Familiar skies, familiar floors, familiar jerseys and familiar opponents, the Knicks are here again and they go this way almost every year, and it's literally a repertoire every year.

And sitting in the home locker room, which the Knicks players are most familiar with, the Knicks are rarely not enthusiastic and laughing together, and what is surprising and even uneasy is that now the Knicks' generals are sitting there honestly and with serious expressions, like statues, and they are listening intently, listening to the speech of the old man in front of the tactical board.

"As I said in the last game of the regular season, you should know better than me what it means to play against the Pacers, life and death enemies, there is no win or loss in this series, there is no promotion or not, and even, this is probably the most important thing for you besides the championship! Victory is above all else, but victory is not everything! Dignity is higher than victory! I'm not saying you can lose, I just want you to understand that this game has an extraordinary impact on us, the fans and the city, just like Pedolfi Sandel said, life is precious, love is more valuable, if you are free so you can throw both, and for you, for this series, you want not only victory, but also the dignity of New York, I hope that there will be a group of bloody fighters who will walk on the court, the result of this game is important, but his process is just as important! Kill the game! Kill your opponents! Kill yourself too! ”

George Carr roared, and when his last sentence fell, the whole locker room erupted in a roar like a wave, like the declaration of an ancient warrior before he set out on the expedition, the eldest husband had raised a three-foot sword, and now he did not seek fame, but begged for the return of the horse leather shroud.

Mo Xi nodded, and a row of big men behind him lined up and walked towards the stadium.

Seeing the familiar figures walking into the stadium, the cheers of the New York fans almost lifted the roof of the arena.

Covered in blood, the Knicks stared fiercely at the Indiana Pacers opposite, and the Indiana Pacers did not show weakness and replied fiercely.

This game is of great significance, even Larry Johnson, Ewing and Charles Oakley, several Knicks celebrities who experienced the fierce battle of the year, also came to the scene, and the hot-tempered Charles Oakley almost lay on the sidelines and shouted loudly to the players on the court: "Come on!" Nix! Come on! Kill those X-smother-raised Indiana hillbillies! Let Birdti walk back with his old face! And that kid over there, Lao Tzu took you to watch a boxing match back then, and he dared to use his fists on Lao Tzu's teammates! It's against you! Don't leave after the game, I'll be waiting for you in the parking lot! ”

At this time, the game has not yet started, and the referee is at a loss when he looks at this scene. Oakley is no longer a player, but a fan, and it is not something that the referee can decide if he wants to send a fan off the field, unless there is obvious violence on the part of the fan, otherwise he has no right to decide.

Charles Oakley looked at the referee's black face with a sneering face, it was so refreshing, he wanted to do it back then.

On the field, the players on both sides are very restrained, but this restraint also has a limit, or is maintained on the surface.

Artest looked at Mo Xi with a sincere face and said, "You fought well, but obviously you didn't fight." ”

Artest's face was arrogant, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all because he lost the last fight with Moxi.

Mo Xi didn't say anything, but Rashid Wallace on the side did speak, and he said: "You can't play, you can't fight, you can't fight!" How about we find a phone booth in Times Square in a moment? ”

Artest didn't back down, stepped forward and said, "Okay, Wallace, not every Wallace can fight, your voice is good, but your fists don't seem to be very hard." ”

The confrontation between the two men seemed to be intensifying, and the referee had just finished dealing with Oakley's affairs over there, and hurried to this side again, ordering the players from both sides to return to their respective halves to warm up.

Before the start of the game, the two sides of the pair just made the fans very excited, no matter which side of the fans or even neutral fans, they all looked at the game with a strange mentality, they faintly have a consensus, how to this game has to have a person to be carried down, the current league, the style of play is becoming more and more civilized, so that those old fans who are used to the eighties and nineties feel unusually uncomfortable, in their opinion, if they want to watch a gentleman's sport, it is better to watch golf or tennis.

However, what is unexpected is that the New York gangsters that people thought would be very popular are exceptionally calm, and this team, which is full of various elements on the streets of New York, is really calm in the face of such a hot confrontation on the field.

Murphy and O'Neal Jr. start jumping balls.

Mo Xi and little O'Neill jumped at the same time, and the two began to fight directly in the air. It's obviously just a simple jumping ball, but the action of the two people is not just as simple as a jumping ball, as if it is an inadvertent action, the two people are close in the air, very hidden, each of the two people stretches out one hand to the racket in the air, and the other elbow actually collides together at the same time in concealment.

"Hum~", Mo Xi felt that he happened to hit his numb tendons at this time, and there was a sore feeling on his elbow, but it seemed that little O'Neal's feeling was not so good, and the expression on his face was very painful.

Charles Barkley, who was sitting in the commentary seat, immediately patted his thigh and applauded, as an experienced super insider, he naturally saw the small movements of these two people at a glance, in his words

"The performance of these two people in small actions has already won a bit of his true taste, what is the meaning of playing, it is as clean as a white ground washed by a nuclear bomb, naturally it is good to have some fun."

The two men's jump ball didn't seem to get the final result, because both men were a little unable to exert their strength, and the ball flew crookedly to the side, and the players on both sides fought for the ball in this first attack.

The closest to this goal were the respective scorers, Alan Houston and Reggie Miller. As a shooter, both of them possessed more concentration and reaction speed than ordinary people, and both of them acted as soon as the ball landed on them.

Houston pounced straight at the ball, while Reggie Miller slid and stepped forward to head Houston sideways.

Houston was slammed, and the ball that was supposed to fall into Miller's arms was about to fall, Houston was in a hurry, secretly elbowed Miller's chest, and then struggled to reach out his hand and point it on the basketball.

Neither Houston nor Miller could get their hands on the ball, but the ball began to fly towards the Pacers' halfcourt.

