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Missed the key goal and was defeated! SGA Finals scored 38 points in his first appearance, and was reversed by 15 points in the final quarter

8:48pm, 6 June 2025Basketball

In the first game of the finals, the Thunder played against the Pacers at home, and finally led the game with a maximum lead of 15 points in the final quarter. He was defeated by Halliburton in 0.3 seconds, losing to the Pacers 110-111, and trailing 0-1. It is worth mentioning that the Thunder had previously won 8 wins and 1 loss at home, but only lost to the Nuggets in the first game of the Western Conference semi-finals, and was also defeated by Gordon by three-pointers. Therefore, this is also the second time the Thunder lost at home this year's playoffs.

Under the pressure of the Thunder's high-intensity defense, the Pacers made up as many as 24 turnovers, including 19 mistakes in the first half. The Thunder team only made 6 mistakes and sent 14 steals throughout the game, including 11 steals in the first half, while the Pacers team only had one steal. So the Thunder can lead the game, but unfortunately they were finally killed.

MVP Alexander made his debut in the finals and performed very well. He played for 40 minutes, made 14 of 30 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 38 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. In the first half, Alexander played for 20 minutes, made 8 of 18 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

It is worth mentioning that Alexander scored 38 points in his debut in the finals, which was also the highest score in his debut in the finals after Iverson (48 points) in 2001. Unfortunately, at the last moment of the game, Alexander missed a series of shots and missed a key goal, resulting in the Thunder Halliburton's final score, and 38 points also became an empty score.

Jaylen Williams was not in the form and felt cold. He played in 38 minutes in the game, made 6 of 19 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, and scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Dortmund performed well on both offense and defense. He played for 36 minutes, made 5 of 10 shots, 5 of 9 three-pointers, scored 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks. After becoming Leonard, he was the second player to hit 5 three-pointers in a single game in the finals and gave 4 steals.

As the champion guard, Caruso still performed well, with a substitute for 28 minutes. 3 of 8 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Haltenstein entered the substitute and played for only 17 minutes, made 3 of 5 shots, 3 of 3 free throws, scored 9 points and 9 rebounds, without any mistakes.

Homegren, who participated in the finals for the first time, performed poorly, played 2 of 9 shots, 0 of 1 of 3-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring only 6 points and 6 rebounds. Wallace entered the starting lineup and performed very mediocrely. He played 3 of 9 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers, scored only 6 points and 2 rebounds, plus or negative values ​​- 13 The lowest

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