The finals start Thursday, the Thunder have no home advantage

In the second game of the finals, the Thunder tied 1-1 with 123-107. I believe that as expected by most people, this is also in line with the "Z-shaped trend" rules of the playoffs.

However, there is a bit that the Thunder are mature than when they play the Nuggets in the semi-finals: After being reversed and winning the finals, they did not show extreme anger. They did not stop after leading by up to 23 points and created a big victory of 30 or 40. Instead, they focused on controlling the rhythm of the game, focusing on defense and rebounding, and finally made the last 4 minutes into garbage time, and Carlisle stopped the troops. In fact, the score difference was only 17 points at that time.

After being taken away by Gordon's first home game in the semi-finals, the angry Thunder young man won 43 points in the second game. But the fierce victory did not change the difficulty of the semi-finals, and it took only 7 games to pass the final.

The same lesson also appeared on the Timberwolves. After 0-2, they returned to home court, won 42 points in the third game, and they only wanted to take revenge and did not know how to stop. They missed the best opportunity to improve the details, but they lost two consecutive games and were eliminated.

The Thunder played in this game and the coach emphasized the details and prevented the problems from happening. Finally, the Pacers did not allow them to perform the counterattack they were best at. If the last game was boiling a frog in warm water, but the water temperature was too low and the frog was bitten by a bite, then this game was still boiling a frog in warm water, but the temperature was several degrees higher than the first game.

The score difference in the first game runs between 8 and 10 points, and the fourth quarter is half of the score to up to 15 points; the score difference in the second game runs between 15 and 19 points, occasionally breaking through 20 points, with the lowest as 13 points. This "temperature" is a bit like a high-temperature sauna for Pacers who have already touched a away game, and it is so hot that it can't be energetic.

The Thunder did not change the formation, but made fine adjustments. For example, it took about 3 minutes each to arrange the double towers of Chet Homgren and Hartenstein in about 100% of the first and second half. In the first game, coach Xiao Dai gave up his usual double tower starter without playing in one game, stuffed it into Kayson Wallace to play "one big and four small", and did not use the double tower for a minute. Instead, he used more than 3 minutes of "five-dead small" in the first and second half, which was finally reversed.

In the seemingly stable game progress, Xiao Dai's use of the big man has both changes and is very careful. He let Harten and Chet partner with the Twin Towers 2 minutes before the end of the first quarter. Chet scored 9 points in the first quarter, but only scored 6 points in the first game.

Dai is both very dependent on Chett and is worried. From the fact that he was replaced in less than 3 minutes after playing in the third quarter, it can be seen that it was obvious that the rotation time was not yet reached, and the Thunder were leading by 17 points at the time. The reason is that Turner scored 8 points in a row at the beginning of the second half, and Dai Xiao didn't want the No. 5 position to become the breakthrough for the Pacers to counterattack.

Chett and Hartten both have the dual responsibilities of changing to defend the outside line and protecting the 3-second zone. Facing the space-type center Turner, Chett can only take care of one end. In the first ball in the third quarter, he helped Jaylen defend Siakam, gave up Turner, beaten by Turner, and made a foul with a hook hand.

Next Turner and Siakam picked and rolled, and because Dort was blocked and fell to the ground, Chet switched to defend Siakam, making Turner successful in the mid-range shot.

If the first two balls are understandable, then Xiao Dai felt something was wrong when he was fouled one-on-one by Turner. Like the first ball, Chett over-defensively defended the basket, missed Turner and was shot into a three-pointer. He scored 8 points in less than 3 minutes, so Coach Dai decided to substitute. After Hartten came up, although there were fewer choices in the offense, he allowed Turner to score only 2 points.

This is just a detailed reflection of the Thunder's patient and meticulousness during the game. After all, the first home court was stolen twice, and what they want to improve is the details.

Find the reasons for being reversed, improve details, and pay more attention to maintaining advantages rather than being satisfied with gaining advantages. This is the real progress and growth.

It is not difficult for the Thunder to gain an advantage because their lineup and defensive advantages are on the surface. In the second quarter, less than 5 minutes, without SGA, the Thunder had already led the Pacers by 15 points with rebounding, defense three-pointers and counterattacks, and Chet scored 11 of them. Jaylen Williams was also more proactive and made efforts earlier than the previous game, especially when SGA was not present, coach Dae used Chett and Kenridge Williams and Jaylen to form a lineup with both height and full-space range.

The Thunder raised the "water temperature" with the help of a more effective rotation lineup. They played a 19-2 game in 4 minutes and 50 seconds, directly widening the score difference to 20+, forcing Carlisle to call 3 consecutive timeouts, which resulted in only two timeouts left when the Pacers entered the fourth quarter, and only one left in the last 5 minutes.

The Thunder's starting offensive performance in this game was stable, but the bench scored 39-21 was nearly twice the opponent's (9 points for the Thunder and 13 points for the Pacers in the last 4 minutes of garbage time will be deducted). Among them, Aaron Wiggins and Caruso scored 9 three-pointers, accounting for most of the team's three-pointers; in contrast, Totel, who contributed 5 three-pointers to the Pacers in the last game, made 1 of 5 shots today.

The above are all changes in the second game. The Thunder's fundamentals are to limit Siakam and Halliburton. They only scored 20 points in the first three quarters, of which 15 points came from Siakam and Halliburton scored only 5 points. Although Harry scored 12 points in the final quarter, it was too late.

did not allow Halliburton to break through, blocked and even slammed him, forcing him to get the ball, allowing the Pacers' mistake to rise from the second quarter. The Pacers did not lose a single point in the first quarter, but lost 14 points in the second and third quarters. Halliburton, who once made 15 assists and 0 turnovers in the playoffs, made 6 assists and 5 turnovers in this game.

The Thunder did not allow the Pacers to play the defensive counterattack they like, so they would rather play slower themselves, and they basically had no counterattacks they were good at, and they only scored 4 points in the fast break. If neither side can play an offensive and defensive transition that suits their own characteristics, the Thunder will take advantage of it because they can be fast or slow.

Although I lost the second game, 1-1 away game is already a good harvest for teams that do not have the home advantage in all series, because next, the finals became three wins in five games, and the Pacers had a home advantage.

Now that both sides know each other better, the third game will really determine the trend of the series.

The third game is likely to play until the last 5 minutes and there is a "critical moment" with a score difference of less than 5 points, because the first two games make both sides familiar with each other and better understand their own advantages and weaknesses. Controlling on-site details is very important.

For example, if the rebound is the Thunder, it is difficult to win if it loses to the Pacers; for example, if the three-pointer is the Pacers, if the Thunder cannot win even if they shoot; for example, if the Thunder has the advantage, it cannot be converted into a score that is equivalent to no advantage (14-1 in the first steal, and the fast break score is only 11-10); for example, the core, SGA scores 30+ cannot guarantee a win, but Siakam and Halliburton are both in a sluggish manner and will definitely not win.

So, the third game is the real beginning of the finals.

G1:1-0 Pacers 111-Thunder 110

G2:1-1 Pacers 107-Thunder 123

G3: Thunder @ Pacers (Thursday, June 12, 8:30)

G4: Thunder @ Pacers (Satursday, June 14, 8:30)

G5: Pacers @ Thunder (Tuesday, June 17, 8:30)

G6: Thunder @ Pacers (Friday, June 20, 8:30)

G7: Pacers @ Thunder (Monday, June 23, 8:00)

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