The New York Knicks vs. Pacers game has come to the last moment, because when Larry was thinking, the Pacers and the Knicks won one game respectively, which means that now the score has changed to 3:3, and the two sides have come to the most critical battle, and those who win this game can advance to the next round, and those who lose will go home. Due to playoff standings, the game was played at Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks.

Although this is the home of the New York Knicks, it is also a blessed place for the Pacers, and it can also be said to be a blessed place for Miller, where Miller will play extraordinarily. This is known as the Miller moment.

The earliest "Miller moment" was Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Pacers and New York in 1994. The Pacers trailed by 12 points heading into the fourth quarter, and New York fan Spike Lee trash talked to Miller like crazy, resulting in Miller scoring 25 points in a single quarter, including five three-pointers, and after shooting the final three-pointer, Miller made his famous chokehold at Spike Lee in demonstration.

The most classic "Miller moment" was born on May 7, 1995, when the first game of the 1995 Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pacers and the Knicks were in full swing, when the Pacers were 6 points behind the Knicks. And there were only 18.7 seconds left in the game, according to ordinary people, the Pacers were sure to die, but Miller broke this convention, he first shot a three-pointer, and then cut off the ball from the Knicks in the front court, and scored from a distance, at this time the Pacers surprised to tie the score at 105-105, after which the Pacers fouled, and the Knicks missed two free throws. Miller got the rebound and forced the Knicks to foul him, and under that pressure, he hit both free throws, and then the Knicks missed the game and the Pacers narrowly outscored by two points. Of course, we can't forget the game that scored 17 points in the fourth quarter of Game 6 of the 2000 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks.

Here, in Madison Garden Plaza, Miller has created countless classics. It's his second home game, and he's even playing better here than he did in Indiana.

This is already the last game of the round, and Miller doesn't want to lose. Especially here!

The race is on. No one could stop Miller from scoring, even if it didn't work for Latrill Sprewell and George Lynch to go together, Miller still scored when he wanted to, and because he missed a man. Instead, Miller's passing was also threatening. That's the biggest threat. When a shooter learns to pass the ball. So that he is not fighting alone. And his strength is not weak, and the offensive power of the whole team has been improved.

Due to the defensive strategy of the pack, the Knicks were still behind until the end of the third quarter.

"We can't go on like this! Instructor! Alan Houston said! And so on. We're going to lose! ”

"Okay," said a defensive-minded Jeff? Van Gundy has no choice, after all, he can't prevent it now, and there is no way.

"That's it! Latril Sprewell you guys go on offense! The task of defense is left to George Lynch! Don't worry about anything else, just attack! ”

"George!" Jeff? Van Gundy said to George Lynch. "You have a lot of work to do, you have to be careful, now Ratril Sprewell is on the offensive and you're left alone to defend so you're under a lot of pressure, we all know that! But you have to hold on! Don't let Miller score easily! ”

"Understood, Coach!" George Lynch replied solemnly.

"Alright, everybody!" Jeff? Van Gundy said.

Watching the players get on the pitch, but Jeff? Van Gundy was always feeling a little uncomfortable and felt like something was going to happen.

The game officially entered the third quarter. The players on both sides also worked harder. The New York Knicks want to overtake the score and score desperately; And the Pacers' players want to keep their advantage, they are also constantly scoring, the two sides are constantly making physical contact, constantly fouling, they don't want to lose, they are desperate, so the anger is getting bigger and bigger!

So the unavoidable physical foul appeared. When Miller made a layup, George Lynch, who was defending him, pulled him down. So the fuse was lit.

Miller himself had a congenital hip disease, also known as a rumored hip deformity. Doctors even declared that he could not walk, and even if he was able to walk, he would have to rely on boosters and crutches, and that he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. But Miller didn't give up, and with Miller's own efforts and the help of his sister he recovered his hip, and finally he got back on his feet and became one of the best shooters on the planet. That's it, even if he can stand up and become a top scorer in the world, his flaws have not gone away. Childhood misfortunes created Miller's unruly character, as well as a fiery temper, when he was pulled down by George Lynch and fell to the ground, Reggie Miller immediately got up to find George Lynch theory, and players from both sides also came to the rescue at this time, separating the two. The game was suspended.

Finally, the referee calmed both sides and gave the fouling George Lynch a technical foul, and finally suppressed the matter for the time being, but the matter was not so easy to solve.

