In the away lounge, the Knicks were gathering to listen to Van Gundy's setup. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Next we're going to play the inside line, their strength inside line is like paper paste, any of our so many inside lines can call the wind and rain on the opponent's inside line, but you have to remember that there are two of the league's best shooters on the opposite side, Sprewell, Reggie Miller is handed over to you, he is the best one, why aren't you? Hold him down, and give him two points rather than three. ”

"You're doing a good job now, but don't forget, the killer hasn't shot yet, we don't have a big point difference, defend, defend, defend! Ewing, Johnson in the second half you have to step up your offense, open up on the inside, we have a strong projection, but we have more space than them to squeeze them inside. ”

The halftime was over quickly, and the two sides returned to the court, with the Pacers' lineup unchanged, with the Knicks replacing Sprewell for Thomas, and Johnson mentioning the No. 4 position to strengthen the interior offense.

The Pacers were strong, but there was no doubt that the Knicks slashed hard at the Pacers' veins. Shooters need space, and the Knicks squeezed the space outside the three-point line, although there was room for mid-range shots, but with the Knicks' strong interior offense, the Pacers could only be on an equal footing with the opponent.

The balance of victory is gradually tilting in favor of the Knicks, because the Knicks' outside double gun is not vegetarian.

Although the Knicks' offense is still flying the flag of team offense, it can actually be summed up in one sentence, hanging the ball to Johnson or Ewing, the other of the two is pulling high post, or doing blocking or waiting for a shooting opportunity, and Sprewell and Houston outside take advantage of the cover to run to catch the ball.

The offensive mode is monotonous, but surprisingly effective. Because it is difficult for the Pacers to limit the inside attack, not to mention that these two people can also pull out to shoot, there are a lot of people inside, and there will be opportunities outside, and as the offensive players pull outside, the inside line is too thin.

Of course, it's all built on Ewing and Johnson's supercharged interior offense.

With Ewing making another turnaround jumper over Schmitz's head, Larry Bird called a timeout, at which point the margin was faintly moving into double digits.

Bird sneered and laid out the tactics: "What are you worried about, being blown up by two sick ghosts?" Ewing has no explosiveness and weakness in his lower limbs, so he has just practiced a one-handed jump shot, and he can't do anything if he gets stuck in his leg, as for Johnson, his injury is more serious, he can't jump anymore, although he has a pendulum strength, but his height is there, is it still useful if he can't jump? Schmitz uses your movement, you are only responsible for helping defense, Davis, no matter who plays the inside, you are responsible for resisting, do you still need me to say on the outside? Do you lose than shooting? ”

Amid the shouts of the pacers, the race resumed.

Larry Bird was an excellent decision-maker on the field and a prototype of a striker, he had a good grasp of the situation on the field, and he was good at analyzing the psychology of the players, the only problem was that he was too ruthless back then, and like many superstar-turned-coaches, he felt that what he could do could be done by others. Think about it, when you are faced with three people, the coach says to you, what are you hesitating about, shoot him, what will you think in your heart?

Bird's setting was outstanding. Ewing's next ball was defended to death, due to the lack of jump height, although he dodged the defender in front, but was blocked by Schmitz, who helped to defend.

Schmitz's defense can't be said to be bad, only that it lacks confrontation, and if someone carries it for him, he can also make a good defense. (When I was younger, ahem, there was a classmate like that, if someone carried it for him, he could really cover everyone on the other side, remember that time he risked seven.) ）

Ewing's face was a little unbearable, and when he returned to the offensive end again, Ewing directly stuck a deep position to ask for the ball, but sure enough, as Bird said, the forced back body failed to squeeze out the opponent due to the lack of lower body strength, and under the interference of the opponent, Ewing's basket shot was missed.

The third time, Ewing switched to his best jump shot, and after turning to the face frame, Ewing made a direct jump shot, but unfortunately the shot was a little rushed, and the ball bounced out of the basket.

Taking advantage of this moment, the Pacers continued to chase points. Ewing was really anxious this time, but he also knew his duty and planned to make the ball for his teammates, but at the behest of Bird, Ewing actually got a good opportunity to shoot. Seeing this, Ward passed it directly to Ewing.

Ewing did not hesitate after receiving the ball and shot directly, but this time the ball still did not go in, and Ewing's hand slipped significantly.

Ewing was very frustrated, although the wrist injury had been healed, but as Bird said, even if it was healed after the injury, it was very different from before, and Bird was one of the representatives.

Van Gundy was a little hesitant off the pitch, intellectually he should have replaced Ewing now, but it was an insult to the soul of a team.

The reality is really hard to accept at times, and Ewing is like that now, he has started to doubt himself, but he can't do anything because the whole team is watching him.

Ewing began to reduce his offensive percentage, and the two sides gradually returned to a close game.

Seeing that he couldn't open the situation for a while, Van Gundy made an unreasonable and expected substitution, he replaced Ewing with Moxi.

Mo Xi and Ewing have a good personal relationship, and if Ewing is dissatisfied with him, he will not say anything, not to mention that Mo Xi's recent performance is indeed very good.

After Mo Xi came on the court, the Knicks returned to the "IN-OUT" tactic, but because Mo Xi's mid-range shooting was not very stable, Mo Xi only had the ability to attack in the low post. But just a few times of tossing and turning, but the scene was calmed.

