Substitutes determine the trend! 20+6+2 McConnell 12+9+6+4, the finals dragged into tiebreak

On June 20, in the 2024-25 NBA Finals G6 battle, the Pacers ushered in a life-and-death battle at home. After fierce battles in four quarters, the Pacers finally defeated the Thunder 108-91, rewrite the series score to 3-3 draw, and the finals entered the tiebreak battle.

Data statistics

Pacers: Halliburton 14 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 2 interruptions, Siakam 16 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists, Turner 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists and 2 blocks, Nembhard 17 points, 4 assists and 3 interruptions, Nesmith 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Totto 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 interruptions, Mathering 2 points, 4 rebounds and 2 interruptions, Shepard 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 interruptions, McConnell 12 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 interruptions.

Thunder: Alexander scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Jaylen Williams scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist (positive value -40), Homgren scored 4 points and 6 rebounds, Dort scored 3 points and 4 rebounds, Hartten scored 10 points and 4 rebounds, Wiggins scored 5 points and 2 rebounds, Wallace scored 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 hat, Caruso scored 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 hat.

Game Review

In the first quarter, Hartten scored a tip-in, Halliburton made 1 free throw, Chet made a layup, Turner made 1 of 2 free throws, Jewish and Chet scored 6 points in a row, Sika and Nembhard responded with a 8-0 wave, and the score tied to 10. Alexander made a basket, Nembhard scored 5 points in a row, Jewe made 1 of 2 free throws, Totel scored a three-pointer, Harten made a throw from the basket, Totel scored twice outside the three-point line, Jewe made a mid-range shot, Haliburton hit the board with a three-pointer, Haliburton raised his hand to hit the top of the arc, Totel made a three-pointer, and Totel made two free throws, with a score difference of 9 points. Wiggins stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer, Sika made both free throws, Alexander scored 5 points, and after the first quarter, the Pacers led by 3 points 28-25.

In the second quarter, Alexander made a step-back jump shot, McConnell responded with a mid-range shot, Alexander made a quick stop and returned to the middle distance, Jewe made a counterattack layup, McConnell made an emergency stop and continued to make a mid-range shot, Jewe made all two free throws, McConnell, Halliburton and Bradley stopped the Thunder 7-0, 7 minutes and 20 seconds, and the score between the two sides was 33-41. After the game, the Thunder made consecutive irons and made mistakes, Bradley and Nesmith scored 4 points in a row, and the gap widened to 12 points. Alexander made all two free throws to break the scoring drought, Nesmith scored 6 points in a row with three-pointers + 2+1 throws, Jewe made a layup, Nembhard beat Chet one-on-one and made a layup, Alexander scored in the middle distance, Halliburton made a long three-pointer, Sika raised high at the basket and hit a 19-point gap. Javier broke through and scored 2+1, Halliburton made a breakthrough and made a throw shot, Sika counterattacked and dunked + buzzer-beating back and scored 4 points in a row. After halftime, the Pacers led by 22 points 64-42.

The second half changed sides and then fought again. As soon as the two sides came up in the third quarter, they hit each other for nearly 4 minutes. At 8 minutes and 07 seconds, Halliburton cut a layup and scored the first two points of the two teams in this quarter. The Thunder continued to hit the iron. Turner and Shepard scored another 4 points, with a 28-point difference. Hartten scored 4 points in a row to break the scoring drought. Pulling out of the three-point line took a knife. Hartten, Alexander and Joe jointly scored a 7-0 wave. Nembhard made two free throws to stabilize the situation. Alexander took a step-by-step jump shot and scored 2+1. Nembhard, Toppin and Sika jointly scored a 9-0 wave, with a 27-point difference. Dort stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer, and scored a three-pointer on the wing. Shepard made a three-pointer with a buzzer on the top of the arc. After three quarters, the Pacers led by 30 points 90-60. In the last quarter of the game, seeing that the score difference was too big, the Thunder directly sent out a full substitute lineup and basically announced that they would give up the game. In the end, the Pacers defeated the Thunder 108-91 and dragged the finals into the tiebreak battle.

Starting lineup between the two sides

Pacers: Andrew Nembhard, Tyris Halliburton, Aaron Nesmith, Pascal Siakam, Myers Turner

Thunder: Haltenstein, Shea Gilgers Alexander, Lüganz Dort, Jaylen Williams, Chet Holmegren