The Knicks started slightly behind, Li Feng hesitated for a long time between his own scoring and passing in the Pacers half, and then suddenly passed the ball to Monroe on the inside, Monroe didn't play in a state at the beginning of today, he wanted to eat West with the ball, but he couldn't eat it, turned around and passed the ball to the outside of Belinelli, who was still immersed in the dream of scoring at this time, took the ball and shot quickly, regardless of George Hill in front of him to throw a three-point shot.

George Hill is taking the medicine according to the prescription, and has followed the defensive method of the previous game, and stepped forward to paste Belineri, George Hill's defense is suspected of some fouls, but the referee did not blow, and Belineri can only suffer a dark loss.

"Bang!"

Belineri, who shone in the last game, missed another shot, Belineri missed two consecutive balls, and it can be seen that the Pacers' defense seems to have found a trick, and Belineri is not as good today as it was yesterday.

Belineri missed three points, the Pacers hit another fast attack, George took the lead with the ball, and rushed directly to the Knicks' basket, Li Feng went to help defend George, but he didn't expect George to face Li Feng and Livingston's sandwich, still protecting the basketball and rushing directly to the basket.

Li Feng could only jump up to defend at this time, but George shrank in the air, and then threw a high-tossing eraser hook with great difficulty.

George's ball is very high and the angle is very tricky, and Li Feng didn't expect him to have such a shot.

The basketball grazed the Knicks' rebound and also shot!

This time the Pacers suddenly became excited, and this is the end of the Pacers' inside line. The combination of the inside and outside of the Pacers, the George of the Pacers, has played.

The Pacers now have the advantage all of a sudden, and the Knicks' side has become the last game of the Pacers, and the situation can only be supported by Li Feng.

Belineri, who played very well in the last game, is helpless today under the high-intensity confrontation and targeted defense, this is the sadness of Belineri, Belineri does not have a super body, he can't force the attack, so if Belineri wants to play, he must have a deep tactical foundation and technical preparation.

Monroe's side couldn't beat West, and Cousins didn't play as well as the last game. Hibbert here pays attention to using more skill than brute force against Cousins. Cousins' defense was also discounted.

As a result, the Knicks completely fell to the bottom in the first quarter, and their advantage in the last game was not played.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks trailed tragically 24-18. The Knicks started by six points. The point difference is not very large. But the bad thing is that the Knicks are now getting that Pacer out of shape. And the Knicks' own rhythm didn't play out!

At the end of the first quarter, Reggie Miller also said:

"The playoffs are really a game that rotates in the wind, who adjusts quickly. Whoever has the initiative, the Knicks had a surprise trick in the last game so that the Pacers were unable to parry, and now the Pacers have found a way to deal with it, and the Knicks have not adjusted for the time being. There is only one key word in the playoffs is adjustment, which is not only the adjustment of the coach's tactics, but also the adjustment of the player's personal psychological state and the adjustment of the player's playing style. ”

"This kind of adjustment requires some experience, but also a certain amount of mental maturity and basketball wisdom. Although the Knicks are some talented young players, they are extremely lacking in this regard, after all, youth is a kind of deficiency, they lack psychological experience. ”

The Knicks sent a bench lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, and the bench lineup is one of the Knicks' strengths.

But today's Pacers' bench lineup is not weak, and the Knicks' Pacers bench lineup does not have much advantage in the lineup.

And at this time, the Knicks also made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and in their bones they still thought that they could blow up the opponent as if they had the last game.

The Pacers took advantage of the first few minutes of the second quarter to hit an 8-0 high in one go, and the Pacers rewrote the score to 32-18, and the difference between the two teams was finally widened, and the Knicks hurriedly replaced Li Feng.

Tonight, the Pacers and Knicks characters seem to be reversed.

Li Feng played, the team was already 14 points behind, this scene made Li Feng feel a little familiar, he had to score, he had to save the team.

Playing a team like the Pacers, there will definitely be such a situation, but Li Feng still feels that this situation is too easy, and teammates who are too young are really more likely to make mistakes, and now this situation can be avoided.

When Li Feng arrived on the court, he immediately began to get the ball in the backcourt, and once he reached the Pacers' half, all his teammates immediately pulled away and watched Li Feng play.

Li Feng represents all the will of the Knicks at this time, and he must hit it, otherwise the Knicks may collapse.

Li Feng was under a lot of pressure at this time, but Li Feng was not afraid, he believed in his ability and believed that he could do it.

Facing Sam Yang, who pounced on the pacers at this time, Li Feng turned his butt unhurriedly and hit the opponent one after another.

Sam Yang couldn't bear Li Feng and could only retreat, at this time Hansburu of the Pacers came up and wanted to pinch Li Feng, Li Feng immediately took the ball and turned around, turned around and made a feint, Sam Yang was hit by Li Feng and couldn't jump, he didn't jump, but at this time Hansburu jumped.

