In the second half of the third quarter of the game, Jeff Van Gundy lost the composure of the previous game, and stood on the sidelines the whole time at the Knicks players on the court, waving his arms and yelling loudly, hoping that they could change the increasingly unfavorable situation on the court.

But at this moment, the rhythm of the game on the court has obviously been out of their control, after Meng Xu continued to beat Sprewell with his back, the Knicks began to wrap Meng Xu again, and then Reggie Miller's two consecutive catch-and-jump shots made the Knicks' defensive will completely collapse. One-on-one defense, whether it is Alan Houston defending Reggie Miller, or Sprewell defending Meng Xu, the success rate is not high, and once it starts to wrap up, it is to press the gourd and float the scoop.

This sense of frustration and powerlessness soon spread on the court, even Sprewell and Alan Houston, the two core players of the Knicks, were affected, when Meng Xu held the ball again and turned his back to face Sprewell, Alan Houston, who was standing not far away, was obviously a little hesitant about whether to wrap Meng Xu, it seemed to be affected by Reggie Miller's successive Yan SHE, Alan Houston's current mental state is obviously not very good. And when Sprewell began to exert his strength, and when he started to push back with his back against him, he just symbolically pushed Meng Xu, and gave up directly, and the previous attacks told him that there was no one to help defend, and he alone could not prevent Meng Xu's low-post singles.

"Nicks is done!" When Meng Xu turned his back again and hit the board and shot, Van Gundy called a timeout and wanted to adjust again, when he looked at the Knicks players who were frustrated, Magic Johnson also shook his head helplessly. This game has been played so far, the Pacers have not done their best, especially Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal, this game has been the two of them have been playing tightly, in this case, the Knicks not only did not bite the score, or take advantage of the situation to take the lead, but in less than three quarters, it has been unable to hold on, from this point of view, the gap in strength between the two teams is indeed a bit big, just like Larry Bird and Meng Xu said wildly, the Knicks will not pose any threat to the Pacers.

Before the end of the third quarter, Magic Johnson sentenced the Knicks to death, but Michaels did not object, but nodded in agreement with Magic Johnson. Although there is still more than one quarter of the game not played, but judging from the current situation, the Knicks have lost this game, not to mention the difference of nearly 20 points, as far as the current mental state of these players on the Knicks court, it is impossible for them to turn the tables in the fourth quarter, a group of players who seem to have lost their courage and fighting spirit, what else can they expect them to do?

Finally, when the game ended, 103-87, the Pacers at home beat the Knicks by 16 points and won the first game of the series. In this game, Reggie Miller scored a game-high 38 points, along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and Meng Xu, who was expected to make a big news for the Knicks, only got 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

On April 22, 2002, after a day of rest, the second game of the Pacers and Knicks series kicked off, basically similar to the last game, Meng Xu is still full of soy sauce, and it seems that there is no state, and the offensive core of the Pacers in this game has become Jermaine O'Neal, and at the same time, Larry Bird replaced Lorenzen White with James Posey to start the game, in the face of the Knicks' seemingly general interior combination, Larry Bird actually left only Jermaine O'Neal an inside line, In the first half of the regular season, the Pacers defeated the Knicks 87-79 to take a 2-0 lead, although the game was a little tortuous.

After experiencing the defeat of the first game, in this game, Jeff Van Gundy also adjusted the team, and even picked up the in-out tactics of Pat Riley's coaching of the Knicks, and pressed the whole court, but it was not the same, the group of players who could implement this tactic have all been purged out of the Knicks, and now the Knicks no longer have Patrick Ewing, nor Aunt Johnson, Charles Oakley and John Starks, so Van Gundy's nostalgic change of formation, Still couldn't change the fate of the Knicks' loss.

"Larry, why doesn't your face look good? We won the game. When they ended the press conference and left together, Meng Xu found that Larry Bird, who was still full of spring breeze and scolded Fang Xuan at the press conference, frowned the moment he walked out of the press conference hall, as if he was unhappy.

"It's nothing, I just think our state came out a little early." Larry Bird touched his chin and said that in the two games with the Knicks, the Pacers players showed excellent form except for Meng Xu, who was deliberately suppressing his state, and they were all excited enough, but this is not a good thing for the long playoffs. Every player has ups and downs, and Lalibird is well aware of that, because even his prime, let alone the Pacers' group of young players, can't avoid it.

"Larry, in our country, there is a saying in China that blessings and misfortunes depend on and misfortunes lurk, and this may not be a bad thing for us." What Larry Bird meant, Meng Xu also knows very well, the state of the game, this kind of mysterious thing, not everyone can control it freely, especially young players, who can't even touch the doorway. Even if you are a B-like person, you can't adjust your state to the best if you don't rely on magic potions, let alone those professional players who can only rely on themselves.

So when he was in the Spurs, Popovich would often adjust the state of the players, and at the end of the regular season, he would disrupt the state of the players under his command through various rotations, and then slowly adjust when they were about to enter the playoffs, and gradually stimulate their state, so that after the baptism of the first round and semifinals, their state will gradually be stimulated, and when they enter the division finals or finals, their state is just at their peak. This is also why some teams always seem to stumble in the first two rounds of the playoffs, and every promotion, even every game, is full of thrills, but in the finals, the strength suddenly rises a notch. And many young teams are very brave in the first round, and then they don't get as good as one game until they are completely forced, which is actually the so-called playoff experience.

"I hope so." Larry Bird nodded at Meng Xu, in fact, this season has been very successful for the Pacers, for Larry Bird, even if they can't reach the top in the end, the Pacers are not a failure. After all, before the start of this season, the Pacers' goal was only to make the playoffs, and now, the Pacers entered the playoffs as the first in the East, and are about to sweep the Knicks and advance to the semifinals, and the opponents they may face in the semifinals, whether it is the Celtics or the 76ers, will not stop the Pacers.

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