Knicks and Pacers Advance to Second Round of NBA Playoffs: High-Scoring Wins Against 76ers and Bucks

Los Angeles (AFP)

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers reached the second round of the NBA Playoff, by deciding the rivalry against the Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks consecutively with one score of 4-2, and the two winners will meet face in the next round. , starting Monday.
The Knicks beat the 76ers 118-115, thanks to 41 points by Jalen Brunson in an exciting game until the last breath, when New York led 114-111, thanks to a hat-trick by Josh Hart 25 seconds before the end, then the Cameroonian Sixers star Joel Embiid reduced the difference to one point just after that, but the last word was for the Knicks, whose players, Donte Devicentio and Bronson, succeeded in throwing the -free which they successfully obtained, to snatch the qualification ticket for their team. Devicentio scored 23 points in the game, and he managed 7 assists.
Hart missed the game-winning basket in Game 5, which decided the outcome for the New York Knicks, before making up for it in Game 6. He commented on this issue by saying: “I took personally to lose Game 5, and it didn’t leave my mind for two days.”
The Knicks got off to a strong start with a 22-point lead in the first quarter, but Philadelphia turned things around, ending the first half with a 3-point lead, then extending the lead to 10 points at one point in the third season, before that. the Knicks regained the balance in the final quarter, winning the game.
Embiid, who missed several games for his team this season after undergoing knee surgery last February, scored 39 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Bronson, who surpassed the 40-point barrier for the third game in a row, a feat not accomplished by any player since Michael Jordan in 1989, said, “Naturally, the opposing team succeeded in to convert a score and take the lead, but the good start helped us a lot.
He said, “Whatever the situation, we must stand in solidarity among ourselves and fight to the last breath, and this is what happened. “
This is the second time in a row that the Knicks have reached the second round of the playoffs.
In the second game, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 120-98, knocking them out of the tournament.
The Pacers led by 12 points at the end of the first half, before going 11 points to nothing at one point in the third quarter, entering the final quarter with a 15-point lead, and then deciding the result with 22 points.
Greek Pax star Giannis Antetokounmpo continued to be absent due to a calf injury that kept him out of his team’s playoff games, while Damian Lillard returned to his team, after missing the last two games of the his team lost, and he got 28 points.
For the Pacers, Obi Toppin scored 21 points, and teammate TJ McConnell added 20 points.
This is the first time the Pacers have won a playoff game since 2014, when they reached the Eastern Conference semifinals.