In the first game, the Knicks narrowly defeated the Pacers in the final minute with Ewing's strong defense, and while every win in the playoffs is precious, this one has been written about by the media. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBecause in the previous two rounds, the Knicks were the first game away from home, and then won the opponent and finally won the entire series, and this victory undoubtedly shows this trend again.

Indiana was naturally annoyed, and the annoyed people began to make the playoffs.

One day after the game, the Knicks were honored to be left in the hotel, and under Van Gundy's fierce reprimand, everyone in the Knicks was asked to stay in their rooms, even the rest of the hotel and try not to go out, and the Knicks were placed under house arrest in disguise.

So, the Knicks were also full of resentment, and the anger that had accumulated for a day decided to release it the next night, but before this anger could be released, he was slapped back in the stomach by the pacers.

In so many games, the Knicks were beaten in the first quarter for the first time.

Sprewell's defense was excellent, Reggie Miller only hit one shot in the first quarter, but fortunately he still scored 5 points with free throws, but this time the rest of the Pacers stepped up, especially Mark Jackson, who used his back to force Ward, even if he was replaced by Charles, he was powerless to block, and he scored 7 points and three assists in the first quarter with free throws, and the Knicks' point guard line was completely crushed, and the two point guards each carried a foul.

This time, the Knicks suffered a lot because of their tough defense, and in the first quarter alone, the Knicks received ten fouls, of course, there are some reasons for this, but the Knicks' excessive physical contact is still the main reason.

The Knicks ushered in the second quarter in a gloomy cloud, Van Gundy didn't know what to adjust, the Knicks' regular defensive strength is the playoff level, and it is no problem to raise the defensive intensity in the playoffs, but in the case of this kind of home whistle is particularly serious, the Knicks' defense has to think carefully, but it is simple to improve the defensive intensity, but it is not simple to reduce it.

Van Gundy had no choice but to increase the frequency of rotation.

At the beginning of the second quarter, several players with fewer fouls were improvised and put together to play against the enemy. Mo Xi, Camby, Houston, Sprewell, and Charles played, it was still the combination of inside and outside in the last game, but this time it seems that the effect is not high.

The Knicks are being targeted, not man-to-man, more like a variant of regional defense, after all, at this time the league does not allow regional defense, just using similar defense to target the passing route, and the Knicks fell into the singles trap arranged by the opponent.

Fortunately, there are still a few people on the court who are not weak in singles.

Houston took the lead in attacking, after seeing the opponent's defensive formation, the super shooter just sneered, the three threats stood still, suddenly dribbled on the spot, leaned forward, and then dribbled hard, jumped back, stepped back and threw a shot, the defenders didn't even have time to react, only saw Houston running back to their own half.

Next, the Pacers returned a ball, and Jalen Rose took advantage of the double cover to get an open shot, and hit a three-pointer.

The Knicks, who came back, entered the singles session again, and this time it was Mo Xi, who played well in the last game. Receiving the ball in the high post with his back to the defender, he didn't find a good passing route and had to choose to attack on his own. To be honest, the high-position offense is not in Mo Xi's conventional offensive methods, and in this place, it is estimated that Mo Xi can only choose the face frame.

Obviously, the defender on the opposite side also thought the same, not giving Mo Xi a chance to turn around and turn into a face frame at all, no matter how Mo Xi moved, he stuck it on it, and did not give Mo Xi any space.

At this moment, Mo Xi's movements changed, forcibly stuck the side of the opponent's body, and then turned around, and the explosive power of the moment made the other party at a loss, and actually made a way. Seeing this, Mo Xi was a little faster under his feet, and forcibly fought a bloody path straight into the Pacers restricted area.

In the face of the defenders in the penalty area, Mo Xi did not force a force, a light pull, as a high school striker, skillfully used the pull rod to dodge the defense and score the ball.

The aura-filled action made the Knicks' bench burst into applause.

The Pacers didn't get emotional about the loss, and no matter how beautiful it was, it was just a shot in their eyes.

