"For the current Pacers, Belineri's sudden jump was an accident. But if the Knicks are to be a better team, they need to always have role players like Belineri jump out. In the past, it was impossible for the Knicks to rely on Li Feng alone to win the world, and the good team must be a whole, echoing and connecting with each other. The Knicks didn't have these before, and the appearance of Belineri today is an accident, but it is also inevitable. If the Knicks want to win, they have to play like this. ”

Johnson said this when the Pacers' timeout ended. The Pacers got back on the court, teed off on the sideline, and then suddenly there was a no-ball play for Granger.

At this time, the Knicks hurriedly focused on killing Granger, and Granger saw that the Knicks' defense was on his side.

He didn't shoot himself when he received the ball, but turned around and threw the basketball into the hands of West, who was cutting inside. West turned back to the basket and made a direct jumper, at which point a very rare situation occurred.

West actually faced a missed shot from close range!

The Pacers had this kind of bad luck at this time, but Granger's off-ball tactics were successful before. An off-ball shooter represents not only a three-point threat, but also an offensive system.

When the team lacks offensive means, or is based on opening a stalemate positional situation. The movement of the scorer off the ball is the best weapon to tear apart the opponent's defense.

The Pacers' tactics of suddenly playing a no-ball run after a timeout have already achieved the goal of tearing apart the Knicks' defense.

The Knicks won the basketball and immediately made a quick move, only to be delayed by the Pacers. By the time it landed on the Pacers' position, the Pacers' defensive formation was fully set.

At this time, when Belineri, who was playing hot-headed, rushed towards the Pacers' basket again, he was suddenly cut off by the Pacers.

Immediately after the break, the Pacers returned and played a fast break, and at this time the leader of the fast break was still Hill.

This time, though, instead of being hot-headed, Hill steadied himself. Seeing that Goran Dragic still let go of himself, Hill simply pulled out his hand. Hill's mid-shot hit!

After the timeout, the Pacers still took the lead with two points, and now the game has reached a critical juncture.

At this time, if the Knicks' offensive stops, the Pacers will have the upper hand again, and if the Knicks can continue the offense, there will be another battle in the second half.

So at this time, the Knicks came over with the ball and played cautiously.

Li Feng received the ball under the cover of his teammates, and took a step with the ball to see the Pacers' bag come up.

He immediately made a quick pass to Jones, who was plugged in in the middle. Jones watched Belineri play.

Now it was his turn, and suddenly the young player's blood surged, and he took the ball directly and went straight to the Pacers' basket.

The Pacers had been concerned about Belineri, but they didn't notice the young man who had been suppressed by West.

By the time the Pacers realized that Jones was desperate, it was already a little late, and Hibbert could only end Jones' offense with an iron sand palm. Jones was knocked down by Hibbert, went to the free throw line, and hit both free throws.

Jones has a mid-range game, so free throws are a no-brainer.

The Knicks relied on toughness, on Jones' free throws. I continued the score.

The Knicks took a breath here, and the Pacers turned back to Granger's off-ball tactics again, and this time Granger ran a little more complicated.

Started to run at 45 degrees, first around West and suddenly ran to the baseline. Then he went around the baseline and used West's cover to run to 45 degrees.

Granger ran exactly one lap and twice in a row took advantage of West's cover to get an open spot. Granger jumped straight into the basketball. Scored two points for the team again.

That's what the Pacers' offense is, always with small combinations that seem very simple. When the opponent is a little defenseless, he shoots to score two points.

The Pacers' offense isn't strong. But it's like a drizzle, moisturizing things silently, and you can get points quietly.

The Pacers were continuously scored by the Knicks' role players, and the pressure on Li Feng suddenly lightened a lot. Once again, it was the Pacers' half, and although the Pacers still maintained a two-man defense, the intensity was not as strong as before.

At this time, Li Feng took the opportunity to receive the basketball, and suddenly walked the bottom line by himself, wanting to hit the opponent's surprise.

But Li Feng was entangled too much, and he hadn't made a normal shot for too long, and this time he broke through to the basket, and like West, he missed the shot at close range.

Li Feng missed, and the Pacers immediately responded with a quick speed.

At this time, Yu Jia, the broadcast guest in the domestic broadcast room, said:

Li Feng finally had a chance to emerge. But this shot, only to find that his hands were already cold. At this time, the Knicks' bench players still need to add a little more energy, and the better they play, the lighter the pressure on Li Feng. ”

"The last person who can decide the direction of the game has to be Li Feng, and now you don't have to look at how many points the role players score. But if the whole game is like this, Li Feng can't come out at the back, and the game still can't be won, and if the Knicks want to play well, Li Feng must come out. Li Feng wants to come out, and he has to rely on the effective response of these substitutes. ”

When Yu Jia said this, Belineri was still excited on the court and fouled West again.

