The Pacers beat the Thunder at home, and the finals dragged into the tiebreak, and the Thunder were still sure to win at home!

Obi Topin stood in the middle of the field, sweat soaking his jersey. The 27-year-old forward player just made 6 of 12 shots and 4 of 7 three-pointers, scoring the team's highest 20 points, plus 6 rebounds and 2 steals.

He looked at somewhere in the audience, where his father, Lao Tuoping, who had fought in the NBA, sat - his father's eyes passed through the hustle and bustle, silently colliding with his son, where there was relief and understanding, and there was also the silent transmission of two generations of basketball dreams.

Four years ago, when Obie Topin was taken off by the Knicks with the eighth pick in the first round at the 2020 NBA Draft, the cheers from Madison Square Garden were clamoring for him.

However, fate seemed to be a joke on this talented young man. In the Knicks' spotlight, Topin has never found a stable foothold.

His playing time was cut into pieces, like a precious puzzle set aside in the corner, with color but no place to integrate into the overall picture.

Eventually, he became one of the chips that the Knicks traded to get Jaylen Brunson and was sent to Indiana. At that moment, Toppin's position in the alliance seemed to be defined as a part that could be exchanged. The wind in Indiana has a unique roughness in the Midwest. Here, Topin meets Carlisle, a tactical master who is obsessed with space, conduction and three-point firepower.

Carlisle keenly captured the traits of Toppin: the soft shooting feel hidden under his explosive physical fitness, and the tireless running instinct on both ends of the offense and defense.

Topin is no longer the confused young man in the Knicks era. He found a clear position in the Pacers: becoming an outside turret to tear the space, and becoming an existence that covers the area with its athletic ability on the defensive end.

Finals G6, Indiana Pacers were forced to the edge of the cliff, the Thunder held the match point, and the tsunami at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City was like a substantial wall.

What is even more heartbreaking is that the team commander Halliburton forced his comeback with obvious discomfort. The Pacers need someone to stand up and need a bright light that pierces the haze.

The Thunder was so powerful in the first quarter, and the 10-2 start seemed to be about to swallow the Pacers. When the Thunder approached the score difference to 33-34 in the early part of the second quarter, it was only 1 point away. The sound of the stadium was almost overturning the roof, and Thunder fans seemed to have smelled the champagne smell of the ending series, which was a suffocating moment when the fate of the series was hanging on the line.

At this moment, Toping stood up. He first received a pass from Halliburton after being double-teamed at the bottom corner. Without any hesitation, he raised his hand and fell, and three-pointers passed through the net!

This three-pointer was like a topping of ice water, briefly suppressing the fanaticism of Thunder fans. Just a few dozen seconds later, Toping got a chance on the flank again. At the same position and the same decisive move, the ball was hollowed into the basket again!

scored two key three-pointers in a row, and the Pacers' lead instantly expanded to 7 points. Tuoping's two three-pointers were not just a simple 6-point record.

, like two hard wedges, nailed the Pacers' about to overturn, forcibly stabilized the morale of the army, and pressed the start button for the subsequent offensive frenzy that laid the victory for the team.

Toping's flames did not stop. When the Pacers extended the gap to nearly 20 points with their external firepower, the Thunder's defense began to expand wildly.

Toping keenly captured the emptiness in the inside line, like a red lightning flash cutting into the penalty area. The teammate's pass was just right.Toping took the ball and flew into the air. Through the Thunder player who was trying to make up for defense, he completed a one-arm slash with a thunderous force! The

Pacers bench boiled instantly. This ball completely ignited the Pacers' offensive engine, Halliburton, Nemhard, Siakam, McConnell, Nesmith... all firepower points were awakened one by one.

The three-pointer arrow was like rain, and the fast attack was lightning, and the Pacers launched a mercury-like attack. At the end of the half, the score was frozen at 64-42, and the Pacers entered the locker room with a huge advantage of 22 points.

Toping's score was not the highest, but the flames he ignited caught the entire court, and Tooping continued his efficiency in the second half.

When the Thunder tried to struggle to counterattack in the early stage of the third quarter, it was Toppling again and again at the bottom corner and at the top of the arc, responding with his precise three-pointer again and again.

Each hit is accompanied by the slightest sound of the Thunder at home and the towels waving on the Pacers' bench. He made 4 goals 7 shots from outside the three-point line in the game, and the knife was fatal.

When he hit the fourth three-pointer in the early part of the final quarter, widening the gap to 31 points, the suspense of the game was completely over. Topin scored 20 points efficiently in 23 minutes of playing time.

More importantly, he ignited the fire of the prairie fire of six players in the team in double digits. The final whistle sounded, and the score was frozen at 108-91. Toping roared with his teammates, sweat and joy intertwined. The Thunder player left the court in disgrace, leaving behind a cruel reality of being dragged into a tiebreak. When the reporter handed the microphone to Tuoping, his face was still covered with sweat, but his voice was extremely clear.

"When you stand on the edge of a cliff, you either fight or go home. We chose to fight, all of us."

However, the battle at the edge of a cliff is not over, and three days later, the tiebreak will return to Oklahoma City.

The cold probability shows that the Thunder, which has a home advantage, still has a high probability of winning the championship. In the history of the NBA Finals, the home team won 15 of them.

The Thunder have a top super scorer like Alexander, with the overall depth that has been shown for most of the series.

And for the Pacers, tiebreak will be a more cruel purgatory. The Thunder's home fans will build a fort with higher decibels. Alexander's mid-range distance is still unsolvable, and the shadow of the Homgren frame protection still covers the penalty area.

Toping and Pacers need to replicate the magic of G6, and even need to do better.Toping walks towards the player channel, and the noise is left behind. At the end of the passage, my father was waiting quietly.

Not too much words, the father and son just slapped hard and hugged each other, and a pride flashed in Lao Tuoping's eyes.

Obi knew that his father had devoted all his life to the NBA dream, but he had never really touched the floor of the Finals, let alone the supreme O'Brien Golden Cup.

At this moment, the dreams of father and son overlap in the wonderful turning point of fate - the peak that the father had not reached, and now the son is standing on the edge of it, only one final victory is missing.

Indiana's counterattack fire has been ignited, ignited by Obie Toppin himself. No matter what the result is, this team and Toppin this night have engraved the story of sparks into history.

That beam of light is enough to illuminate all corners that are not favored.