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I am MVP! Alexander 35+3+3 turns the tide! Halliburton magic fails, Caruso substitutes surprise attacker

11:05am, 14 June 2025【Basketball】

G4 in the finals started today, and the Pacers started: Nesmith, Siakam, Turner, Nemhard, Halliburton! Thunder starts: Jaylenway, Homgren, Haltenstein, Dortmund, Alexander!

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Thunder scored 4 points in a row, Sika and Nesmith made consecutive three-pointers to overtake, and Halliburton also led by 5 points in a long three-pointer. After that, the scores of both sides rose alternately, and Nesmith made another three-pointer, the Thunder paused 20-12. Back to the game, the Thunder fought back. After Dortmund made a three-pointer, a 9-0 climax chased to 24 and the Pacers were suspended. After the timeout, the two teams still struggled to solve the problem. Caruso became the surprise, and 2+1 and steal helped the team to bite it. Kenwei made a buzzer-beater, and the Thunder fell 1 point 34-35 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two teams were still in a difficult tug-of-war, and Shepard also led by 3 points with three points, but the Thunder took the lead 6-2 and 1 point, and the Pacers were suspended. Back to the game, after Caruso intercepted, he was maliciously fouled by Toppin, and the two sides clashed. After reviewing, the referee gave Toppin a malicious foul of a first-level malicious foul. The Thunder once led by 6 points in succession of free throws. Nesmith stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer, and then made Chet cover a foul, scoring and taking off and making a comeback to ignite the whole game. Jaylenway made a layup to stop the bleeding, but Dortmund also hit the head, and the referee gave a malicious foul at the first level. Halliburton scored 5 points in a row, and the Pacers led by 3 points 60-57 at the end of the half.

The second half changed sides and then fought again. In the third quarter, Siakam intercepted and counterattacked, and Jaylenway broke through 2+1 to respond. Turner also made a free throw, and then dribbled into a single mid-range shot to 6 points. Alexander made a mid-range shot to stop the bleeding, and Siakam made another three-pointer to stop the Thunder. After the timeout, the Pacers defended for 24 seconds, Alexander intercepted and counterattacked, but Nesmith immediately responded with three points. But Alexander stepped forward and scored 4 points in a row, and Caruso scored only 2 points behind to catch up with the tip-in. Toping scored two three-pointers and opened again, and the Thunder paused. Back to the game, Caruso scored free throws + three-pointers to stop the bleeding, but after hitting the big hat, Jaylenway cut inward and dunked to lead by 10 points. Jaylenway stepped forward and scored 4 points in a row with free throws. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers led by 7 points 87-80.

At the beginning of the final quarter, Caruso made a high-difficulty mid-range shot, but the Pacers made a steal and pulled back and dunk. But Chet stepped forward and scored 4 points in a row to stop the Pacers. After the timeout, Chett made up the dunk again, and Caruso tied the free throw. Halliburton broke through and made a layup to stop the bleeding, and the two sides were in a fierce battle again. Turner made two free throws and the Pacers led by 4 points. But the Thunder were very tenacious and tied, Halliburton and Alexander competed against each other, and the Pacers made consecutive free throws to establish a lead. At the critical moment, Alexander once again showed his MVP strength, scoring 7 points in a row to overtake the Pacers. After the timeout, Dortmund intercepted and made a foul free throw, and the Pacers failed to make a continuous shot. Alexander made Nesmith's foul and made two free throws to lead 4 points, Matherin missed two free throws, and Chet grabbed the rebound and shouted a timeout. Matherin made a foul before serving again. The Thunder continued to make a free throw but made a mistake in serving, but Matherin made one of two free throws. Alexander continued to score free throws to secure the victory.

In the end, the Thunder reversed the Pacers 111-104 away and entered Tianwang Mountain 2-2 in the finals. Let’s take a look at the specific performance of the players!

Siakam The first man in NBA history

Siakam made 5 of 9 shots in the first half, 1 of 3 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 interruptions and 1 block.

Sica was obviously inferior to the first half in the second half, scoring only 6 points. In this game, he played for 35 minutes, made 6 of 15 shots, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 5 of 8 free throws, scored 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 1 block, filling the data bar.

Siakam scored 10 points and 4 steals in a single quarter, and also became the first player in the finals in NBA history.

Halliburton failed in the first half, but he scored 5 points in a row before the end of the half to lead the team to the lead. 3 of 6 shots (1 of 3 three-pointers), 1 of 1 free throw, scoring 8 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 1 steal.

He did not perform much offensively in the third quarter, but he made consecutive layups in the fourth quarter, but unfortunately he could not compete with Alexander's super-god performance.

In the whole game, Halliburton played 36 minutes, made 7 of 15 shots, 1 of 7 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 18 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.

Alexander turned the tide

Today, Alexander can be said to turn the tide. In the first half, he made 6 of 11 shots, scoring 12 points and 2 rebounds. He scored 9 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and Alexander showed his MVP character in the last quarter. He scored 7 points in a row and led the team to overtake, and did not lose a single free throw at the last moment. He scored 14 points in the last quarter, leading the team to reverse and equalize the total score.

Full game, Alexander played for 40 minutes, made 12 of 24 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, scored 35 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block.

Caruso's substitute surprises

Caruso transformed into a substitute surprises again today. In the first half, he made 4 of 6 shots, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 11 points, 1 rebound and 4 steals.

In the whole game, he played 30 minutes, made 7 of 9 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 5 of 7 free throws, and scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block.

The second leader was qualified. Jaylenway 27+7+3

Jaillesway opened fire in the first quarter and scored 12 points in a single quarter. In the first half, he made 4 of 8 free throws and scored 8 of 8 free throws, scoring 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

In the whole game, he played 36 minutes, made 8 of 18 shots, 11 of 11 free throws, scored 27 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.