The Thunder couldn t defend against the four big locks! Halliburton scored 12 points in the last quarter, almost staged a reversal

Finals G1, Pacers reversed the Thunder 12-2 in the last 2 minutes. In the finals G2, the Thunder found the Pacers' life gate as soon as they came up, which was to defend Halliburton. In this game, the Thunder's four defensive players in the backcourt, Dort, Caruso, Wallace and Alexander took turns to defend Halliburton, and Jaylen Williams and Chetholmgren also strengthened their control over Halliburton's pass.

Even so, Halliburton made 5 of 6 shots in the 4th quarter and sent 2 assists. He was shocked and sweated from the Thunder bench.

Why is Halliburton so difficult to limit? This may be related to the Pacers' court space. In the 9-player rotation of the Pacers, each has a stable three-point shooting ability, and six of them have more than 40% of the three-point shooting percentage, not including Halliburton.

In fact, it is because the Thunder have up to 5 elite defenders on the outside and 2 wings with extremely strong defense capabilities on the front line, which can effectively limit the Pacers. And this requires the Thunder to maintain a defensive intensity of 48 minutes. Once the Thunder experiences slack on the defensive end, the Pacers have the ability to smooth out the 15-point difference in 2 minutes.

Pacers are not a team without solutions, especially when facing teams of the Twin Towers type, such as the Rockets, they will be very passive. On the one hand, the Rockets have stable scores in the inside, and on the other hand, they also have the ability to switch defenses on the outside. As long as you can keep up physically, the Pacers will not be able to use their three-point advantage. However, in a series, especially when it comes to G6 and G7, physical fitness problems will arise. Often in the final stage of the series, it is more conducive to teams that are good at attacking. It is hard to imagine that if the Thunder are reversed again in this game, the balance of this series will have turned toward the Pacers.