The data doesn t lie! Harry s winning goal, unexpectedly detonated James, the first in the 8 finals in the playoffs

In the first NBA Finals game on June 6, the Pacers defeated the Thunder, who performed the best in the regular season with a slight advantage of 111 to 110, and took a big lead. During the game, the Pacers faced a huge 15-point trail in the fourth quarter, but with Halliburton's mid-range finale shot in the last 0.3 seconds, they reversed the situation. The Pacers' victory marks the creation of several historic records:

1. In the playoffs this season, the Pacers have reversed five times while falling 15 points behind, a figure that has become the highest in history since detailed statistics in 1997. The teams that were reversed include the Bucks, Cavaliers, Knicks and Thunder, which can be called "witness".

2. In this season's playoffs, the Pacers maintain a full victory in games with scores of 110 points or more, with a record of 13 wins and 0 losses; if the score is less than 110 points, the record is 0 wins and 4 losses. Today's game vividly reflects this trend. Halliburton's final victory made the Pacers score 111 in this game; if they don't make it, they can only accept the fate of losing with 109 points.

3. According to statistics since 1997, when the team fell 7 points or more in the last three minutes of the finals, they did not turn around even if they were desperate. Today, the Pacers completed the reversal when they were still 9 points behind in the last three minutes, breaking this historical shadow. In addition, they have ended this last-minute reversal several times in the playoffs this season.

4. With today's final kill, Halliburton has produced five final five seconds of winning or tie in his career, which put him tied for second place in history with legendary star Reggie Miller (since detailed statistics in 1997). It is worth mentioning that Halliburton completed four finals in this year's playoffs, and the finals against the Bucks a year ago have made him famous in this field.

What's more striking is that Halliburton's final victory not only put him along with Reggie Miller's record, but also attracted the attention of LeBron James. Since 1997, James has won the most winning or draws in the last 5 seconds of the playoffs, with 8 times. It should be noted that James' final kills were all reversal failures. Although several of them were indeed his final blow when he tied, they also included four final kills, such as the classic three-pointer in the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals and the layup in the 2013 Eastern Conference semi-finals, which is still fresh in memory.

Therefore, Halliburton's performance not only refuted his "overrated" label, but also made the remarks questioning James' courage to shoot at critical moments seem a bit nonsense. Relatively speaking, the players who claim to be "killers" have only a handful of final wins in the playoffs.

Another interesting data: in the last 90 seconds of this year's playoffs, Halliburton's shooting percentage was as high as 85.7% (6 of 7 shots), surpassing James' 83.3% (5 of 6 shots) in 2018. This data undoubtedly once again strongly refutes those voices who question James.

Although the Pacers won the first game of the Finals in a stunning away game, adding to the Thunder's second loss against the Eastern Conference team this season (the first game was a regular season defeat against the Cavaliers), many media remained reserved about the Pacers' prospects for winning the championship, giving them only a 27% chance of winning the championship. In addition, in the Western Conference semi-finals, the Thunder suffered a final victory, but in the end they defeated their opponents through tiebreaks and advanced successfully.

In short, even though the Pacers made a stunning debut in the first game of the finals, they are still considered at a disadvantage in the championship odds, and the challenges ahead are still arduous.