Sure enough, less than 20 seconds after Mo Xi's goal, Mark Jackson scored with his back attack, which incidentally caused a foul on Camby, who made up the defense, Camby committed three fouls, and not long after the start of the second quarter, Camby became the first victim of the Knicks.

Fortunately, the Knicks' interior line is full of talent, and a Camby fell, and Van Gundy replaced him with a Johnson, although Johnson's defense at this time is far inferior to the past, but the physical strength is there, and the body of more than 250 pounds is not something that anyone can bear, and Johnson's killing under the basket is the strongest one in the entire Knicks team, even Ewing can't compare.

Johnson really lived up to expectations, and returned a 2+1 to the opponent after he came on the field.

This ball Knicks are actually not fully opened, Johnson is still on the strong side, and at this time Mo Xi is still hovering on the inside line and has not gone out. But Johnson didn't have these in his heart, in his words, if I had left my early years, how could I have any of you defending anything, I would have bulldozer all the way to your back and your figure would be gone.

Johnson caught the ball, his movements were more casual, as if he didn't put the other party in his eyes at all, and suddenly with a force, the muscle stick of his body was like a hammer, and he chiseled it in. Johnson's advance not only chiseled through the opponent's defense, but also carried the opponent with him and hung it on his arm, just like his nickname "Big Mom", hanging a vegetable basket and rushing into the vegetable market under the basket to "buy vegetables".

The defender fell heavily to the ground and pulled Johnson's hand before leaving, Johnson stumbled a little, but still held the ball firmly into the basket, and the referee's whistle blew and the defense fouled.

For the Pacers' slightly thin interior line, this black fat man is undoubtedly the devil of the devil. Johnson then began to make waves on the inside of the Pacers, looking like a big devil.

With the Great Demon King, the warriors will not be far away.

It was Mark Jackson again, with a strong body, sitting on Charles, just like Johnson had just done, step by step, but it was difficult to resist "walking" in, turning to Johnson to provoke, and then retreating and jumping.

Charles was squeezed away and was unable to defend for a while, but Johnson on the side was holding back his strength and pounced directly, who knew that Jackson didn't want to shoot at all, just to make Johnson's foul.

With a "drop", Johnson committed 3 offenses.

Van Gundy cursed in a low voice, and was unwilling to be pinched by the Pacers like this, so he forcibly replaced Ewing and continued the interior offensive line.

Ewing's play made the Knicks feel great, but while the interior offense became stronger, the Knicks' defense became less flexible, and the Pacers seized this point to frequently carry out blocking and dismantling tactics.

Van Gundy saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly replaced Moxi, who was okay on the offensive end, and put Dudley on it.

Not long after this substitution was made, Charles fouled again, and Charles, who committed three fouls, was also substituted, and Van Gundy had to use Ward, who was suppressed by Mark Jackson, to play, even if he was to be blown up by the opponent.

But as the saying goes, disaster is not a one-way street, just three minutes of work, and Dudley, who was not long on the court, grabbed a rebound and fouled, and committed three fouls on his back. Van Gundy was angry, yelled at the referee angrily, and directly ate a T, but Van Gundy was very unrelenting, but the assistant referee had to forcibly step forward and pull it back, and the rest of the Knicks saw the head coach being T, and felt a little unhappy, Houston and the "aunt" Johnson stepped forward to put pressure on the referee, but the referee just smiled and signaled the two to return to their positions, and the two had no choice but to do it.

An angry Van Gundy replaced Dudley with Thomas, at which time the Knicks had three fouls on all four of them, and the others also had about two, but the least was the most defensive Sprewell, and only once, the Knicks were in trouble.

But no one knows that this dilemma is just the beginning.

At halftime, the Knicks trailed by more than 10 points in a game-breaking half of the playoffs, and the Pacers led by 11 points at 57-46.

The Indians cheered as they could all hear the cursing of people in New York across the television.