Los Pacers receive this next morning to the Knicks (2.00 h) In the sixth match of the semifinal playoff of the east conference that still dominate (3-2) with the aim of seal your classification for an NBA final 25 years after your last presence. On that occasion they were defeated by the Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant Lakers And they ran out of ring. They know how much it costs to stand there and are aware that they have before them a unique opportunity -to a party and in the Gainbridge Fieldhousehis court- of repeating that historical feat and looking for his first title.
Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse will wear his best galas this morning.
For everything at stake His players do not need an extra motivationbut in case I needed they have found her after her Disappointing fifth series of the seriesin which they did not size and were overcome by the Knicks (111-94). In that meeting his titular quintet added 37 pointsthe second lower figure of a team in playoffs, They lost 20 ballstheir top in these playoffs, and They stayed for the first time below 100 points In these series for the title.
Haliburton amendment purpose
Part of the fault of that low was his star, Tyrese Haliburtonwho came from signing a 32+12+5+4 robberies and 0 losses In the fourth game, and stayed in 8 points (2/5 T2, 0/2 T3 and 4/5 TL) with only two baskets at stake. “I have to improve, and I will do it in the sixth game,” he said. We have to improve as a group. Our rhythm has to be better. That begins with me. I have to improve there. As a group, we have shown that we can succeed in these playoffs. “
We are a resilient group. We always want to react when things don't go well. We understand what is at stake, but we are fine. There is no need to panic or anything like that
Haliburton He asked calm and not start seeing everything black after a bad game: “We are a resilient group. We always want to react when things don't go well After a game like that. We understand what is at stake … We're ok. There is no need to panic or anything like that“.
Chopped in your pride
Aaron Nesmith He did not walk around when asked How will the Pacers recover their intensity For the sixth game: “When they give you a punch like this in the face … sometimes you have to lose to improve. That was what happened in the fifth game, “said the forward, convinced that his team will react on his court, where he has not lost two games in a row since March.
Everything revolves around us. We have always been against the world, and I don't think it changes …. We have the opportunity to play at home and show what we are made
Pascal Sakakanother of the pillars of the Pacersalso wanted to subtract importance to the last defeat of his team: “This is the NBA, and there will be times when a team will play with all its might. In fact, they will win you. Everything revolves around us, man. We have always been against the world, and I don't think it changes …. We have a 3-2 record in the series, and we have the opportunity to play at home and demonstrate what we are made of. “
