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NBA Finals! Thunder vs. Pacers, Homegren exploded, Alexander has not yet exerted his strength!

9:06am, 12 June 2025【Basketball】

On June 12, the NBA Finals continued, and the Thunder challenged the Pacers away. This game was the third game between the two sides, and moved to the Pacers' home court!

In the first two games, the two sides fought 1:1. Overall, the Thunder still had a certain leading advantage. In the first game, the Thunder led by 15 points, and in the second game, the Thunder led by more than 20 points. Although he lost in the first game, it can be seen that the Thunder's overall strength is better. Today, former NBA legend Reggie Miller also helped on the spot.

1. Game Preview

The Thunders have lost the first game, and in the second game, they have begun to exert force and have not given the Pacers any chance. However, in this game, when returning to the Pacers' home court, it depends on what the two sides can play. Judging from the current game situation, the Pacers are still very strong at their home court, and Pacers head coach Carlisle has emphasized many times that the Thunder's defense is too strong.

2. Starting lineup

Pacers: Nesmith, Siakam, Turner, Nemhard, Halliburton!

Thunder: Dortmund, Jaylenway, Homegren, Wallace, Alexander!

3. Game situation

The game started, Alexander came up with a cover foul, and the Pacers were in poor condition at the beginning. Homgren and Jaylenwe scored two goals in a row, and the Thunder scored a 4:0 start. Siakam hit the board, and then scored another goal. Homgren dunked and returned the color, and then committed another foul. The Thunder 10:4 Pacers. It was Siakam again, and scored another goal, but then Dortmund hit a three-pointer. Immediately afterwards, Homegren had a mid-range shot, and the score difference came to 15:6. The walker shouted a pause.

Back to the game, Shebbod and Toppin each scored a goal, and the Pacers scored 4 points in a row, and the score reached a 15:10 difference and 5 points. Homegren made a foul, scored two free throws, and then another one-stop dunk. It was too fierce. From the beginning of the game to now, he has been scoring alone. The score came again to 19:10, and the score difference came again to 9 points. Halliburton finally scored a goal, and Toppin also scored a goal, and the difference reached another 5 points, and it was paused again.

came back from the timeout, Dortmund scored another 3-pointer. Turner's attack was directly pressed down by Alexander. Then Turner was very powerful and finally scored a 3-pointer. Harry Poton also scored a 3-pointer, but Dortmund immediately returned. Alexander also began to explode, scoring 4 points in a row, and finally ended in the first quarter, the Thunder led the Pacers by 8 points at 32:24.

4. Player performance

Siakam performed well today. At the beginning of the team, no one could score. Siakam scored 4 points in a row, helping the team to hold on to the score. He scored the team's top 6 points.

Turner's performance today is hard to describe. He didn't grab rebounds, didn't score points, and didn't want anything. He was completely beaten by Homegren today.

Halliburton was not in good shape and was not very motivated today. He basically did not participate in the offense. He did not take any action in the first half of the quarter.

Homegren also performed very well today. At the beginning, he came up and grabbed offensive rebounds and dunked again, scoring 6 points in a row, helping the team widen the gap. He played for 4 minutes today and got 8 points. I scored 13 points in the first quarter.

Dotter performed very well today, and was still very strong on the defensive end. On the offensive end, every time the Pacers were going to chase points, he could always make a three-pointer to help the team break the gap again.

Alexander took the initiative to let the virtuous in the beginning of the game. His teammates played well, and he was not greedy for the ball and went to launch too many attacks. But in terms of defense, he performed very well, especially when facing Turner, who was much taller than him, he was just a big hat and had no negotiation at all.

5. Team comments

It has to be said that the Thunder team is really stable. They always have a way to score. Whether it is shooting from the outside or attack from the inside, including mid-range shooting, in comparison, the Pacers' offense has fluctuated significantly, and overall it has been a few more times. Judging from the current situation, the Pacers' strength is really different from the Thunder. If the Pacers want to win, they have to repeat magical performances like in the first game to do it.

NBA Finals! Thunder vs. Pacers, Homegren burst out, Alexander has not yet exerted his strength!