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Thunder Core sets a record of shame in NBA for 79 years. Who can win the championship with 7? Su Qun hits the nail on the head

3:17am, 27 June 2025Basketball

NBA Finals were held as scheduled today. The Thunder took a 3:2 lead in the first five games, holding the championship point, and they also have the possibility of winning the championship when they played away in this game, but the Pacers are definitely not at the mercy of others. They obviously learned faster in the growth process of the series. In this game, they played a very touching offensive and defensive performance, especially on the defensive end, limiting the Thunder to only score 91 points, a season-low. Throughout the season, the Thunder have scored less than 100 points in only 4 games, which is also their only game in the playoffs with a score of less than 100 points. After four quarters of competition, the Thunder lost to the Pacers 91:108 and missed the championship in this game. In the first quarter, the Pacers played very well. Driven by Halliburton, they scored a 28:25 offensive climax in a single quarter. Within 5 minutes and 22 seconds in the second quarter, the Thunder were beaten 2:17 and fell into a passive situation. In a single quarter, the Pacers won 19 points. In the third quarter, the Thunder still did not improve much on the offensive end. During the middle period, they once narrowed the score to less than 20 points. But with the outbreak of Pacers substitute Topin directly drove the team's morale, and the Pacers won another 8 points in a single quarter 26:18. In the fourth quarter, the Thunder finally made some improvements under the leadership of substitutes, with a single quarter of 31:18. But in the end it was useless, and the Pacers defeated the Thunder 108:91. In terms of basic data, the Pacers rebounded 46:41, assisted 23:14, steals 16:4, blocked 5:4, turnover 10:21, free throw 17:21, three-pointers 15:8, fouls 17:20, shooting percentage 41% to 42%, free throw percentage 68% to 81%, and three-point shooting percentage 36% to 27%. On the defensive end, the Pacers' data is perfectly better than the Thunder, and on the offensive end, they are certainly not vague. In this game, they showed a stronger desire to win. Their changes in the series made the Thunder unpredictable, and the Thunder did not come up with good targeted measures to limit their team's substitute point guard McConnell, allowing him to set a record-breaking finals.

The reason why the Thunder lost in this game was that their core performance was quite average. Boss Alexander played for 30 minutes, made 7 of 15 shots, 0 of 1 three-pointers, and 7 of 8 free throws, contributing 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists. He also made 8 mistakes, setting a record for personal career mistakes. After the second instructor Jaylen Williams scored 40 points in the last game, his performance was quite sluggish. He played 26 minutes in the game, made 6 of 13 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers, and 4 of 5 free throws, scoring 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 turnovers, and 2 fouls. The plus-negative value is -40, which also set a new low for the positive and negative value of the finals in NBA history. Jaylen Williams' sluggish is one of the important reasons for their loss in this game. Both of these core three-pointers missed, which is really helpless.

Inside player Holmgren made 2 of 9 shots in this game, 0 of 3 three-pointers, only 4 points and 6 rebounds, without a block or a steal, he was completely lost under the Pacers' iron-blooded defense. Hartten contributed 10 points, Joe contributed 11 points, and no other players scored in double digits.

On the contrary, the Pacers on the opposite side scored in double digits. Starting Nembuhad contributed 17 points, 4 rebounds, and made 5 of 7 shots, which was quite good. Siakam contributed 16 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Halliburton scored 14 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists, 3 of 7 three-pointers, Nesmith contributed 10 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists, Trae contributed 3 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 assist, and made 1 of 9 shots, which was a bit sluggish. However, the plus or negative value is +19, and the positive and negative values ​​of the starting five players are all above +10, which shows that they are of great value to the team. Turner was basically in a state of mutual explosion with Homegren today, and it was understandable that he was a little sluggish on the offensive end, but fortunately his defense was quite excellent. The reason why the Pacers can win is closely related to their bench play. Toppin played for 23 minutes, made 7 of 12 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers and 4 of 6 free throws, scoring 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, becoming the team's scoring leader in this game. Another substitute, McConnell, played for 24 minutes, made 6 of 12 shots, scoring 12 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 3 turnovers. His steals alone can match the number of steals that the entire Thunder team can. Pacers player McConnell continued to play highlights in this game. In the six games in the finals, McConnell has contributed 68 points, 27 assists and 19 rebounds, making him the first substitute in NBA history to achieve 60+ points, 25+ assists and 15+ rebounds. McConnell performed very well in the Finals and became the only player in NBA 79-year history to perform like this, which is the key to the team's victory.

Pacers strongly dragged the finals into the tiebreak, which is also the first finals tiebreak battle that has appeared in the league since 2016, and it is also the 20th tiebreak battle in the history of the finals. Even if the Thunder plays at home, their advantages are not very obvious. After all, the Pacers' adjustment ability is quite outstanding. As for who can win the NBA championship trophy this year in the finals tiebreak? Teacher Su Qun, a famous domestic basketball commentator, also gave his own opinion: "Now, one game determines the outcome, and both teams have a chance to win, it depends on the performance on the spot, and the home advantage cannot play a role." It can be seen from this that Teacher Su Qun is likely to no longer be optimistic about the Thunder Team. If the Pacers play well again, they will be blacked out and win the championship.

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