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Tough guy! Halliburton dragged in with injury and grabbed 7! Alexander 21+4+2, Siakam beats the Thunder

1:42am, 27 June 2025【Basketball】

Pacers returned to home court and launched G6 with the Thunder. Pacers started: Nesmith, Siakam, Turner, Nemhard, Halliburton! Thunder starts: Jaylenway, Homgren, Haltenstein, Dortmund, Alexander!

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Pacers attacked wildly, and Jaylenway broke through and dunked 8-2 to stop the Pacers. Back at the game, the Thunder continued to expand their lead. But Siakam 2 1 stops the bleeding and then big cap Alexander. Nemhard became the surprise, with two three-pointers and a breakthrough layup, and one man scored 8 points in a row to help the Pacers overtake. Then Tols hit a three-pointer, McConaughey intercepted the Thunder to assist Tols again, Turner made a three-pointer with Haliburton's three-pointer again, and the Thunder called out a timeout. Back to the game, the Thunder's offense was not smooth, and Siakam led by 8 points after making two free throws. Alexander scored a mid-range shot to stop the bleeding, Chet successfully defended continuously, and Alexander scored again in the last attack, and the Thunder fell behind by 3 points 25-28 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Alexander came up to advance mid-range, and McConaughey scored 4 points in a row to reply. Alexander continued to make mid-range shots, Jaylenway also made a run at the basket and only 1 point away, and the Pacers were suspended. After returning from the timeout, McConaughey stepped forward and made continuous mid-range shots. After defending and cutting the ball, Halliburton made another three-pointer to ignite the whole game! The Pacers led the lead 7-0 to 8 points, and the Thunder paused. But after returning from the timeout, the Thunder's offense was still silent, and Nesmith made another three-pointer to score 12 points. Alexander made a foul and free throw to stop the bleeding, but the Pacers intercepted and completed the counterattack. Siakam 2 1, Halliburton also made a three-pointer, and then stole and assisted Sika to counterattack. Before the end of the half, Sika made a buzzer-beater mid-range shot, and the Pacers led by 22 points 64-42.

The second half changed sides and then fought again. Both teams made a crazi blow in the third quarter. After nearly 4 minutes, the two teams could not score a single point. Halliburton finally broke the deadlock with a layup, and the Thunder paused. But the timeout was no longer useful. The Pacers continued to chase the opponents, and the score difference was 30 points, and the Thunder called another timeout. Back at the game, the Thunder scored 4 points in a row, Totel scored three-pointers, Harten and Alexander made consecutive fouls and free throws, Bradley also received technical fouls, the Thunder recovered a little point, and the Pacers called for a stop. Back to the game, Alexander scored 2 1 again, Nemhard responded with a three-pointer, Sika also made a three-pointer, and the Pacers responded with a 9-0 wave. After Dortmund stopped the bleeding, he tied the three-pointer. Shepard made a buzzer-beating three-pointer, and the Pacers led 90-60 to 30 points at the end of the third quarter.

The last quarter became garbage time in advance, and Thunder directly replaced the substitute and surrendered. The main Pacers played casually for a while, and Carlisle called for a timeout 93-65. After returning from this timeout, the Thunder's substitute and Pacers' mixed lineup actually played back and forth, and could narrow the gap, but it had no impact on the outcome. In the end, the Pacers defeated the Thunder 108-91 at home, and entered the tiebreak 3-3 in the finals. Let’s take a look at the specific performance of the players!

Halliburton suffered a calf strain. Today, he played with injuries and helped the team win a big victory and dragged it into a tiebreak.

In the first half, he made 4 of 9 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throw, and scored 12 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 2 steals, with a high plus-minus value of 25.

He did not exert much force in the third quarter, but his teammates had fierce firepower and directly beat the game to garbage time. Halliburton got off work in the last quarter.

In the whole game, he played 23 minutes, made 5 of 12 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throw, and contributed 14 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 2 steals.

Siakam performed stably again today, with strong offensive attacks and mid-range shots very efficiently, helping the team stop bleeding in the first quarter and open the score in the second quarter. After dunking in the second quarter, he also hit a buzzer-beating jump shot. In the first half, Siakam made 5 of 7 (0 of 3 points, 1 of 3 free throws, scored 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

Although Sika didn't score many points in the second half, she grabbed rebounds frantically. In the whole game, he played 32 minutes, made 6 of 14 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 16 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.

Alexander made too many mistakes in the first half, made 6 of 11 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 5 mistakes.

He scored 6 points in the third quarter, but the Thunder had been completely defeated by the Pacers, and he did not make a debut in the fourth quarter.

In this game, Alexander played 31 minutes, made 7 of 15 shots, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Pacers were able to win a big victory today, and two surprises appeared on the bench: McConaughey and Toppin.

Trott scored 2 three-pointers in the first half and scored 8 points and 4 rebounds. McConaughey was everywhere on both offense and defense, scoring 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

In the whole game, McConaughey played 24 minutes, shot 6 of 12 shots, contributed 12 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals; Pull tied for 22 minutes, made 6 of 12 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and 4 of 6 free throws, scoring the team's highest 20 points plus 6 rebounds and 2 steals.