They say that Revenge is a dish that is served coldand that same saying were applied to Knickswho arrived against the ropes (0-2) to Indianapolis after having yielded 17 points ahead Six minutes from the end in the first game in the series (111-94). And they gave them from their own medicine to The Pacers, which squandered 20 income points in the second quarter (55-35, at 3:20)to turn the scoreboard and certify The second historical comeback in this tie (100-106).
Jalen Brunson, Mitchell Robinson, Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges celebrate the victory against the Pacers.
And almost everything By work and grace of a Karl-Anthony Towns that he had been pointed out after the second defeat of his team in Madison for his -20 with him on the court, and He claimed great in a last quarter pluscuamperfect in which, despite being with five fouls, He scored 20 of his 24 points (5/10 T2, 3/7 T2 and 5/6 TL) leading with 15 points a key partial of 5-17 to turn the score and press the sign of the tie (1-2).
A resurrection over low heat
His was almost all the merit of the resurrection of Knicks who were dead and almost buried with 55-35although the first steps to get them out of the pit in which the premature McBride Personal Faults, Towns and Brunson They gave them before the break Anunoby (16+2+2), Bridges (15+2+1) y Hart (8+10+4). Then it was his own Towns (24+15)who officialized the return to the life of his team by scoring so many points in the last act (20) as all the Indiana team (20-36).
The Pacers, like the Knicks in the first meeting of the series, They went home with a fool's face after giving a triumph that would have almost definitely pass your pass to the final. Haliburton (20+4+7), Turner (19+4+3), Siakam (17+4+2) and the substitute McConnell (12+3+3) shone while the wind blew in favor of theirs to the third quarter, but They were diluted before the furious reaction of their rival.
The Pacers take command
The Pacers did not start well, but Even so, they took the initiative thanks to an entoned McConnell and Turner's specific onslaught, Nembhard and Haliburton (30-26). The Knicks lived to Rebufo thanks to Brunson (11) and the holder Mitchell Robinson (6+4), with both teams nailing their mistake in the triples (2/9).
Those of New York saw how McBride He committed his third fault in the first act, and shortly after the second Towns made the third. Thibodeau, little given to the changes, turned to SHAMET AND Wright substitutes and Siakam, McConnell and Turner gave the first serious stretch for the locals With a 12-5 (42-32).
Tyrese Haliburton celebrates a basket euphoric to the Knicks.
They were the first drops of water of the flood that was going to suffer below with partial 13-0 commanded by Haliburton y Toppin, that he was going to give the maximum advantage of the party to some paers who suffocated in defense of his rival and allowed themselves to run at will (55-35, a 3:20). The Knicks, helpless and erratic, they collapsed with Six losses In this room.
Brunson fourth
The bad news were going to continue for those in New York, which They saw how their star, Jalen Brunson, committed his fourth foul. But Anunoby, Hart y Bridges The drama that came over them before the break (58-45). Y Brunson y Towns They definitely resurrected their team in the resumption with a 2-7 partial (62-52). The Knicks had recovered their vital constants.
The game entered an exchange of blows that in principle benefited the Pacers (68-52)but the Knicks, with His three pillars (Brunson, Towns and Bridges) on the benchunexpectedly resurfaced with a 0-7 manufactured entirely by McBride (78-70).
Recital final de Karl-Anthony Towns
And in the last quarter the r arrivedecital de Karl-Anthony Townswho threw himself into his team behind his back and With 15 points he commanded a 5-17 partial that turned the scoreboard Before paralyzed Pacers (85-87, a 7:40). And the Knicks returned to their five stellar, cooler if possible, at the key moment of the game.
Haliburton y Siakam They pressed for Indiana's (90-89)but a Unstable Towns scored five points in a row (then 20 of the 24 of his team in this room) To make the Knicks dream (90-94). McBride y Bridges They kept the rent and returned Brunson With five fouls to give the tip (98-100 a 1:17). The free throws of Hart (4) And the own Brunson (2) The heroic comeback of some Knicks that return to the tie (100-106).
