The embarrassing 1-1 in the finals! The G2 key battle revealed four facts, and the three parties goals have actually achieved

On June 9, G2 of the NBA Finals started, and the Thunder continued to play against the Pacers at home, and the final score was frozen at 123-107. The Thunder won a big home game and tied the score 1-1. There must be many fans who think that the Thunder has finally played their due level. Perhaps the victory of a game can be based on luck, and a series of games depends on strength, and the Pacers are about to hang on. Indeed, Alexander scored 30+ in a row, and the Thunder finally had more scoring points. Although the Pacers were in double digits in the overall team of 7 players, no one had more than 17 points, resulting in insufficient firepower on the offensive end. But in my opinion, there are no losers in this game, and the three parties have achieved their goals.

A brief review of the competition. In fact, after the Thunder once opened the 23-point difference in the second quarter, the game ended early. Around Alexander, in addition to Jewish (19 points) + Homgren's 15 points, Caruso's 20 points + Wiggins' 18 points are crucial, maintaining the basic set of the Thunder's offensive end. Alexander contributed 34 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals in the entire game. In the first two games of the finals, the Pacers led by 1 minute and 53 seconds in total, and it seems that the two teams have a big gap. Alexander scored a total of 72 points in the first two games of the finals, setting a historical record of scoring in the first two games of his career! In addition, Alexander scored at least 30 points and 5 assists for the 11th time in the playoffs, tied for Jordan and James, tied for the first place in history! But G2 reveals four major facts.

First, Halliburton's instability. Although Halliburton scored a draw or a winning goal in four consecutive rounds, the average average of 17.6 points in the playoffs is not high. In addition, he often plays sluggish games. For example, G6 in the Eastern Conference Finals scored 2 of 7 in one match and scored 8 points in only 8 in the semi-finals, G4 in 3 in one match, and G3 in 2 in one match. Halliburton is like the bait given to his opponent by coach Carlisle. If the opponent is restricted with all his strength, the Pacers can easily open up all the other scoring points; but it is also a double-edged sword. Once Halliburton is targeted, the Pacers often fall behind large scores, and others can score, but they do not have the ability to reverse the momentum. Halliburton still needs to increase his aggressiveness, or rather, he is accumulating energy.

Secondly, the walker's frame is sliding. In the G1 game, the Pacers grabbed 56 rebounds in the game, 17 more than the Thunder. However, the Pacers only had 35 rebounds in this game, 8 fewer than the Thunder. The Thunder sacrificed their advantage of offense and defense conversion (only scored 4 points in the fast break) and allowed Homgren and Harten to work together to protect the basket for more time, which was significantly better. There are many people who hit the basket, but they also make many mistakes. Of course, the scale of the basket confrontation will actually directly determine the trend of the series. At this stage, any team can seize the opportunity to win as long as they reveal a little flaw. Here we extend the third point, the referee's call.

Third, Caruso defense--the referee's call, Caruso must be the top single defense master in the league and the best defensive elite. But he had too many small moves, especially when cutting the ball, facing Nemhad and Sika, he often cut directly to the opponent's arms. To give a few examples, Caruso hit Sika's arm in advance in the third quarter. The referee whistled, Caruso and Wallace raised their hands to show the challenge at the same time. The slow motion showed that this was a foul, but where did the Thunder players get the confidence that this was a reasonable steal? In the second half of the third quarter, the referee was not accused of Caruso and repeatedly called for blocking and fouling his arm. The referee's control of the scale of the call is fine, but the difference between several subtle calls will cause huge psychological changes to the players of the two teams.

There are huge differences in the bench. The two teams basically performed 9-10 players in the playoffs, but the difference is that the Pacers' bench is not very stress-resistant. When the Thunder counterattack was launched, the Pacers repeatedly fouled, and some calls could be played or not, but after the referee gave the Thunder a free throw opportunity, the Pacers were directly silenced in the second and third quarters. Originally, the Pacers did not have super scoring points, and relying on the overall offense, which made them easily widen the score gap. Of course, Caruso and Wiggins are indeed fierce on the outside. If this becomes the norm, the Thunder will basically lock in the championship. The finals were tied 1-1, which is a situation that all three parties want to see. From the Pacers' perspective, they have snatched a home victory from the favorite Thunder to win the championship. They have already won the home advantage in the finals. It is impossible to take two away games directly from the away game like in the first three rounds. From the league's perspective, the subtle verdicts favor the Thunder, which is enough for the Thunder to widen the gap. The league of course hopes that the finals will move in a more intense direction. The Thunder also regained the championship and regained confidence. When the Pacers were at home, they would not bear heavy psychological burdens. After all, if the Pacers want to make a comeback, it really depends on the harshness of the punishment; of course, the league may not necessarily be on the side of the strong from beginning to end.