Mo Xi's current style of play is quite a bit of Rock Park feeling, Mo Xi received the ball and there was no tentative action, the speed was extremely fast, a back top, with the force to bounce away, and at the same time the right hand was thrown back, the ball smashed on the ground, while the defender's eyes were focused on the back, Mo Xi turned around and passed the defender, and Mo Xi's man and the ball were shocked again.

After passing the people, Mo Xi was in high spirits, grabbed the ball with one hand, and ended the attack with a powerful and heavy slam dunk. From beginning to end, he didn't entangle with each other, which can be described as clean and neat.

The walker was also a little confused at this time, what is the situation, go down to the old one and come up to the small one.

Not to be outdone, the Pacers responded with a three-pointer, but the Pacers' three-point attempts in this game were extremely rare, and the number of shots was not as high as that of the Knicks, which has to be said to be thanks to Sprewell's outside corkcloth candy defense.

Mo Xi took advantage of it once, naturally he didn't intend to let go of the other party, this time he used Ewing's skills, chiseled from one side to the basket, and when he reached the edge of the penalty area, he turned inward with the ball, and his body changed from the side to the basket to the basket, and he threw it under the basket in the style of riding a horse and archery, and the ball bounced mischievously on the basket twice, and finally went in.

The excellent inside footwork was very different from Ewing's hard bridge hard horse before, and the Walker 93 was a little overwhelmed for a moment, only to hear Bird on the sidelines shouting "Damn, jam him, he's just a rookie, shred him with your body." ”

Yes, Mo Xi's weakness is indeed the body, but just like saying that Ewing's lower body strength is poor, this is all in contrast, compared to the other four centers, Ewing's lower body strength is indeed the worst one, but this is enough to blow up the other centers in the league. Mo Xi is in a similar situation now, although he was criticized for his physical fitness in the morning, but now he is undoubtedly much stronger, and Mo Xi has been repeatedly crushed by his body before, because he is facing top interior defenders such as Mutombo, Mourning, and PJ Brown.

Mo Xi used his own progress to educate the other party again.

When the Knicks attacked again, Davis pressed on Mo Xi and forced him out of the penalty area, but Mo Xi did not let the other party get what he wanted, although the other party's oppression also put a lot of pressure on him, but Mo Xi felt that "sure enough, Mo Ning is the strongest in terms of strength", Mo Xi withstood the opponent's body and the two were stuck on the left wing, at this time Sprewell suddenly killed, ran behind Mo Xi, Davis and Mo Xi were entangled, and they couldn't get rid of it, but Mo Xi hit a "no-look-pass" Over the top he passed the ball to Sprewell, who ignored Reggie Miller's layup.

For a moment, the Knicks regained the upper hand.

Larry Bird was a little annoyed, and directly put the inside line up and down, but the effect was still not obvious.

The third quarter ended with cheers from the Knicks, who led by seven points. Of course, when facing a team with a super assassin, no amount of margin is safe.

In the fourth quarter, the Pacers first used Davis's basket to force the score to bite the score when the two sides were fighting off the bench, and then, what worried the Knicks finally happened.

Reggie Miller, who was 1-of-4 from three-point range in the game, seemed to have given up, stopped shooting three-pointers, and began to chase points with a mid-range shot.

Although the Knicks are all good mid-range shooters, in the face of Miller, who has already killed the red eye, he was really gradually pulled back.

With Ewing missing another shot, the Pacers ushered in the climax of the game, 91:90, with 27 seconds left, the Pacers possessed the ball, whether they could overtake it in this move.

Bird didn't call a timeout, because at this point he knew that the other side needed this timeout more than she did.

Mark Jackson controlled the ball and dragged the time, the Knicks were all focused and tried to prevent the ball, and almost all eyes were on Miller, because they knew that this ruffian killer would never be merciful.

But it was such a time when everyone was watching, Mark Jackson found that Mullin was empty, although it was not a three-pointer, but it was an absolute opportunity, although there were nearly ten seconds left, but how could such an opportunity be missed casually, maybe this is God's salvation for the walkers. Jackson didn't think twice about it and passed the ball to Mullin.

Although Mullin currently has a 100% shooting rate, he only has three shots in the whole game, but when Mullin receives the ball, everyone in the Knicks is still panicked, because this is Mullin, the dream team of that year, note that this is the dream team, not a ragtag army such as Dream Two and Dream Three, and Mullin was a well-deserved shooting champion in a shooting competition at that time.

Mu Lin shot coldly, without a trace of emotion, just like Yan Thirteen's sword.

It's just that the sword that can't be pulled out is just a pile of scrap metal, and there are people on this field who have encountered such scenes countless times, and have experienced such scenes countless times, in his heart, this is probably already a conditioned reflex.

Ewing pounced on everyone's surprise, and the center, who was not known for his help in defense, suddenly came out.

Two veterans in their forties met in the air, and the two men had almost the same chance, and at this moment they had the same hope.

"Smack"

Ewing's finger hit the ball, the ball bounced out of the basket, and the rebound was collected by Thomas, although there was still time and a chance to give the Pacers foul tactics, everyone knew that this game, the Pacers lost.

With Ward's two free throws and the Pacers hurriedly missing a long-range three-pointer, the Knicks won their first win in the Eastern Conference Finals.