Saturday, American time.

The entire New York Knicks flew to Indianapolis, the home of the Indiana Pacers.

The Indiana Pacers achieved a 50-32 record in the regular season, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Therefore, in this round of the series, the New York Knicks still have no home advantage and have to play two away games in a row.

Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana. It is a relatively populous city in the United States, with a warmer climate than New York.

It was already afternoon when the team arrived in Indianapolis. Sitting on the bus to the hotel, Lin Feng was listening to music while enjoying the scenery of this strange city. Indianapolis was far less prosperous than Manhattan. However, the basketball atmosphere in the whole city was very strong. In the conspicuous location in the main block of the city, there were huge billboards for promoting the playoffs, and posters of the team's number one star George were seen everywhere.

"Lin, after George eliminated the Raptors, he said in person that he would defend you personally in this round of playoffs. How about it? Is there any pressure? He is the best forward defensive player in the league, even stronger than Toms." Jones, who was sitting next to Lin Feng, asked with a smile.

"I'm really looking forward to how strong his defense is." Lin Feng turned off the music in his headphones and said lightly.

"Lin, George is tall, long arms, and has quick steps, and is indeed very shocking on the defensive end," said Jones.

"These are just appearances. Whether it's OK or not, you still have to see it on the court." Lin Feng shrugged.

Jones smiled and said, "Well, maybe I'm thinking too much, you are Lin Crazy and can't measure you with an ordinary eye!"

At night, the team did not arrange any training, but gave the players who were struggling to rest.

The next day, the team originally arranged normal preparation training, but the home team did not arrange training ground for the Knicks on the grounds that the venue was under maintenance.

Obviously, this is a despicable and inferior off-track move by the Pacers. This method is not uncommon in many sports. Although the Knicks are angry, they can do nothing. In the end, in order to ensure training, the team had to rent a temporary venue.

This was just a small episode, but it aroused the anger in the hearts of the Knicks players.

On the day of the competition.

The New York Knicks arrived at the Pacers' home court, Bankers' Life Arena early.

After the players arrived, they began to warm up on the court to find a feeling.

The Pacers' home fans entered the field one after another. The Banker's Life Stadium can accommodate more than 18,000 people. There are still two hours before the game officially begins, and the attendance rate in the stadium has reached 60%. The fans' enthusiasm for this game can be seen.

To Lin Feng's surprise, he also saw many fans wearing his No. 11 jersey at the scene. It seemed that these fans were deliberately flying from New York to support the teams they supported away.

It's still one hour before the competition officially begins.

The live broadcast of this game by ESPN Sports Channel officially began. In addition to host Ruby, who was sitting in the commentary seat today, there were also Coleman, who had been focusing on Lin Hei for 30 years, and former Pacers star Jackson.

"The highly anticipated 'contradiction' war begins soon. Let's make a prediction about the outcome of this game first. This must be very interesting." Ruby looked at Jackson: "You talk about Jackson first, this is your home court."

"Okay, actually when I knew that the Pacers were going to play against the Knicks, I already had the answer in my mind," Jackson responded: "I think the Pacers can definitely win this game because they have the best defensive system in the league and the best defensive players. Of course, you will definitely say, can they defend Lin Feng? My answer is, it must be. In the past few days, I and several colleagues watched Lin Feng's performance in the first four games in detail. Of course, we were not watching how many balls he shot, but looking at the few shots he made. It turned out that 70% of his shots were mid-range shots, and 20% were at the left and right bottom corners at 30 degrees, and gave, and in all his shots, he encountered double-team defense."

"In other words, it is actually very simple to defend Lin Feng. First, double-team defense, second, block the three-point line and let him shoot in the middle and long range. I believe that in this way, Lin Feng's shooting rate will definitely drop sharply. As long as Lin Feng is restricted, it will naturally become a very easy thing to win the Knicks." Jackson said endlessly.

"Oh, this sounds very reasonable, but it is easy to say but difficult to do. In addition, if Lin Feng is double-teamed, he can completely split the ball. He has assisting ability, which has been verified in the last game." After Lubie said that, he looked at Coleman again.

"Coleman, what do you think?"

"I agree with Jackson's statement. In fact, I have also studied Lin Feng's previous four games. It's not that he is unable to defend, but his opponent has not found the right defense method." Coleman said.

"Well, Coleman, I remember that you praised Lin Feng in the column last week. Could it be that you really had to write it down after you lost the bet?"

Before the last game between the Knicks and the Cavaliers, Coleman insisted that Lin Feng's assists would not exceed ten times. As a result, Lin Feng slapped the face strongly and contributed 19 assists in the game. After the game, Coleman fulfilled his bet with Lin Feng at that time and wrote an article praising Lin Feng in his column.

This is what Rubi is talking about at this time.

"Of course not, there is nothing wrong. Lin Feng has many advantages, but in the face of the Pacers' iron-blooded defense, I still don't expect Lin Feng to perform like he did in the first round against the Cavaliers." Coleman responded.

"Okay, that is to say, you all hope that the Pacers can win this game." Ruby smiled and shook her head: "But, both of you and I have different views. I think the Knicks may be able to continue their good performance against the Cavaliers in the last round. Lin Feng may still have magical performance!"

"No matter what, the game will begin soon, let's wait and see..."

Competition scene.

The player appearance ceremony has begun. The first one to enter the New York Knicks players. Since it was on the away game, there was no cheer after everyone appeared, but there was a lot of booing. Especially when Lin Feng appeared, the booing of the whole audience reached its peak.

There is no way, who made Lin Feng their number one mortal enemy!

After the Knicks players appeared, the home team's appearance ceremony was the home team, and as the home team players appeared one by one, the Banker's Life Arena was completely in full swing...
Chapter completed!