West made both free throws from the free throw line, and both teams began to use the free throw as their primary scoring tool.

As Goran Dragic ran toward the Pacers' half court with the ball, he suddenly spotted a hole in Hill's defense. Goran Dragic didn't miss such an opportunity, as he drove straight to the Pacers' basket with the ball.

At this time, West's role was reflected, Hill missed someone, and West immediately chased after him, directly destroying Goran Dragic's layup.

This is the role of Hao's interior defender, who can keep his basket untouched, and even if his teammates make mistakes, he will quickly make up for it. Therefore, it is difficult to find a good inside line, and a good inside line can make your basket stronger. An interior player who doesn't know how to defend will turn his basket into a bank for others to score points.

West took out Goran Dragic's layup, but Paul George made a mistake when he came to grab the rebound, he didn't hold his hand firmly and flew the basketball off the three-point line.

The basketball happened to fall into Li Feng's hands, Li Feng took the ball outside the three-point line, and the three of the Pacers came to pounce on him.

Li Feng just transferred the basketball to the other side of the 45-degree three-point line outside the hands of Belinelli, and there was no one in front of Belineri with the ball, so he adjusted it before shooting.

The action is a little obscene, but the arc of the basketball is very rounded, and the basketball simply falls into the Pacers' basket.

Belineri made his third three-pointer. At this moment, Belineri happily pointed three fingers deep into the sky. Even if it means three-pointers, it's telling people that I've made three three-pointers.

Belineri's gesture was of course booed by the crowd at the Consec Arena. But even if he was booed, Belineri didn't seem to care much, but looked triumphant.

This expression really makes people feel that this guy is very cheap. At this time, Ao Fat, who was in the commentary seat, also said with jealousy:

"If it weren't for Belinelli's three three-pointers, the Knicks would be really dangerous today."

"But he just hit it!" Johnson was also deliberately angry at this time.

All the Pacers fans were angry at Belineri, the fans booing him, and Granger, who was defending him on the court, rolled his eyes. It's just annoying to make a move to help defend against others.

Vogel also looked at Belineri's super upset, when this guy came out badly, but when he was about to defeat his opponent, he came out. And the celebration after this guy scored was so bad. It's just intolerable.

Belineri's three consecutive three-pointers boosted the Knicks' morale and returned to his own half, and the Knicks immediately defended a 24-second shot.

Turning back to Goran Dragic also caused a foul on the Pacers. Hit 1 of 2 at the free throw line.

Seeing the morale of the Knicks, in the second half of the second quarter, he was actually taken up by the bench. Little by little, I started to chase the difference back to within 10 points.

It was an ugly sight for the Pacers, but it didn't shake their resolve. Now Li Feng is still bored, which is the biggest win for the Pacers.

The Pacers understand that as long as Li Feng can't play, the chances of the Knicks winning will be greatly reduced. Now let the Knicks' role players play, they can't beat people, at most it makes them feel more painful.

So now the Pacers are a little embarrassed on the field, but they don't waver at all, and Vogel also sits firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and continues to watch the game go on. In contrast, Tyberdu was a little restless on the sideline.

The Pacers came back to attack, and Paul George very cunningly cheated a foul and scored two points again quietly at the free throw line.

Although the Knicks have played very vigorously so far, hitting consecutive three-point shots, the difference has not been shortened too much. The Pacers have been taking advantage of some simple opportunities to keep scoring.

At this time, there was not much left of the game in the second quarter. The situation on the pitch has also changed slightly.

The Pacers can no longer be as unscrupulous as before, and the Knicks have also found a way to win in the constant confrontation with the Pacers.

Playing the Knicks with the Pacers, the whole team has to play more team.

After Paul George's free throw, Li Feng arrived at the Pacers' half and finally seized an opportunity to score two points on a jumper from the free throw line.

Li Feng finally scored two points, and the time in the second quarter was almost out, and at this time, the Pacers began to play cautiously in order to keep the point difference.

Hill's slow push came in, the Pacers pulled the baseline empty, and West, Paul George, and Hibbert all stood on the free-throw line at the same time. Like a ghost, Granger wandered back and forth along the bottom line behind the three men.

Standing up, Hill came over and gave the ball to West in the middle of the free-throw line. At this point, Paul George ran around West towards the top of the arc, and Hibbert cut through West's reach to the basket.

The Pacers' running position formed a vortex line, and Paul George had a lot of options at this time, with Granger in the bottom right corner, Hill on the left, and Hibbert in the open cut all of these opportunities.

But Paul George didn't choose these opportunities, but pulled them over and went straight out of the three-point line.

Paul George's first half today was really sluggish. It makes sense for him to jump out and hit it now. But today was really not a good day for him, and the basketball suddenly missed the shot.