Shaking away Hanspur, Li Feng turned around and waved his elbow, sticking it towards Sam Yang, and then raised his hand to create a foul on Sam Yang, Li Feng's technique of cheating fouls is simply impossible to dodge, as long as the opponent's body is not as good as him, let Li Feng paste it is either to give points, or to call a foul.

went to the free throw line, and Li Feng hit both free throws to finally breathe a sigh of relief for the team.

From 20 to 32, the score difference is still very large.

The Pacers came over again, and the Pacers were still playing a low-post offense, and now only Hibbert was on the bench.

The Pacers' focus was naturally on Hibbert, who took the ball and attacked Vucevic. Vucevic kept retreating.

Li Feng hurriedly went back to help defend at this time, and Hibbert turned around to attack and missed under Li Feng's harassment.

Li Feng thought that his defense was successful, but Jones under the basket did not get stuck in the position, so that Hansbrough suddenly clicked the basketball in the back, and the basketball was picked up by Odom Johnson behind him.

Odom Johnson, who picked up the basketball, raised his hand and threw a mid-range, which was not difficult for Odom Johnson at all, and Odom Johnson scored two points.

The Pacers' side is playing more and more smoothly, and even the rebounding in the frontcourt can be controlled, and the Knicks have entered a dark rhythm as a whole.

The Pacers scored a lucky goal and turned back. Li Feng also realized that he couldn't rely on himself. When he arrived at the Pacers' half, he immediately played a pick-and-roll with Jones, and Li Feng broke through and passed the ball back to Jones.

This was originally a fixed path for the Knicks to score, and the Pacers naturally had a plan for this routine defense.

As soon as Jones was dismantled, Hansbru immediately switched positions to defend Jones. Jones didn't put Hansbro's defense in his eyes. Shoot straight three-pointers. As a result, Hansbru jumped up hard and clicked a little bit of basketball, so that Jones's three-point shot was short.

The Knicks failed in another round of offense, saving the Knicks' subconscious way of making decisions about the enemy and the way they made decisions. Let the team fall into a strange circle and can't extricate themselves.

The Pacers got the rebound in the backcourt and immediately caught up again, and the Pacers are now playing more and more out of shape, playing defensively, and also playing offensively.

At this time, the state of the Pacers came up, and Gerald Green, who took the ball on the outside, was also inspired all of a sudden.

From the upline, a block was directly inserted into the Knicks' basket, and when it came to the Knicks' basket, Green dodged Vucevic's block in the air, and then a difficult layup scored two points again.

The Pacers are getting better and better, the more they play, the more chemistry they have, the basketball court is always corresponding, and the pressure on the Knicks is even greater when the Pacers are getting better and better.

The Knicks hit again, Li Feng passed the ball to Jr Smith, J.R. Smith didn't play well today, so he wanted to regroup his spirit and play one by himself.

J.R. Smith's idea is good, but his condition today is really not good, the Pacers' targeted defense is also in place, and J.R. Smith came up with another mid-range shot miss.

On the offensive end of the Knicks' side, except for Li Feng, no one else was good, and later Tyberdeau did not change the big situation although he was on Belineri and Monroe, and the Knicks' role players today were targeted by the Pacers as a whole, so they were not in good shape.

At the end of the first half, the Pacers led the Knicks by 11 points, 49-38, which seemed to be a remake of the last game between the Pacers and the Knicks.

At the end of the half, Li Feng also realized that he had to go all out in today's game, and relying on his teammates was no longer as reliable as relying on himself. It's not something that can be easily adjusted, and now I have to take on a core responsibility.

At halftime, Yang Yi also said:

"The Pacers are a veteran powerhouse in the East, and they have adjusted very quickly, and so far, all the adjustments have been very in place, and the Knicks role players who have been stopped have little room to play. Although the Knicks' somewhat frivolous mentality is partly due today, the Pacers' adjustment did come quickly and well. ”

Yang Yi just praised the other party.

However, at this time, Reggie Miller was much sharper than Yang Yi, and Reggie Miller said in a deep groan at this time:

"The Pacers made a change today, but the Knicks also paid the price for their youth. The Knicks could have made better adjustments, but so far, Belinelli, J.R. Smith, and Jones have not adjusted their game. This is something that could have been avoided if the Knicks had more game experience. The Knicks are now paying for the young standby! ”

Reggie Miller pointed out the mistakes that the Knicks are making so far, and the Knicks today that Belinelli and J.R. Smith are all out of order, which is indeed the reason for the mentality.

If the Knicks didn't win so lightly in the last game, this situation could have been avoided, but the Knicks won too easily in the last game, and there is no way for the Knicks to be very right in their mentality today.

Although the half-time period was not short, there were twenty minutes. Tyberdu is also working on the side to explain, but this kind of mental distortion is definitely not something that can be reversed all at once.

Coming back in the second half, the Knicks made adjustments as soon as they started, just like the Pacers in the previous game.

The Knicks put Jones in the starting power forward position at the beginning of the second half, Jones was not in this position for defense, but to allow Li Feng to get more space on the offensive end.

