The three major problems of Thunder G6 defeat are unsolved: Chet is too soft and difficult to withstand the inside, and the double collapse of three-pointers + turnovers

The Thunder defeated the Pacers 91-108 in G6. A defeat completely exposed the team's three major problems. If these problems cannot be solved, they may fall into greater difficulties in the subsequent game. During the game, the Thunder led the way to a full collapse in the second half, and the multiple loopholes on both offense and defense were completely torn apart by the Pacers.

First of all, the problem of the confrontational ability of the inside core Chet Homgren. During the game, he failed to cover the screen and made mistakes in the basket due to insufficient physical confrontation. Faced with the Pacers' tough inside, he was completely unable to play a role on both offense and defense. His shooting percentage of 6 of 24 in the past two games has made him fall from the third leader of the team to a drag on the offensive end. The label of "too soft" has become a bottleneck that he urgently needs to break through.

followed by a double collapse of three-pointers and turnovers. The Thunder made 8 of 30 three-pointers in the game, with a shooting percentage of only 26.7%. The outside line cannot open up space, allowing the opponent to shrink the inside line arbitrarily and limit the team's offensive threat. At the same time, 21 mistakes in the game hit a season high, of which Alexander made 8 times, and a large number of mistakes were directly transformed into the opponent's fast break score, further widening the gap and forming a vicious cycle.

strategic mistakes on the defensive end are also critical. The Thunder's excessive reliance on assisted defense has led to a large number of open spaces on the outside, and the Pacers used this to score more key three-pointers and gradually gained the initiative in the game. The insufficient defensive restrictions on core players such as McNair have also kept the team's defensive end always passive, and the lagging adjustment of defensive strategy has become an important factor in losing.