Thunder Pacers G1 - Magical Kill, Thunder s Position Attack

In a magical game, the Thunder used crazy defense to cause 18 mistakes in the first half. The Pacers did not seem to adapt from the Eastern Conference defense intensity. The entire offense was chaotic. Although the Thunder's positional offense was still very problematic, with more than a dozen shooting opportunities, the Thunder still led by 13 points in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, the Pacers began to adapt to the Thunder's external defense rotation intensity, and began to find various misalignments in the inside, reduce mistakes, and drag the Thunder into the quagmire of position attack. Then Thunder's weakest position war began to expose the problem. The Pacers slowly began to chase points.

With 2 minutes and 52 seconds left in the game, Alexander scored two free throws to widen the score gap to 9 points. If he faced other teams, he probably thought it would be difficult to turn the tables, but the opponent was the tactical master Carlisle and the opposite was the Pacers, the King of Reversal Pacers. They have staged many scenes of a major reversal this season.

This game is no exception. The Pacers began to make a reversal journey again. First, Nesmith made a three-pointer from the bottom corner;

Then after Jewe missed a three-pointer, Nemhard beat Alexander to make a difficult three-pointer;

Although Nesmith was blocked by Dorth in the latter counterattack, Alexander scored 2 points, pulling the score to 5 points again, the Pacers were still tenacious.

Nemhad scored 3 points for free throws, and Alexander's breakthrough was rejected by Siakam's big hat;

Siakam grabbed the frontcourt rebound and shot to narrow the score to one point.

The Thunder position offensive problems were exposed, and he failed to make two consecutive attempts at critical moments. Alexander and Jewish were unable to finish the end. The Pacers grabbed the backcourt rebound and did not call a timeout. Halliburton dribbled the ball again and staged a buzzer-beating mid-range shot, leaving only 0.3 seconds for the Thunder.

Thunder's last attack, Carlisle called for a timeout to arrange the defense. In the end, the Thunder made a mistake and the game ended. The walkers deserve everyone's praise.

Both sides played well in the half-time. The Thunder fully reflected their defensive resilience in the first half. Alexander also reflected his star quality. The Pacers performed better in the second half. After they adapted to the Thunder's defense, they began to play with their multi-point offense. The team scored 6 players in double digits with 24 assists. They obviously had a more team style. At the last critical moment, everyone played. They are a perfect reflection of team basketball.

In order to reduce the dislocation of No. 5 on the defensive end, Chett and Halten's playing time were severely reduced, resulting in a loss of rebounds and 17 more losses in the whole game. The positional battle was only performed by Alexander, and neither Jewish nor Chett played the role of playing against the Wolves, which is an issue that the Thunder urgently needs to improve.

Both sides are excellent in retreating and defense on the defensive end, and it is difficult to counterattack. Even if the Thunder have more steals, they do not take the lead by using the mistakes. Once the Thunder enters the positional battle, the problem of too many singles still bothers them. Thunder position war requires more patience, and they need to better find misalignment to attack defensive weaknesses and improve offensive efficiency.

It is hard for us to imagine that the Pacers will make so many mistakes in the later game, but we can imagine that the Thunder position attack will still be extremely difficult. If this problem that has troubled them for a season is still not a good result. Jewish and Chet must stand up on the offensive end to help Alexander solve the problem.