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Persisted in the game with injury! Towns was indeed tough, but Halliburton led the team to win the game with a triple-double

2:24pm, 28 May 2025【Basketball】

NBA playoffs continue today, with the Indiana Pacers still playing against the New York Knicks at home. The Pacers can be said to have obvious advantages, and their lineup has performed much better than the Knicks. The Pacers are all soldiers, there are many players available, and they rotate frequently, and the gap between the main players and the substitute players is very small, which can maintain the intensity and attack power of the game well.

In the last game, Naismith of the Pacers severely sprained his ankle, but he was able to persist in playing in this game and started, which greatly boosted the morale of the Pacers. Halliburton played strong in this game, and his personal offense made Brunson unable to resist.

The Knicks only have Brunson, the offensive starting point, and Towns lost the ability to handle the ball under the Pacers' forward wheel defense, which put the Knicks' offense to a standstill. The Knicks try to arrange Mitchell Robinson in the starting lineup, wanting to improve their ability to protect the basket and the height of the inside, and limit Siakam.

In the last game, the Knicks succeeded, but Siakam's response speed was also very fast. In this game, he chose to bully Robinson with a long-distance shooting and could not defend. When facing Josh Hart, he continued to hold the ball and hit the inside. In the whole game, Siakam scored 30 points and 5 rebounds alone, and his performance was remarkable, once again hitting the Knicks' wing. Halliburton is even more powerful. He scored 32 points, 12 rebounds, 15 assists and 4 steals in a comprehensive data, beating all the Knicks' backcourt players. In the end, the Pacers defeated the Knicks 130-121, leading 3-1, just one step away from this year's NBA Finals. Towns was hit and injured in the knee in the fourth quarter, but he insisted on playing the game and was very tough, but he still couldn't stand Halliburton and the Pacers.