Los Pacers They arrived at the sixth match against the strings and with their star, Tyrese Haliburton, among cotton. But when the rope tightened, they brought out His best version to massacrate the Thunder (108-91) and earn the right to compete for the ring in the Seventh and definitive gameto be held in the Paycom Center by Okluana House in The morning from Sunday to Monday (2.00 h).
Los Thunderas if they had already done the job after recovering the court factor after winning the last two games, They went out to see them coming. And they fell with the whole team. They competed with dignity until the beginning of the second quarter (32-31, a 8.51)before fading and fitting a partial blushing of 38-11 with which they ended the party (70-42, at 7.15 from the end of the third quarter). They could not take the merchandising of the champions out of their travel bags (caps, t -shirts …) and will have to put the champagne to cool.
Insulting local superiority in all facets
Los Pacers, who had been three months without losing three games in a row (Since they fell twice in Atlanta and one in Chicago on March 7, 10 and 11), they became strong so as not to match that negative streak and sweep unrecognizable thunder In all facets of the game. Those of Rick Carlisle were insultingly superior in triples (15/42 by 8/30), losses (10 by 21), Assistance (23 by 14) and bench points (48 by 37). It was like day and night.
Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam celebrate a basket of the Pacers.
Great collective work of the Pacers, with Andrew Nemphard With 17 points (3/5 T3), 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Pascal Sakak (16+13+3) y Tyrese Haliburton (14 with 3/7 t3 and 5 assists) leading together with Aaron Nesmith (10+2+3) The definitive takeoff. And they kept him and even gave him more strength if possible with the energy of two substitutes as OBi Toppin (20+6) y TJ McConnell (12+9+6).
Unfortunate thunder
Too much gunpowder to reduce without looking at some Thunder in which Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (21+4+2 with 8 losses) and Jalen Williams (16+3+1 with 3 losses) were not saved from burning, with players like Chet Holmgren (4+6), Lu sleeps (3+4) or the substitute Alex Caruso (0+3+2), which almost always adds, disappeared in combat Within the disastrous game that perpetrated his team.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dillon Jones, Cariacontecidos at the end of the beating.
Indiana It took four minutes to appear (2-10)but when he did it was big, with five points of Siakam (2+1 included), two triples of Nemphardtwo others Toppin and one of Haliburton To stand up the Gainbridge Fieldhouse (24-15, a 4.15). It was four minutes of yellow hurricane (7/9 TC) to which it only remained standing Jalen Williams (7) For the Thunder, who fell temporary with a triple of Wiggins y Five Shai points (28-25)despite its five losses (0 the Pacers).
Shai and Jalen Williams stop the bleeding
Shai finally broke into the clash with nine points in a row (11) and next to Jalen Williams (10) Level the duel (32-31). Indiana gave a new arreón with a partial 9-2 with 6 points from McConnell and a triple Haliburton (41-33, at 7.20). They were much more energy than their rival and Nesmithwith two triples and a 2+1, another local stretch commanded expanding the partial to 19-4 To put the maximum (51-35, a 3.30).
The Pacers dismembered Definitely and enlarged the Arreón to a 32-11 with a basket of Nemphard (10), the third triple of Haliburton and six points of Siakam (13) To leave for rest with an advantage that was already sidereal, the greatest of his team in the six games of the final (64-42).
Total Oklahoma collapse
Los Thunder, stunned in attack before the great defensive intensity of his rival and totally overflowing with the vertiginous attack by the Pacersthey had collapsed. Neither Jalen Williams (16) have Shai (15), very alone (only 11 points of the rest), they were able to minimize the chaparrón that came over their team, bad in the triples (1/11 by 9/24), in the losses (12 by 2, with 3 from Jalen and 5 of Shai), in Assistance (3 by 13) and in Contribution from the bench (19-3).
The beginning of the third act was sperm by both teams, with an unfortunate 0/13 in field shots in the first 3.54broken by Haliburton to put a new maximum of the Pacers (66-42). Oklahoma, fed up with a wall (It took five minutes and three seconds to write down his first basket After the break), he capitulated thinking about the seventh game.
He did not Indianathat despite putting many substitutes on the track, he did not lift his foot from the accelerator (70-42 a 7.15)maybe trying to inflict a moral damage greater to your rival In the face of that decisive game that will be played in the early hours of Sunday to Monday at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma.
The Pacers win by 31 (93-62)
It came to win for 31 points (93-62) And there was no game anymore. Despite the hard corrective (108-91)to the best team of the regular season (68-14) There is no other than grab the court factor (35-6 in regular season and 10-2 in playoffs) To try to put the ring to your audience.
