ball out and re-entered the three-point line, and this time Ewing got a little distracted on defense as Sam Perkins pulled a half-way away, received a pass, shot a three-pointer, and hollowed it into the net.

Sam Perkins' three-point shooting has gotten better and better over the years, averaging 100 three-pointers per year over the years, and his extensive playoff experience and Finals experience (in the Lakers, he faced Jordan who sharpened his sword that year) has become a top-tier role player that every team wants.

There was a hook over there, but there was a three-pointer on the side, and the Pacers showed no weakness.

The Knicks attacked again, and this time the offensive finisher turned into a memo.

Ward first distributed the ball to John Wallace on the wing, Wallace hoisted the ball to Moxi, who did not attack at the first time after receiving the ball, but first handed the ball back to Ewing in the high post, and then squeezed deeper into the low post, Al Harrington was as weak against Moxi as Sam Perkins was against Ewing.

Ewing saw that Mo Xi was about to get into a better position, and passed the ball back to Mo Xi.

Mo Xi received the ball, and arched back, Al Harrington stumbled, and directly withdrew from the position under the basket, Mo Xi jumped and dunked his back.

In this Christmas battle, although Mo Xi didn't have any other look on his face, but in his heart, Mo Xi could still feel a flame burning, and in this game, he had already dedicated three dunks, which was simply unbelievable in the past.

But the walker still bites hard.

Five more people stood outside the three-point line, this time Mo Xi and Ewing expanded outward very resolutely, after all, with the example of the previous shot, the Knicks still did not dare to ignore the Pacers' super firepower on the outside.

This time the Pacers used a streak of breakouts.

First, a guard forcibly broke through Charles, Charles's defensive ability was not as good as Ward's, and his height was a little weak, so he was forced to break into the basket by virtue of his height.

Mo Xi quickly reverted, spread his arms, and pounced as quickly but cautiously as a crab.

The opponent found Mo Xi, who was approaching quickly, and hurriedly handed the ball to Sam Perkins on the outside, Sam Perkins quickly passed the ball to Al Harrington, but after all, there was one more transfer in the middle, and Charles quickly raised it to make up for the defense.

Al Harrington looked helpless against Murphy because of his height and weight, but that doesn't mean he did the same against Charles, who crossed the dribble and squeezed Charles away with his strong shoulders at the same time, and did not choose to shoot, but went straight to the basket again.

But at this time, Mo Xi still did not leave the inside line, although Mo Xi's interior defense was not so good, but stretching his arms and standing under the basket like an iron tower still put a lot of pressure on Harrington.

Harrington didn't come hard, but moved the ball out again to the Pacers guard who had just broken through, and in the face of John Wallace, who pounced on the defense, he passed the ball directly to Chris Mullin on the outside.

Ward quickly stepped in and the Pacers were running out of time to attack. Chris Mullin directly made a shooting move, Mullin's prestige made Ward take off directly, but Mullin did not shoot, but dribbled to a step inside the three-point line, dribbling a jump shot, the eyes were open, Mo Xi wanted to step forward to interfere, but it was too far away.

The Knicks shot back again, this time both Mo Xi and Ewing came to the low post, the two echoed each other on the left and right, but it was John Wallace who came to the high post, but Ward did not choose to give the ball to the high post player first, but gave it to Charles on the wing.

Charles went around behind John Wallace and hit the basket directly, but that would make the Pacers' interior line more crowded.

Almost when Charles broke through, Ewing and Mo Xi retreated at the same time, pulled out the inside line, and emptied the inside space, which suddenly made several people of the Pacers feel big. Chris Mullin is chasing behind Charles, but at this time, Mullin can no longer run like in the past because of a knee injury, and it is still a little difficult for him to let go of Charles's breakthrough, but Mo Xi and Ewing who withdrew on both sides have a certain ability to shoot, and for a while the Pacers fell into a difficult situation.

Sam Perkins made a quick decision, and he decisively left the interior and pounced straight on Ewing.