This is the home court of the New York Knicks, and there is more care for the players here, so the referee did not send George Lynch off the court, but directly let him receive a technical foul, and then return to the team, so that the Pacers have the right to make the same two free throws, which was a good thing to solve, but at this time, such a penalty went wrong.

The Pacers believe the referees are favoring George Lynch, which means favoring the New York Knicks. In this era, referee gambling is a very serious thing, although it has not been discovered, but it has been very common, many players think it is unreasonable, not to mention that Miller is the boss of the team, a superstar, and the Pacers are also a team that has entered the finals.

The Pacers need revenge back!

First of all, there was more physical contact between the two sides, and the smell of gunpowder became stronger, so that conflicts soon broke out again.

Al Harrington, who held the basketball record of 1,104 points in three years in high school, also had 1,307 points, 179 blocks, 152 assists and 71 steals in those three years. On March 29, '98, he represented the U.S. National Junior Pair at the Nike Summit, where he scored a game-high 26 points and nine rebounds. Now Al Harington, who is the sixth man on the Pacers, has an accident first!

He is a very angry player, and he has long been on fire in such a long period of physical confrontation, so in a dunk by Latril Sprewell, Al Harrington was ready to get up and block, but due to a mistake, he did not touch the ball, but slapped Latrill Sprewell in the face directly, and put him on the ground.

This ignited the powder keg again.

Ratriel Sprewell is all bad-tempered, especially when he is bullied, and at this time he gets up directly from the ground and sees Al Harrington, who is pretending to be pitiful as if nothing happened, and he punches him!

This punch directly knocked Al Harrington blind! No one has dared to really fight him yet. It him off!

Naturally, Al Harington, who received a punch, was not to be outdone, and also punched back with a punch to Latriel Sprewell.

And so, the two-person fighting tournament began!

The two scuffled together, and the players on both sides were stunned, but after reacting, they hurried to pull people.

But the two still refused to let go, and they also fought against each other's people, so that the solo duel turned into a group fight.

Originally, the Knicks were completely unafraid, but they traded Charles Oakley before, and not long after they traded away Larry Johnson, another fighting master of the team, and their strength declined a little, so they were at a disadvantage in the group fight! The coaches and substitutes on both sides, as well as the referees, rushed up to pull the fight, but the two sides were still not separated.

There was a brawl on the field, and generally the fans complained, but the fans in New York were different.

Madison Square Garden is not just basketball, Madison Square Garden is home to teams such as the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Liberty, St. John's University, Red Storm University, and other teams, as well as large-scale indoor events such as solo concerts and political rallies. New York's first motivational concert after the devastation of 9/11 and John? Lennon's last concert before his murder in 1980 was held here. The hall in the garden has a special seating list detailing the different seating arrangements for different events such as basketball, ice hockey, concerts, etc., and according to statistics, the stadium hosts 320 large-scale events a year. In particular, Americans' favorite events like heavyweight boxing and wrestling are often held here.

Muhammad? Both Ali and Fraser fought the Battle of the Century here. Of those who participated in that fight, seven ended up inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame: Ali, Fraser, referee Mercanter, tournament organizer Brener, then-Garden President Maxon, Ali's coach Dundee and Fraser's coach Fauci. All seven of them recalled the game as a once-in-a-lifetime event. The organizers issued more than 700 interview cards and rejected more than 500 interview requests. Many celebrities begged for a ticket but couldn't get it, and Sinatra, the "white jazz singer," got a photojournalist card from Life Weekly to get a place outside the rope circle. Ali and Fraser were undefeated before the bout, and Ali was stripped of his title only for refusing to serve, for which he called himself the "People's King of Boxing".

They were not averse to such a fight, but were excited, and some even cheered them on, which made the scene even more chaotic.

Finally, after the referee sent off 9 players, the brawl between the two sides was finally suppressed, and after a two-minute timeout, the game started anew.

5 of the 9 players sent off are Pacers, which makes the Pacers' lineup uneven, and it is not easy to change the lineup in the fourth quarter, and the team's head coach "Smiling Assassin" Thomas is a good player, but not a good coach, and there is no way to play in the face of such a lineup of missing major generals, so the Pacers lost the game with hatred. The New York Knicks made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. (To be continued......)