16-point defeat, 22-point defeat, 17-point defeat! The most tenacious team in the NBA, the league also miscalculated

After more than a month of fierce competition, the NBA has finally arrived at the final chapter this season, the finals! There are two young teams on the finals stage. The average age of the Thunder is 24.2 years old and the average age of the Pacers is 25.8 years old. The core members of the two teams, Alexander and Halliburton, were both bargaining chips for Paul George to trade (the Pacers sent George away for Sabonis Jr., and then used Sabonis Jr. as the alternating body for Halliburton). Now it has become the new NBA's new storefront and flag. There are two undeniable points. First of all, the league's new and old changes are too fast this season. In the first round, we bid farewell to stars such as James, Doncic, Harden, Antetokounmpo, and Ka, including Durant + Booker who did not make the playoffs.

The second round, including Curry, Jokic and Tatum, ended this season one after another, and replaced it with a younger generation of new generations to take full advantage. Secondly, the way of playing superstar basketball is gradually being replaced by team basketball. Alexander won MVP + Best Team First Team + Scoring King + Western Conference Finals MVP this season, but like a jewel in the crown, the Thunder's overall strength is too high. The Pacers are more popular, and no one can even break through the average of 21 points in the playoffs, but there are 8 players who scored more than 8 points! In the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Pacers lost only 4 games in total, but lost three games. Xica, who finally won the MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals, was once also a younger brother next to Leonard. As the most tenacious team in the playoffs, the league also has to miscalculate.

starts with the Pacers losing 4 games. In the first round, the Pacers eliminated the Bucks led by Antetokounmpo 4-1. In the G3 game, the Pacers lost 16 points, including the G5 match point match, and the Pacers were also behind the Bucks 20 points. But their ability to adjust is too strong. After a 16-point defeat, G4 still won 26 points at the Bucks at home, and the team immediately won 8 players in double digits. Turner and Nemhard's efforts directly broke through the Bucks. There is also a match point battle, and it is not scary to fall behind by 20 points. Halliburton led the team to catch it back, and made a layup final moment, sending Antetokounmpo home. In the second round, he played against the Cavaliers, and won two consecutive home games in the Cavaliers. He returned to his home court and was G3 again, and suffered a 22-point defeat! Young people are indeed prone to impetuousness when holding their advantages, and they are inevitably underestimated.

But then G4 defeated the Cavaliers with 20 points in one battle and successfully won the match point! Without Halliburton's efforts, the bench, Sitooping + McConnell + Shepard scored 47 points and killed the suspense of the series. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the same drama continued to be staged, and the Knicks won two games away from home, which were also reversal scripts. Back at home, G3 lost 6 points in one game, G5 lost 17 points in one game, and Halliburton's smirk after the crushing defeat also caused huge controversy. Many US media believe that the Pacers are too ruthless. If the Knicks tied 3-3, everything is possible at the Knicks' home game. Unexpectedly, the Pacers won the revenge with 17 points in the G6 match point game, and Sika led the team to the Eastern Conference championship with 31 points, and Sika was also awarded the MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals. Data shows that since March 10, Pacers have not tasted a losing streak for more than two months. Last season, the Pacers unexpectedly entered the Eastern Conference Finals. They have shown their offensive talent. Halliburton is connected inside and outside. The team's offensive efficiency + average score per game + shooting percentage + assists are all the first level in the league, and they are the first dark horse attitude. They are not optimistic all the way this season (before the playoffs started, the Pacers had a chance of winning the Eastern Conference championship with less than 3%), but compared with last season, the Pacers had second in the offensive efficiency and scoring league, first in the shooting percentage and assists league, and key defenses also rose. They used turnovers and fast break points to second only to the Thunder.

What's more, Halliburton's big heart, which hit the Bucks' layup, the Cavaliers' three-pointer, and the Knicks' long-range two-pointer dragged into overtime, including the Eastern Conference Finals point-to-point match Halliburton's fourth quarter standing up! In the words of US media, the Pacers are indeed the most surprising team to eliminate Antetokounmpo, the No. 1 Cavaliers in the East, and the Knicks, the most profitable team in the league. Compared with those three teams, the Pacers are all underrepresented. But there are two data worth pondering. This season's playoff Pacers' three-man combination (playing time is more than 270 minutes, a total of 10 groups), all of which win points are won, whether it is Halliburton or McConnell Sica.

Pacers' playoffs any two (playing time is more than 330 minutes, a total of 10 groups), and they all win points. Sika and Halliburton join hands or lead the team separately. The Pacers' winning error rate does not exceed 20% (average net win score of 100 rounds)! The depth of this lineup is terrible, and even the Thunder can't do this! The Pacers overturned the league's gold foil job. Although they are weaker than the Thunder. US media BR predicts that the Thunder's probability of winning the championship is 95.3%, who can guarantee that the Pacers will not continue to create miracles? The league also miscalculated.