SGA& Foster s dual-core team up? The series turns into hand-to-hand combat and enters the Thunder realm

In the finals G4 that ended today, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Pacers 111-104 away to tie the series. For the Thunder, this game is a goal that cannot be lost. The Thunder relies on hard work and confrontation to be able to regain the home advantage lost by G1 on the away game. In the first three games of the

series, the two teams brought a good impression to the fans at the offensive level. Personal ability, fierce counterattack, accurate three-pointer... From G1 to G3, the total scores of both sides in the three games reached more than 220 points, with extremely high offense and defense quality. But with the loss of G3, the Thunder decided to drag the series into a hand-to-hand battle.

In this game, both sides' shooting percentages declined significantly, and the Pacers' efficiency outside the three-point line was only 30.6%. The Thunder made 3 of 17 shots in the whole game, with a shooting percentage of less than 20%. According to statistics, the Thunder is the first team on the finals stage to win only three three-pointers in the past 15 years. The last time a team did this was in 2010. In the finals, the Celtics made 3 of 12 three-pointers and finally defeated the Lakers 92-86.

also declined. The Thunder's assists were also the number of assists. In positional battles, the Thunder relies more on personal abilities to score. Although he did not perform a wonderful team basketball, he relied on his personal ability to pull the Pacers into the mud to fight hard. The Thunder team only had 10 assists in the game, and Alexander completely gave up the way of using passes to drive the team. He scored 35 points in this game, but did not give any assists.

Such a slow-paced and highly confrontational game will naturally bring considerable difficulty to the referee team's call. In this game, the referee group led by Whistle Foster also attracted a lot of criticism after the game. Many fans believe that the referee's verdict in this game is too beneficial to the Thunder. In fact, long before the game began, many people defined Foster as the Thunder's firefighter. In the previous playoffs referee of the Thunder, Oxford City achieved a record of 3 wins and 0 losses. After this game, when Foster was refereeing this season's playoffs, the Pacers' record reached 0 wins and 5 losses, and the Thunder's record reached 4 wins and 0 losses.

Dense whistles and slow pace of matches, which is obviously not the Pacers like to play. When the game entered a critical moment, the Pacers were completely unable to find the direction of the positional battle score. In the end of the fourth quarter, the Pacers did not complete any sports game scores, while the Thunder continued to create offensive fouls from their opponents or scored points from mid-to-close range, scoring a 9-0 wave to establish the victory. In the last moment, the Pacers did not give up the game, but Matherin fouled in advance before the opponent's free throw twice, and gave the opponent 1 free throw and 1 throw twice, completely ruining the game.

The Thunders got a total of 38 free throws in the entire game, and they conceded only 3 free throws, with a shooting percentage of up to 89.5%. The Pacers not only had a 33 free throw count, but also had a 75.8% free throw shooting percentage far below their opponents. At the decisive moment, there was a low-level mistake of missing two free throws. In terms of free throw opportunities, the referee's scale is not biased. But in this kind of fragmented rhythm, the Thunder is obviously the better side. After the game, Thunder coach Dagnot said: "There were a lot of fouls in the game, so there were so many free throws. I think the referees did a great job."

"We made some shots and missed some. The opponent created opportunities and stood on the free throw line many times. We just didn't execute in the last moment and didn't get the opportunity to take an easy shot. The opponent seized the opportunity." Siakam said. Alexander was a master of free throws, and Halliburton didn't get his first free throw chance in the series until this game. Obviously, the rhythm of this round of series is moving in the direction the Thunder expected.