SGA is irritating! He led 47 minutes and 59.7s in the game and was defeated because he replaced one person in the last 3 minutes and 24 seconds!

SGA is irritating! The lead in the game was 47 points and 59.7s and was defeated!

On June 6, the 2024-25 NBA Finals officially started at 8:30 in the morning, and the Oklahoma City Thunder played against the Indiana Pacers at home!

The Thunder took the lead in the game and replaced Harten with Wallace to fight against the Pacers' small lineup. At the beginning of the game, the Thunder showed the league's first defensive strength. Although his offensive feel was average, he let the Pacers make all the first six shots, and started 7-0 at home. After the adaptation period, the Pacers also began to score continuously, chasing the score to 10-10 in a 7-0 wave. Then the Thunder continued to defend at high pressure and used the number of rounds to suppress the Pacers. This situation continued until the end of the first half. In the second half, the defensive end of both sides fell, and the Thunder might have made the game simple. Jaylenway led the team to a 9-3 thunder leading to 15 points in the fourth quarter. At this time, the Pacers began to make continuous efforts on the outside and hit magical three-pointers, and the score difference quickly narrowed to 4 points. At the critical moment, Alexander stood up and shot and penalty to stabilize the situation. However, at the last moment, the Thunder used five small lineups to try to suppress the Pacers' three-pointers, but they missed one and failed to defend the three-pointer, and lost two defensive rebounds, and were finally defeated by Halliburton in 0.3 seconds!

SGA is so irritating. The whole game played 39 minutes and 34 seconds, 14 of 30 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, 38 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, and one person supported the team's shooting percentage, firepower ran through the whole game, and he spared no effort on the defensive end and played an impeccable game, but even such a performance still couldn't win. The team led the Pacers 47 minutes and 59.7 seconds in the whole game, only lagging behind the last 0.3 seconds. It's a pity! And why did the Thunder lose in this game? It was because the head coach's substitution at the last moment gave the Pacers a chance!

was killed because he replaced one person in the last 3 minutes and 24 seconds!

Let's first look at the statistics of the game between the two sides. The Pacers' shooting percentage of the game is 47.6%, the three-point shooting percentage is 46.2% (of which the three-point shooting percentage of the first three quarters is 41%), and 24 mistakes! When he came to the Thunder, he shot 39.8% from the field and 36.7% from the three-point shooting. Although it caused the Pacers to make 24 mistakes, he only scored 11 points, which is really inappropriate. In this game, the Thunder always controlled the lead of about 10 points in the first three quarters. With about 9 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the lead even reached 15 points, and was eventually turned around! The problem occurred when the last 3 minutes and 24 seconds were replaced by another player. At that time, the Thunder used Wallace to replace Homegren with Wallace, and formed five small lineups of Caruso, Alexander, SGA, Dortmund and Wallace on the court! You should know that at this time, the Thunder led the Pacers by 8 points 106-86. As long as you stabilize the rebound and suppress the rhythm and play in one round, you have a high chance of winning the game!

Let's take a look at what happened in the last 3 minutes and 24 seconds: Halliburton missed the shot, Siakam made two free throws in the frontcourt rebound, Alexander made a foul and both free throws, Nesmith made a three-pointer score of 102-108, Jalenway missed a three-pointer in 2 minutes and 06 seconds, Nesmith rebounded, Nesmith scored 110-105 when Nesmith scored a three-pointer in 1 minute and 59 seconds, Nesmith scored a three-pointer against Alexander, and three-pointer scored 105-108 when Dortmund missed a three-pointer, tied the rebound, Nesmith broke through and was blocked by Dortmund, and Alexander scored 110-105 when he scored two points. Caruso made a defensive foul of 1 minute and 07 seconds. Nemhad made both free throws. Alexander broke through and was blocked by Siakam. Nemhad missed a three-pointer. Siakam once again made a tip-in for the frontcourt rebound and scored 109-110. Alexander turned around and missed a jump shot in the 11s. Nesmith rebounded and Halliburton quickly advanced 0.3 seconds to kill!

In the last 3 minutes and 24 seconds, when the Thunder replaced the five-in-one lineup, the Pacers made 2 of 3 shots from outside the three-point line, and Siakam grabbed the frontcourt rebound twice by two rounds. On the other hand, he made no contribution except for Alexander's one sports battle and two free throws, and the rebound was directly exploded! In other words, after the head coach replaced Homegren with Wallace, the team did not defend the Pacers from the outside three-pointers, and the problem of insufficient rebounding was also seized by the Pacers. With these two points combined, the Pacers had the chance to kill. On the other hand, even if the Pacers had a 3-2 three-pointer in the last moment, if Hatten or Homegren were on the court, as long as Siakam did not grab those two frontcourt rebounds, the Thunder would most likely not be killed! Because from the first three quarters, whether it is a large or a small lineup, the Thunder cannot limit the Pacers' three-pointers. They have maintained a 40% three-point shooting percentage in the first three quarters. Why should they give up their rebounding protection ability at the last moment?

The Pacers grabbed 56 rebounds in the whole game, including 13 frontcourt rebounds, while the Thunder only had 39 rebounds, including 10 frontcourt rebounds. Judging from the performance of today's game, Harten's performance on the court was impeccable, both offense and defense ends were impeccable, and the rebound protection and defensive frames performed well. The Pacers narrowed the gap again and again. The Thunder could play internal and external linkage performance to stabilize the situation, not relying on the small lineup to stabilize the lead, and they couldn't understand why they had to replace the 5-for-one lineup at the last moment, which directly led to the three-pointers being unable to defend against and the rebound collapse. When playing against the Pacers, Thibodeau knew that the two towers were replaced to protect the rebound, but when he came to the Thunder, he took the initiative to remove the two towers. The head coach should have reflected on it!