Andrew Nembhard first did what he could to challenge Isaiah Hartenstein's position in the middle of the racket. Then Myles Turner took over while Donte DiVincenzo sent a 3-pointer. The Knicks pivot then tried to get around the broad shoulders of his Pacers counterpart to grab the offensive rebound.
In vain, because Myles Turner blocked his opponent well and could hit the ball with one hand towards a teammate. This action from the very beginning of Game 6 sums up well the shadow work carried out by Indiana's interior. He and his partners had to react in this register after a seriously missed Game 5.
At Madison Square Garden during the previous round, the Indiana men suffered as much in rebounding (29 to 53) as in terms of points conceded in the racket (36 to 62).
“ These are two statistics relating to aggression. We had to do better in the area of aggression. Game 5 in Milwaukee was difficult. Game 5 in New York was, I would say, our least aggressive game of the entire playoffs. We didn't have a very fun video session yesterday watching him. There are ups and downs, and young teams grow », Judge Rick Carlisle, who appreciated the toughness displayed by his players this night.
Pacers dominate inside
The curves from the previous match have been reversed. The Pacers thus won the battle in rebounds (47-35) and in terms of points in the paint (62-38), taking advantage of the size advantage linked to the tenure of Miles McBride on the Knicks side.
Pascal Siakam was thus able to benefit from favorable matchups, against Miles McBride or Josh Hart. Just like Myles Turner, the Cameroonian, on an action, attracting help at the post to serve his pivot launched towards the circle.
Also, if the pivot only finished with 8 rebounds, with his 17 points, he had the merit of preventing his racket opponent from gorging himself (7 holds) as in the previous match (17 rebounds including 12 offensive ).
“ When I say we made a concerted effort, it's mainly Myles Turner who is behind it. We all saw, each of us, what happened in Game 5, and not just him. Because Hartenstein is a rebounding animal. It's a credit to Myles, he's really changed the game in this area. », greets TJ McConnell.
All that remains is to try to reproduce this effort during Game 7.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Pascal Siakam | 41 | 31.8 | 54.9 | 38.6 | 69.9 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 21.3 |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 69 | 32.2 | 47.7 | 36.4 | 85.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 20.1 |
| Myles Turner | 77 | 27.0 | 52.4 | 35.8 | 77.3 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 17.1 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 59 | 26.1 | 44.6 | 37.4 | 82.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 72 | 27.7 | 49.6 | 41.9 | 78.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 12.2 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 33 | 29.7 | 47.5 | 32.7 | 81.7 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 12.1 |
| Buddy Hield | 52 | 25.7 | 44.3 | 38.4 | 84.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Obi Toppin | 82 | 21.1 | 57.3 | 40.3 | 77.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| Tj Mcconnell | 71 | 18.2 | 55.6 | 40.9 | 79.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 10.2 |
| Jalen Smith | 61 | 17.2 | 59.2 | 42.4 | 69.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 68 | 25.0 | 49.8 | 35.7 | 80.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 9.2 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 60 | 12.8 | 66.5 | 0.0 | 71.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 6.4 |
| Jordan Nwora | 18 | 10.1 | 45.1 | 30.6 | 81.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.2 |
| Ben Sheppard | 57 | 14.3 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 88.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| Doug McDermott | 18 | 11.4 | 40.6 | 32.1 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| Jarace Walker | 33 | 10.3 | 40.9 | 40.0 | 88.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Oscar Tshiebwe | 8 | 5.2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Isaiah Wong | 1 | 4.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Daniel Theis | 1 | 8.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Kendall Brown | 15 | 4.2 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| James Johnson | 9 | 5.2 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Quenton Jackson | 3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