Al Harrington was overjoyed as he took two steps forward and caught the ball with both hands. But just when he was happy, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

After the jump ball ended, Mo Xi appeared, he looked at the basketball that Harrington grabbed with both hands, and without hesitation, he directly cut it with one palm.

Harrington's palms were shaken to the core, and there was a strong force in his arm, and he involuntarily stepped back.

Ignoring the loud questions from the Pacers players around him about his foul, he directly changed direction and passed Harrington to the Pacers' half.

Mo Xi's chassis is too high, which leads to the fact that although his dribbling is not bad, and he can even use his dribbling skills to get past opponents, once he enters a long distance or half-court run, his dribbling will appear high, which is very dangerous, once he is followed by a short player, he is very likely to lose the ball.

Mo Xi didn't dare to give the Pacers this opportunity, forced his elbow to open the way, and Mo Xi rampaged into the three-point line.

And at this time, Artest suddenly appeared in front of him, from the beginning of this game, Artest has already concentrated all his spirit, just jumped the ball to compete for the first wave of the ball just happened between the lightning and fire, but as early as the confrontation between Houston and Miller, Artest has quickly come from that side to the middle of the Pacers' backcourt, and after Harrington was stealed, Artest did not complain to the referee, but took another step back and stood at the free throw line, waiting for the arrival of Mo Xi.

In the face of Mo Xi, who has already raised the speed, there is no one in the entire alliance who can stop him, and what about Artest? Will he be able to?

Mo Xi also saw Artest standing at the free throw line, now there is only one Artest between him and the basket, but it is this Artest that makes his momentum greatly reduced, once he is defended by Artest even if he only reduces his speed, then soon, the rest of the Pacers will immediately surround him, and the Knicks' people do not enter this position, he will fall into an isolated and helpless situation.

Quick shot, pull-up jump shot or throw-up shot? It's just that this position is a little far away from the basket, and there seems to be some problems with the throwing, so Mo Xi only has the way of emergency stop jump shot?

Apparently Artest thought the same way, he was ready, ready to jump and block Moxi, and his knees were slightly bent.

Mo Xi's eyes narrowed, his mind turned a thousand times, and at the same time, there were some changes in his feet and hands.

Mo Xi's long arm pulled, and his body walked to the side, it seemed that Mo Xi had neither the intention of throwing, nor the emergency stop jump shot, he seemed to be planning to change direction, and planned to plunge into the encirclement set up for him by the Progressive Walker.

And just when the nervous hearts of the New York fans jumped to their throats, they actually spit out their hearts directly, because Mo Xi made an extremely bold move.

A reporter once asked Mo Xi, your back man ball score is so wonderful, have you tried to score a positive man ball, Mo Xi answered at the time that if he had the opportunity, he would probably give it a try, but he still likes to use basic skills to beat the opponent.

And now, Mo Xi boldly used the ball to solve Artest.

Artest didn't expect that by the time he reacted, the man of Moxi had already reached his side.

Without hesitation, Artest turned around directly, and a bear hug directly hugged Mo Xi.

But Mo Xi didn't seem to care, his face was hideous, and he didn't say that he broke free from Artest's arms, so he dragged Artest forward, and he stretched out his arm to grab the ball.

Seeing this, Artest had more force in his hand, and he actually hugged Mo Xi off the ground.

Mo Xi spun in the air, staring at the basket and throwing the ball.

Artest watched Mo Xi's shot, and his heart also lifted, and a pair of eyes stared at the basketball.

The basketball spun and around the basket several times before finally falling out, and Artest breathed a sigh of relief.

"Toot-"

At this time, the referee's whistle also sounded, because there was no one in front of Mo Xi, and Artest's foul behind him was directly punished with a first-degree malicious foul, one penalty and one throw.

Murphy crashes past Artest to the free-throw line.

A free throw hits.

The Knicks serve at halftime.

Mo Xi threw the ball directly to Arians, and after serving, Mo Xi immediately stepped forward to block Arenas.

The two men didn't intend to take advantage of this pick-and-roll to gain any huge advantage, just to win a piece of space, and it was this space that made the Pacers' face change dramatically.

In this position, with Arenas' character, he can have 10,000 ways to get a basketball into the basket.

But what the Pacers didn't know was that George Karl had already lectured the Knicks before that, winning is not the goal, winning is exciting enough.

Arenas and Moxi separated, Moxi went straight down, Arenas pulled to the side, and a completely vacuum was withdrawn between the two of them.

Tinsley's heart tightened, he also saw this vacuum, this is a great opportunity, but will Arenas pass it?

And at the moment when Tinsley hesitated, Arenas was already in his surprised gaze, and a blow passed through the crotch, directly passing the ball into Mo Xi's hand.

At this moment, Mo Xi was still three or four steps away from the basket, and little O'Neal was desperately holding Mo Xi, not daring to let Mo Xi go in again.

After receiving the ball, Mo Xi used all his strength to push it hard, directly pushing the upper half of Little O'Neill's body open, and a large blank appeared in front of Mo Xi's body. The ball was changed to his left hand, Mo Xi grabbed the ball with one hand, and at the same time pressed the other hand on Little O'Neal, Little O'Neal's body was leaning back, he had realized that something was wrong, and quickly reached out and put his hand on Mo Xi's shoulder. Mo Xi "poofed", pulled his right foot off the ground, and then slammed it on the floor, his calf contracted, his muscles tightened, and then the whole person drew strength from the ground and exploded.

Mo Xi pressed little O'Neal and came up with a slam on the sky.

"Toot-"

The referee blew the whistle again and gave O'Neal Jr., who was dunked to the ground, a defensive foul.

2+1

Mo Xi opened with two fouls on the Pacers' two generals.