The Pacers won 9 points in the finals 2-1! The first game revealed four major facts, and the league miscalculated

On June 12, the NBA Finals G3 started, and in the end, the Pacers defeated the Thunder 116-107 at home, leading 2-1 in the series, only two wins away from the championship of this season. First of all, the two teams played two good goals in this game, but the difference is that the Pacers are soldiers, and the Thunder will only be inefficient singles. In addition, according to the US media, Halliburton had no free throw in the first three games of the finals. Is the league too obvious when it is promoting the new generation to take the lead? Of course, Alexander didn't have many free throws, after all, this was the Pacers' home court, but the Thunder's 30 free throws were still higher than the Pacers' 22. Although it was basically a free throw battle in the last 2 minutes.

From several data, Alexander played 42 minutes in this game, made 9 of 20 shots, scored 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 turnovers. The Thunder team made 17 mistakes, which is difficult to win! Javi and Homgren are very good at taking the offensive pressure of the second and third scoring points, but it is obvious that Alexander is about 8 points away from his average playoff score, and the Thunder loses to Alexander. The Pacers' advantage is the depth of the lineup, which is the bench with several impact points and engine McConnell. The Thunder's bench is very unstable. The Thunder sacrificed their offensive and defensive conversion advantages. Rebounding has improved a lot in the last two games, but the fast break has declined significantly. This game revealed five major facts, and the league also miscalculated.

First, Pacers' foul trap. At the beginning, Alexander received an offensive foul because he pushed Nemhard. He thought that after the Pacers returned to home, they could finally face the normal phishing standards, but in fact it was not. Homegren's outbreak in the first half was largely due to the whistleblower treatment he received, including Javi. Although Alexander only had 6 free throws in the whole game, the Thunder still had a lot of free throws overall. This led to the failure to finish the first three quarters. Nemhard + Nesmith and Sika had at least 3 fouls. After the whole game, Nesmith left the court with 6 fouls and Nemhard was 5 fouls! The referee's call also made the Pacers afraid to make moves, and the starting player kept losing points.

Second, MVP exposes shortcomings. Alexander averaged 30+ per game since the Western Conference Finals, especially in the first two games of the finals, scoring 72 points, like a god of war. But Alexander's performance really has to distinguish whether it is home or away! Let me give you three examples in the data: the Thunder four-round series G3, with a total of 1 win and 3 losses. In addition to the first round of G3, Alexander scored 31 points in 16 shots when he played against the Grizzlies, he scored 7 of the Nuggets in the second round and scored 18 points, and 4 of the Western Conference Finals made 13 shots and scored 14 points, leading the team to lose 42 points. Including G3 in the finals, 9 of them were scored 24 points. Without the referee's excessive call and partial protection, Alexander was not good enough and could not stand up at critical moments. In these four away games, Alexander averaged only 20 free throws, 5 times per game.

Third, the Thunder offensive end is too single. If Alexander at home is a god of war, Alexander away has faded a lot. Without free throws, he dared not take the ball to attack at critical moments. This extends to the third point, the Thunder's offensive end is too single! In the fourth quarter, when Matherine + McConnell + Halliburton led the team to launch a climax of counterattack, the Thunder had only singles, especially Alexander. When facing excessive defense, he did not dare to attack forcefully, and his offense was not as determined as Jewe. The Pacers did walk tightropes on the cliff and kept helping Alexander in advance, allowing Dortmund, Caruso and Isaiazio to find a three-pointer feel. But at the last moment, after Alexander lost his confidence, he still gained a lot.

Fourth, Pacers always have magical "role players". In this game, Matherine played for 22 minutes, scored 9 of 12 shots and scored 27 points, McConnell played in just 15 minutes in just 15 minutes, with 10 points, 5 assists and 5 steals, and the bench scored a total of 49 points, and the third highest total score in a single game in the last 19 finals! McConnell's substitute in the finals was at least 5 assists and 5 steals, the first person in NBA history! Halliburton did not have free throws, but the Pacers used this as a feint point and bait to keep others fired. Data shows that the team that led the finals with a score of 2-1 is 81% chance of winning the championship! The Thunder's defense is the strongest in the league, but when facing the Pacers, they hit the cotton with one punch, and there is no defensive focus.

Alliance is truly miscalculated! Since the Western Conference semi-finals, the Thunder have received a lot of care and favoritism from the referees during the playoff journey, especially the Thunder's devil's home court. It is too difficult for other teams to win because the call is two standards. But until the finals, until the Pacers, when Alexander had not significantly improved the team's ceiling, the Thunder seemed a little struggling. In this game, the Pacers also made some profit calls, such as McConnell's return pass from the baseline, Sika stepped on the center line, etc., but Dortmund's elbow hit Halliburton, and he didn't blow under the referee's nose, which was really too much. Looking forward to the Pacers winning two more games to complete the counterattack!