A 107-123 game made the Eastern Conference dark horse fall down, and there are 3 bad news, he is the culprit

In the just-concluded NBA Finals G2 game, the Pacers, who played away, defeated the Thunder 107-123, and the total score in the series was tied 1-1. The Pacers are still regular starters, with Nesmith, Siakam, Turner, Nemhard and Halliburton starting together. The Thunder continued to continue the starting lineup of G1, with Wallace, Dortmund, Jaylenway, Homegren and Alexander forming the starting five Tigers. In the last G1 game, the Thunder led by a full 47 minutes and 50 seconds, but Halliburton completed a magical final shot in the final and successfully made a return away. After the game started, the Thunder, who played at home, quickly gained the upper hand. Alexander scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter, and Homegren also scored 9 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter. They helped the Thunder take the lead 26-20 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Halliburton continued to feel sluggish, while the Thunder completely dominated the game on both offense and defense, with a lead of 23 points at most. At the end of the half-time game, the Thunder led the Pacers by 18 points 59-41.

Alexander scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in halftime, while Homgren scored 11 points and 4 rebounds. In contrast, no one scored in double digits in the Pacers at the halftime, and the team's highest scores were 9 points from Siakam and Nemhard. In addition, the shooting percentage of both sides is compared: the shooting percentage of the Thunder is 51.1% - the Pacers are 34.9%, the 3-point shooting percentage of the Thunder is 36.8% - the Pacers are 31.8%, the free throw percentage of the Thunder is 75% - the Pacers are 57.1%, and the Thunder also leads 25-21.

In the third quarter, Turner's inside attack caused Dortmund to foul and scored on the free throw, while the Thunder suffered three personal fouls in less than a minute. Turner then made a close shot, and Jaylenway responded strongly from a fixed 3-pointer from the outside. Turner continued to make a foul in the inside line + a 3-pointer extended shot. Nesmith also hit a 3-pointer from the outside. The Pacers narrowed the gap to 14 points and stopped the Thunder. However, the Thunder quickly launched a counterattack. At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder still led the Pacers by 19 points 93-74. In the fourth quarter, Halliburton on the Pacers recovered and scored 9 points in a row in foreign shots, but Jaylenway scored 7 points in a row on the Thunder and responded strongly, and the gap between the two sides remained at around 20 points. In the end, the Pacers, who had no hope of chasing points, had to replace the main player in advance and accept the fate of a disastrous away defeat.

With the end of this game, there are still 3 bad news for the Pacers:

1. Since the playoffs, the Pacers have won a 2-0 lead in three consecutive rounds of series. After losing G2 in the finals, their unbeaten golden body in Game 2 of the series was broken by the Thunder. Although they still get a home advantage, facing the Thunder, who is significantly stronger, they will have to bear greater pressure in the next two home courts.

2. After G1 finished his finals, Halliburton has at least one final or tied performance in each round in the four rounds of the playoffs, successfully making the former "most overrated player" become the top defender of the league. However, Halliburton was curbed by the Thunder in this game, and only scored 5 points in the first three quarters. Although he scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, he only scored 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, which could not help the team win. In fact, in the G1 game, although Halliburton completed the final score, his overall shooting percentage was not high, especially his 3-point shooting only 2 of 7 shots. Therefore, when returning to home court, Halliburton needs to regain his shooting feel as soon as possible. After all, only by stalemateing the score until the last moment can he have the chance to score a final goal.

3. The Pacers were completely defeated in this game, and they were all behind the Thunder in terms of scoring, rebounding, shooting percentage and 3-point shooting percentage. They have always been good at offense and played team basketball. In this game, the Pacers only scored 107 points in front of the Thunder's strong defense, which shows that the Pacers should adjust as soon as possible to adapt to the Thunder's defensive intensity.

The Pacers' worst performer in this game is undoubtedly Siakam. He faced the Thunder's defense. He only made 3 of 11 shots, 1 of 4 of 3 points, 8 of 8 free throws, scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and the plus-negative value is the second lowest starting point -15.