20 points reverse! 20 points turnaround! Become the first team in NBA history, but it is difficult for you to compete for the championship

Editor|Old Kankanqiu

NBA playoffs, many amazing plots have appeared. In the first round, the Lakers met the Timberwolves. They thought they were holding hands, but they were unexpectedly swept and eliminated by the opponent's gentleman. Doncic defended tens of thousands of people, and James was unable to support them. The Warriors fought to tiebreak with the Rockets, but finally defeated the injury with their experience, but they also laid the hidden danger of injury. They lost to the Timberwolves 1-4 in the second round. The Nuggets fought to tiebreaks for two consecutive rounds, and Jokic still lost to the new MVP Alexander. They also missed the Western Conference Finals, but they were still honored even though they lost, and their resilience was very admirable.

The East is not much different. Although there are some highlights in the first round, there are not many surprises. All the semi-finals have advanced. The second round is the real excitement. First, the Pacers staged a dark horse plot. Halliburton made many shocking reversals and scored a goal, directly slapped those underestimators (the league was rated as the most overrated player at the end of the season), defeated the Cavaliers, the number one in the East 4-1, advanced to the Eastern Conference, and became the biggest dark horse in the playoffs so far; and the Knicks are also admirable. Facing the defending champion Celtics, he staged two consecutive 20-point reversals at the opponent's home court, successfully turned the tables, and finally defeated the Celtics 4-2, met the Pacers in the East Finals, and started a fight.

entered the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Knicks' physical disadvantage of two consecutive rounds of short rotations began to be captured by their opponents. Compared with the first two rounds, the Pacers once again improved their pace. Although G1 was in a desperate situation in the first game, they completed an epic reversal with Nesmith's 8 three-pointers and Halliburton's magical draw. Then G2 made a clean and neat game and won another game, pushing the Knicks into a desperate situation 2-0 with a big score. In the key game of G3, the Knicks fell into a passive position again, falling behind to 20 points before the end of the half, but in the second half, with the iron-blooded defense of the bench and Towns' "God" performance of 20 points and 8 rebounds in a single quarter, he completed a 20-point reversal and won a game.

So far, the Knicks have completed three 20-point reversals this season, becoming the first team in the NBA's 77-year history to achieve this feat. At the same time, the Pacers have also broken the two unbeaten golden bodies this season:

Pacers have 7 wins and 0 losses at critical moments this season's playoffs (within 5 points in the last 5 minutes);

Pacers have led the first three quarters of the playoffs this season, 6 wins and 0 losses.

However, behind the Knicks' crazy reversal is an unconcealable worry. When coach Thibodeau showed a rare smile at the post-match press conference, someone might have noticed that Towns held his sore knees after the game, with a painful expression; the five main players were also tired, Anunobi played for more than 42 minutes in two consecutive games, and the cumulative playing time in four days exceeded 129 minutes; Brunson's average playing time in the second round soared to 43.7 minutes; Hart averaged 46.2 minutes in the first five games of the Eastern Conference Finals, with only 5.8 minutes resting in each game. It is obvious that even the Iron Man will be exhausted.

So, when the G4 battle started, the Knicks could not keep up with the Pacers' rhythm at all. Within 48 minutes, Pacers coach Carlisle activated the tenth man Bradley, and the two lineups of five and five were continuously bombarded, scoring 22-9 in a fast break, completely crushing the Knicks. With Halliburton's epic performance of 32 points, 12 rebounds, 15 assists, 4 steals and 0 turnovers (the first player in NBA playoff history to achieve this data), the Pacers rewritten the big score to 3-1, and got the match point in the Eastern Conference Finals, and it was only one step away from advancing.

Similarly, the Knicks are only one game away from being eliminated. In the end of the first quarter of the G4 game, Brunson made 1 of 3 shots and scored only 2 points. He was obviously unable to do so when breaking through, and Towns lost his position in three consecutive rounds of defense. When the broadcast camera captured the tired figures of two people bent down and holding their knees, the commentator finally sighed: "Thibodeau's five-man rotation has squeezed out their fuel tanks. Maybe this round of series should come to an end!"

20-point reversal, 20-point turnaround, becoming the first team in NBA history, but it is difficult for you to compete for the championship! When Thibodeau was forced to use regular season marginal players such as Shamet and Wright in the second round, the ending was already destined. Without familiar tactical support, increasing rotation was not only mistakes or mistakes. Even though the Knicks had made three 20-point reversals, it was still difficult to hide the consequences of using the main force. Now the big score was 1-3 and the impact on the championship has become a moon in the mirror, and there is basically no hope.