Let the tiger return to the mountain! 2-3 lives hang on the line! 109-120: The NBA Eastern Conference champion fell down with a bang, 22 mistakes

Amid the roar of the Thunder's home court, Jaylen Williams cut the score to 120-109 with a dunk. The finals of the Battle of Kings Mountain ended, the Thunder held the match point 3-2, and the Pacers core Haliburton's limping back became the most dazzling footnote to this tragic battle.

Blitzkrieg in the first quarter: 10-0 start. Halliburton injured and retreated

The game started 103 seconds, and the Thunder smashed the Pacers with a heavy punch. Harten's all-around dunk ignited the home court, Alexander's mid-range shot was as accurate as a scalpel, Jaylen Williams passed through the net with a three-pointer, and the 11-0 attack wave made the Pacers call out the first timeout. What's even more fatal is that at the beginning of the second quarter, Halliburton suddenly pulled his right calf when he broke through, and fell to the ground in pain and was helped off the court. Although he returned with an injury, he only scored 1 rebound from 0 of 5 shots in the first half, with a plus-minus value of -16 at the bottom of the game. The Thunder took the opportunity to expand the gap: Wiggins and Wallace jointly made 6 three-pointers in the first half, and the score of 59-45 was languished on the scoreboard.

Jaylen Williams's Night of God: 40 points to break the doubts

When the Thunder needed someone to stand up, the 22-year-old Jaylen tore all the doubts.

The Pacers chased the score difference to 5 points in the third quarter, and Jaylen immediately responded with a backward jump shot; the Pacers counterattacked to the 7-point gap in the last quarter. He first played 2 1, then shot a cold arrow from two steps outside the three-point line, and scored 16 points in a single quarter. With 40 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, setting a career high in the playoffs and becoming the third youngest Mr. 40 in NBA Finals history.

Pacers suicide mistakes: 22 times sent the opponent to "fast attack feast"

Carlisle emphasized the need to "control mistakes", but Pacers players seemed to have collective amnesia. After Halliburton was injured, substitute point guard McConnell passed the ball directly to the referee; Siakam made a back shot and was double-teamed by three people and forced to turn around, and Alexander cut the ball; even veteran Turner made a bottom-line service error. The team made 22 mistakes, 10 more times than the Thunder, and gave the opponent 28 points to the fast break. 15 of these mistakes stemmed from non-oppressive passes, purely self-destruction of a collapse in mentality.

38-17 free throw dispute: The referee's report became the focus again

When Siakam was slapped for an offensive foul in the fourth quarter, Carlisle smashed the tactical board hard. The Thunder scored 38 free throws (34 shots) in the game, while the Pacers had only 17. The most controversial one was in the third quarter: Jaylen had a slight contact with McConnell during a breakthrough but received three free throws, while Siakam was elbowed by Harten in the interior but was not called. The referee report after the game showed that the two missed judgments in the last two minutes were not good for the Pacers, but Carlisle sneered: "Can the report change the ending? We were long been blown to death."

Twin Towers strangled the inside: Homgren's 14 rebounds are like 14 mountains

The most terrifying weapon of the Thunder is the dominance of the penalty area.

2m16 Homgren grabbed 15 rebounds in the whole game, and 5 of the frontcourt rebounds were all converted into second-time scores; Harten built a human wall with 10 points and 8 rebounds.

The Pacers' proud "Five Foreign Tactics" completely failed: After Turner was transferred from the penalty area, the Thunder immediately locked the empty cut route with assisted defense, and the Pacers' inside score was rarely behind 40-52. When Siakam broke out in the final quarter and was beaten by Homgren, the Thunder bench collectively made a "burial" gesture.

The locker room with life hanging on the line: painkiller needles, the legs that the ice pack cannot save

Halilburton's locker is full of blood-stained bandages. The team doctor confirmed that his right calf strain was level 2, and the probability of G6 playing was less than 30%. McConnell left the field with his legs spasm in the final quarter, with only one point guard left on the Pacers bench. After the game, the locker room was silent like a dead person. Siakam wrapped his knees with an ice bag and muttered to himself: "We will let the tiger return to the mountain with our own hands, now it's our turn to be prey."

At this moment, in Oklahoma City, fans sang "OKC!

OKC!" and rushed to the square to revel. On Indiana's late-night flight, the Pacers players watched the game video repeatedly, and Jaylen's 40-point highlights were played back on the screen, as well as the dazzling score: 109-120.