The Eastern Conference averaged 25+12 per game! Hard Tang was defeated by Zheng Zheng in a fierce battle with a knee injury, and he was defeated by various life and death battles.

On May 30, in the fifth game of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks defeated the Pacers 111-94, and the score was 2-3. In this game, Towns continued to fight with a left knee injury, with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists in the whole game. He was very effective when leading the team in the second quarter. Towns was really too hard.

Downs' left knee has undergone meniscus repair surgery. In the G4 game, his left knee was hit again. The Knicks official said that he had a left knee contusion and G5 had doubts about playing, but Towns was unwilling to give up, so he insisted on playing with injuries.

Before the game, Towns was moving his left knee. He hoped that his left knee would quickly heat up and let his muscles enter a tight state. In the first quarter, Towns made 2+ three-pointers and 1 of 2 three-pointers and scored 5 points and 3 rebounds. Brunson didn't have many opportunities for 14 points in a single quarter, but Towns won crazily when he led the team with a single core in the second quarter, and scored 12-2 at one time.

Downs hit his left knee 2+1 again at the basket. He kept rubbing his left knee but still did not apply for an end. Then he scored continuously at the basket to help the Knicks widen the gap. Towns scored 12 points and 7 rebounds in a single quarter. Towns made 7+ 11 three-pointers and 1 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 17 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist in the first half.

Knicks media have praised Towns as possessed by Chamberlain. Towns had just completed a super tough layup in the third quarter, but the referee immediately gave him a fourth foul. Sika fell to the ground with a performance nature, and Towns could only be replaced. Then Towns was replaced with a ball with 0.6 seconds left in the third quarter, but it turned out to be a three-no-touch. In the last quarter, Towns made a foul through the downside attack. Towns broke through and was cut and did not return to defense for a long time and was hit by the Pacers. Towns also took his fifth foul. He failed to hit two three-pointers, but Towns made a super tough tip-in at the basket, and then dunked, directly allowing Carlisle to give up the game and replace the main player.

Hard Tang made 36 minutes of the game, made 10 of 20 shots, made 1 of 4 three-pointers, made 3 free throws, scored 24 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, with a shooting percentage of 50%.

Five-game series, Towns averaged 25.4 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Who said he was soft?

Text/Yan Xiaobai: Salute to Towns