Seeing this, Al Harrington didn't know what to think, but he also left the inside line and pounced on the outside, and in an instant, the Pacers inside was empty.

Seeing such a scene, Charles was overjoyed, his feet were faster, and he took off directly for a layup.

In the same situation, Larry Bird scolded directly off the court, but this is also something that makes him feel helpless, Al Harrington is a junior he values very much, he has good technical talent, but he often doesn't use his brain when he plays, like now.

Larry Bird hesitated and wanted to make adjustments, but he seemed a little hesitant, and now the Pacers' lineup is not falling behind, which is largely due to the Pacers' huge deterrent power outside the three-point line, and Mo Xi and Ewing have to withdraw frequently from the inside, which makes the Knicks' interior advantage be offset to some extent.

But soon, Larry Bird was quick to make his own decision.

The Pacers continued their "rogue" style of play, with the five standing apart, but it seemed that because of Mo Xi's previous performance, Al Harrington felt as if he was still unable to achieve anything in this game, so he put some thought into Mo Xi. You must know that Mo Xi's outside defense ability is not very good, and he wants to directly beat Mo Xi.

Al Harrington's first step was very beautiful, and Mo Xi was passed through without reacting at all, but Harrington's first step was very beautiful, but he ignored Mo Xi's reaction speed.

Just one step, Mo Xi quickly turned around and caught up directly, Al Harington didn't seem to expect Mo Xi to catch up at all, and didn't pay attention to his back at all, only to see Mo Xi suddenly lower his waist and pull the ball from behind, Al Harington paid the price for his carelessness.

The Knicks quickly launched a counter-attack and fast break.

At this time, Van Gundy's double point guard lineup inexplicably exerted its power, the Pacers' lineup has a lot of shooters, but these people are not the kind of people with strong running and jumping ability, the Knicks' two point guards are moving forward quickly, and the two continue to pass back and forth, and soon, the Knicks formed a half-court two-on-one, Ward hit the ball and passed it to Charles who cut it, Charles made a layup, but it was to take the opponent away from the defensive area under the basket, and then directly passed the ball back to Ward, and Ward received the ball and made a layup directly.

The Knicks' defensive counterattack stretched the score away a bit.

Larry Bird is very angry, the current Al Harrington has no direct single rights in the Pacers, not to mention that this time Harrington was also cut off by Moxi, it is impossible to say, Larry Bird directly called a timeout and replaced Al Harrington, in order to ensure the characteristics of the lineup on the court, Schmitz had to play, and put his position in the high position as much as possible.

Larry Bird's tactical arrangement is completely on his own side, winning or losing is doomed, but it has to be said that at Christmas, it is really exciting to see such a game.

The two sides played for a few more minutes, and with four minutes left in the first half, Larry Bird and Van Gundy switched to the starting lineup, but Van Gundy took Ewing off and replaced him with Camby.

After experiencing the offensive battle just now, the focus of the two sides is still more on the offensive end, after all, once such an offensive is fought, it will be a little difficult to take it back.

This doesn't matter to the Pacers, but the Knicks are different, the Knicks are determined to defend fundamentally, and Van Gundy's idea of replacing Camby is not without the idea of taking the initiative to weaken the offensive power on his side and forcibly increase the defensive strength. However, he thought it all too well that the Knicks couldn't immediately bring the defensive intensity back up.

In an instant, Reggie Miller also seemed to have found the problem with the Knicks, Miller instantly became powerful, shooting two three-pointers in a row, but he didn't score, but Camby's advantage is his bounce ability, his physical strength is not very strong, and like Mo Xi, he can't get stuck in the rebounding position. Schmitz used his height advantage to force a couple of frontcourt rebounds.

The Pacers' offensive rhythm is getting faster and faster, and soon, the Nelson-style tactical intent was played out by the Pacers, and the Knicks lost their offensive rhythm and fell into a shooting battle, but the Knicks' three-point shots didn't score in the entire first half, which also led to the Pacers forcibly catching up with the score at the last minute of the first half.

The two sides are 50 draws, returning to the same running line, and the victory or defeat will be announced at the end of the day