The Pacers kneeled quite aggrieved in their first home court.

With 2 minutes left in the third quarter, the Pacers took the initiative to remove the starting main force and replaced them with substitutes.

The Knicks win.

At the press conference after the game, Stoudemire became the spokesperson of the team. After being injured for half a season, Stoudemire can still perform this way in the playoffs, which surprised many people.

It's rare to see Stoudemire very shy, showing a hint of embarrassment:
"I feel like I played really well, yes, like when I was young. Without the cooperation of my teammates, I couldn't play as well. In fact, what I do is very simple, just keep setting screens, and then run. Shoot when there is space, and pass to teammates if there is no chance!"

"Before the season, when I learned that Li was going to be the core of the team, to be honest, I felt a little uncomfortable at the time. He is the top point guard in the league, but in this team, whether Cameron or me is stronger than him He is stronger, and always feels that the team's arrangement is very unreasonable!"

Stoudemire paused for a while, and couldn't help shaking his head with emotion:

"This game is a microcosm of our previous cooperation. Like Steve Nash, LI did a good job and completely mobilized my enthusiasm. Now I am worried that I will have sequelae, and I am worried that when LI is not on the court, I probably don't know how to do better on the court!"

Stoudemire has always been a straightforward person, saying what he has.

In the past when he played with Li Muhua, Stoudemire was also the one who was willing to take the initiative to pick and roll, but it was just to get better statistics, which was completely different from the state of this game.

Score points, and then continue to score points. Since coming to the Knicks, Stoudemire has been concerned about whether he can sign a good pension contract.

In fact, it's not difficult to understand. I haven't won a championship ring for many years. I want to hold a group to keep warm when I'm old. It turns out that the Knicks are a terrible team, so... let's go to the fucking basketball dream.

Anthony is the leader, and he is also desperate for a ring.

After resting for almost four months, Stoudemire has figured out many things, including his original dream of coming to the NBA. With Li Muhua and Anthony, it seems that he has all the conditions to compete for the championship.

Moreover, Li Muhua always passes the ball at the most suitable time, does not occupy the ball, and can lead his teammates well.

There are fewer and fewer point guards like this in the league.

In Li Muhua's eyes, there are no role players or main players, only the most suitable offensive method, winning is the key, and everything else is nonsense.

Think differently, naturally play differently.

This is the difference between Li Muhua and other point guards.

When Li Muhua was interviewed, he kept denying:
"On the pitch, we don't distinguish between each other. That's the most important thing. Statistics sometimes fail to show the role of players on the pitch. I think Amare is right. This is the result of the joint efforts of his teammates. I respect Everyone on the team, Cameron knows me, maybe he has the most say!"

Respecting the ideas of the boss of the team, Li Muhua has always done a good job.

Anthony is the unique standard of the Knicks and the big man in the league, who is difficult to get along with on the surface.In fact, Gua is easy to talk to. He used to be a ball bully and brush, but now he is calm and willing to work as a role player. This change is really rare.

As for the defense, it's meaningless. Since I was young, I have always played like this. I expect Gua to do more. I really just think about it.

Of course, Anthony was also very excited during media interviews.

"I cherish my current teammates, LI, Amare, JR Smith, Iman, Tyson and others. We are like a whole. Some people always say that I am a veteran. In fact, I feel more like a veteran than Li's maturity. Rookie. Every time I feel that he has few shots, but he never cares. You know, he is the core now, and the team is advancing under his leadership. Such qualities are really hard to come across in the league! "

Anthony is very talkative.

If it weren't for the complicated background, it is estimated that he would have been promoted to the sky by the league long ago. Anthony's career does not conform to the American dream.

When you are in a certain position, there are actually very few things you care about.

Get the championship ring, everything is easy to say.

After so many years in the league, Anthony has lost his vigor, but has become more restrained.

In these few games when Stoudemire came back from injury, he played as a substitute. It's not a deliberate snub, but just to give Stoudemire more time to recover.

Among them, Anthony did a good job in the middle.

Patiently persuade teammates, reducing team conflicts.

Compared with the elation of the Knicks, the Pacers were a bit unwilling.

Paul George: "We didn't expect them to beat us in this way. We didn't expect it before the game. We had a lot of problems defensively, and some goals that should be scored on the offensive end were not scored. This is not the opponent. Become stronger, but we have more unnecessary actions!"

David West:
"When you face a point guard, what is so embarrassing, if you go out to defend, you will lose the basket, and if you don't defend, it will form a loophole. I like to partner with a top point guard. It feels great, but I don't want the opponent to be super empty. Wei, because it makes me feel very uncomfortable!"

"Yes, we have to strangle LI to death."

Lance Stevenson:

"I'm to blame for the loss. LI often hits me in a misplaced position. If I were more focused on defense, I don't think he would have played so well!"

The Pacers players all mentioned defense.

When Li Muhua heard his opponent's remarks, he was already thinking about how to play the next game.

As Lance Stevenson said, Anthony has a great role in involving the defense, which will create a situation where he doesn't attack and you attack.

Paul George suffered a bit from Anthony's size, and there is no problem with single defense, but when Anthony is playing low singles, he must need his teammates to help defend.

David West and Stoudemire are about the same, [-]/[-], but in terms of technology, David West is more comprehensive.

As long as the opposing player is better than himself, Stoudemire feels uncomfortable.

The key figure for the Pacers on the perimeter is Augustine, who played the worst and was always greeted back and forth by the Knicks.

Anyway, I am determined to prevent you from opening outside.

The home court advantage obtained before was gone, and the total score reached 2:1.

The Pacers urgently need to make changes on the defensive end for the next few games.

Bleacher Report commented:

"The defense of the Knicks has only reached the middle and lower levels of the league in the regular season this season, but the offensive end is the third in the league. It is undeniable that luck is also part of the game. In this game, the Knicks' shooting percentage rarely reached [-]. From this point, we can see the Pacers' sloppy defense!"

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