At this time, the mentality of the Pacers is also different, and they lost by more than a dozen points in the last game. They are very nervous.

So today begins. They fought very hard, and from the beginning to the present, they finally had a certain advantage and controlled the situation.

This is the time when the walkers are most mentally slack. And at this time, Li Feng decided to fight hard.

Kick-off in the second half. The first ball was the Knicks's. Li Feng had already made up his mind to do it himself at this time.

So once he got the basketball from the top of the arc, Li Feng immediately faced the oncoming Stephenson and took a tentative step. Suddenly take a step forward and then take a big step forward, pulling the ball back from the outside of your crotch, while tiptoe back a little and jump back in a step back.

Li Feng's dancing-like pace is something that Stephenson can't keep up with, and he has no way to defend this kind of flexible offense after gaining weight.

Li Feng shook off Stephenson in one step and got up for a steady middle distance. At this time, Li Feng's ambition is very strong and his concentration is also high, and in such a situation, Li Feng's hit rate is very high.

"Huh!"

Li Feng came up and scored 2 points steadily, when he scored these 2 points. Reggie Miller was saying:

"Li Feng has a strong sense of ambition, his scoring is very resolute, but this is not enough, his ultimate goal is to lead the whole team."

Li Feng came up to score 2 points, which has not yet aroused the alarm of the Pacers, because the Pacers are indeed leading more now, and they are still in control of the rhythm.

The Pacers played at this time, George took the ball but did not attack, and now the Pacers are not in a hurry to lead George, he took the ball and immediately transferred the ball to West under the basket, West took his height advantage today, took the ball in the high post and made a fake pass, and immediately shot a mid-range.

West played today, and a mid-range shot was also smooth.

The Pacers' score is still as silky as Dove's chocolate, and the pressure on Li Feng is still on his shoulders.

But at this time, Li Feng is more combative, although the Pacers are strong now, Li Feng believes that as long as he survives, his teammates will find a rhythm.

So Li Feng went to the Pacers' half court again and immediately asked for the ball from Parsons, who passed the basketball to Li Feng.

Li Feng's defense is still Stephenson, and Li Feng actually has no entanglement in the face of Stephenson, because Stephenson's pace is too slow and there is no threat to himself.

Li Feng still played comfortably in the face of Stephenson, took the ball and dribbled to the left, and then took a step back to kick the ground, a little bit on the front foot, Li Feng took another step back, Li Feng's speed was faster than Stephenson, and his steps were more flexible, so Stephenson couldn't defend at all.

Li Feng came up and scored 2 points!

Vogel saw that Li Feng had scored again, and his eyebrows immediately twisted together, and Vogel couldn't let Li Feng score.

But Li Feng is scoring too lightly now, and he didn't score with much effort at all, which is not good. Let this situation continue, Li Feng's state is crazy, and the Pacers are still very dangerous. So at this time, after Li Feng scored, Vogel actually called a timeout early.

The Pacers urgently adjusted early, and when Vogel realized that Stephenson couldn't move, he decisively replaced Stephenson, and then used Gerard Green to defend Li Feng.

However, just using Green to defend Li Feng was not enough, so Vogel arranged a bag and clamp tactic to deal with Li Feng.

51-42, the difference between the two teams is still hovering around 10 points.

The Pacers called a timeout and switched to a three-high lineup, with the Pacers putting West, Hibbert and Hansbrough on the court. The backcourt lineup of the Pacers is paired with George and Gerard Green.

This lineup is actually very afraid of Jones's big man's long-range shots, but Vogel found that Jones's long-range shots were super unstable today, so he decisively changed to this big man lineup, and changing this lineup still had to stop Li Feng's half-court strong hit.

The Pacers switched on, and after the three-high lineup, they immediately took advantage of their height, held high, West hoisted high to Hansbrough, Hansbru took the ball and reflexively hoisted it to Hibbert, and Hibbert took the ball and easily scored two points with a wipe board.

Today's Pacers did give the height advantage out, and in this situation, the pressure on the Knicks side is even greater.

The Pacers played a three-high lineup, the Knicks came over and passed the basketball to Jones on the outside, Jones took the ball on Jones's side, and the Pacers immediately switched defenses, Hansbro pounced to defend Jones, and West went to the wrong position to defend Parsons.

Parsons is a player who needs a lot of tailwinds, and now once the team is headwinded, he plays a little shrunk and doesn't dare to break through West strongly, and he passes the basketball back to Li Feng.

Li Feng sighed, now this situation really depends on himself to open an opening.

Li Feng, who took the ball, faced Green, who was pasted up, he and Anthony used his shoulders to push the opponent away, and then continued to dribble under his crotch, swaying left and right, dribbling to the left side, and at the moment when Hansbrough pounced, Li Feng once again stepped back practically, and then leaned back to dodge Hansbrough to shoot a middle distance.

"Huh!"

Li Feng's middle distance today is really stable, but the difference between the two teams is still 9 points, and there is no intention of pulling away at all. (To be continued......)