The backcourt rebounding ball also fell into the hands of Li Feng, Li Feng was free at this time, and the Pacers' defense had not yet cast a wide net against him.

Li Feng, who was finally free, took the ball and suddenly got up to speed, Granger was the first to come over to delay Li Feng, and Li Feng immediately left Granger behind him with a back dribble.

Shaking off Granger, Li Feng took two more diagonal steps forward to reach the Pacers' three-point line, at which point Hill came to pounce on Li Feng.

Li Feng shook quickly forward, and Hill hurriedly retreated. At this moment, Li Feng's body quickly retracted again, Hill's body was backwards, his consciousness wanted to move forward, and his body suddenly lost control and knelt on one leg in front of Li Feng.

Li Feng also ignored Hill's respectful gesture, and withdrew his body to shoot a three-pointer directly outside the Pacers' three-point line.

Li Feng threw out three points this time, the arc was extremely flat, the speed was extremely fast, and the force was also large.

There was a "bang" and hit the back edge of the basket. Then it hit the basket several times in a row, and finally landed in the Pacers' basket.

Li Feng doesn't make a move, and as soon as he makes a move, it will be a shock! Dangling Hill for a quick three-pointer. In an instant, Li Feng brought the scores of the two teams closer.

Of all the opponents who fought against the Knicks, the first rule of their winning formula was never to let Li Feng smoke.

The Pacers had painstakingly suppressed Li Feng before, preserving the momentum of victory. But now at the end of the first half, Li Feng had a convulsion. This upset Vogel. He immediately called a timeout.

Li Feng's convulsions can not only close the score, but most importantly in the period at the end of the half. The momentum of the game will set the tone for the second half of the game, and Vogel very much dislikes Li Feng setting the Knicks very high.

At this time, Ao Fat also very much agreed with the timing of Vogel's timeout. At this time, he also said:

Vogel's timeout was timely. A lot of the time is called not by the score and the time, but by the situation. The situation has shifted, and the pause should be called. ”

After the timeout, the Pacers came back and did a lot of good work to score points and save the game.

The whole team was very energetic, and Hill handed the basketball to Paul George as soon as he opened the game.

Paul George took the ball from beyond the three-point line, leaned Rose's body, and pushed Rose to the side.

Paul George is the kind of player who can get power and movement on your side, and his movements look a little sticky, but he's very good at fighting. Even Rose couldn't hold back Paul George's play.

Paul George was tough against Rose, suddenly his body accelerated, dribbled to the right side, brought Rose over, and then his body retreated, completing a step back, and dodging Rose at once.

Then Paul George jumped up with ease and hit a two-point shot over Rose's head.

Paul George's style is not hot, but he can fight, he doesn't jump high, but he can shoot on people's heads. It is based on Paul George's confrontation ability, rhythm control, which is also unique in the league.

After Paul George shot, Johnson, who was in the commentary seat, also said playfully;

"You can't fight against Phoenix Claw."

Usually the Indiana side will say this after Paul George has a good shot.

After the Pacers took a timeout, they scored two points with Paul George's strong play, which is an attitude of the Pacers to get back in control.

After the Pacers scored, there were just over 50 seconds left before the end of the first half. At this time, the Knicks pushed forward again, and Goran Dragic still handed the basketball to Li Feng first.

Li Feng took the ball and took a step to the right side, and when he saw that the two people of the Pacers were sandwiched, Li Feng immediately passed the basketball to Goran Dragic's hands. Dragic seized the opportunity and forced his way up to Hill and threw the ball into the Pacers' basket.

Now Li Feng also has experience in dealing with the Pacers' defense, and when he took the ball, he saw two people coming, and the ball was transferred out of the ball in an instant, and he was on the idea.

Coming back from the timeout, both teams scored two points each, which was tantamount to not solving the problem for the Pacers, who still did not achieve their goal of suppressing the Knicks.

At this time, because the half is almost over, many fans are walking out, seizing the favorable terrain for eating and selling. The crowd was sparse and the atmosphere was a bit deserted, but at this time, the Pacers and Heat began to compete for luck in the last 40 seconds.

The last 40 seconds of the game is a key node, and if the Knicks' morale is raised, the Pacers will inevitably be difficult to play in the second half. If the Pacers can keep the Heat at bay, the second half will still be the Pacers.

The Pacers' key singles ball has always been played by Paul George, who has two stunts, one is the floor flow style of the ball, and the other is his extraordinary ability to make fouls.

He had just finished an attack with a floor flow, and now Paul George was playing his second specialty.

Immediately after breaking through with the ball, he immediately created a foul on Rose, and Paul George walked to the free throw line and made both free throws.

As a foul maker, Paul George's free throws are pretty consistent. (To be continued......)