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4 points and 5 assists! The hero turned into an undercover agent, the Eastern Conference team suffered a 22-point defeat, and lost 18 frontcourt rebounds

9:42pm, 14 May 2025【Basketball】

On May 10, the NBA playoffs continued, the Eastern Conference semi-finals G3 showdown, and the Pacers returned to their home court to fight the Cavaliers again. In the first two games of the series, the Pacers have been away from each other and have been in full swing, leading by 2-0 in total score and are in full swing. However, in this game, the Eastern Conference powerhouse Pacers, who played at home, swallowed a 22-point defeat, especially Halliburton, the core of the team and the last game's final killer. In this game, he played an undercover performance, with 2 of 8 shots in sports games and 0 of 1 three-pointer, and there was no chance of free throws yet. He only scored 4 points and 5 assists in the game!

In this group series, Halliburton and Mitchell's backcourt showdown is undoubtedly the focus of attention from the outside world. In the first two games, although Mitchell's personal performance was excellent, he was unable to lead the Cavaliers to win. Halliburton's personal data was not as good as Mitchell, but he led the Pacers to a 2-0 lead in the away game. In the last game, Halliburton even staged a three-pointer finale in the last moment, helping the Pacers complete a major reversal when they were lagging behind at most 20 points.

The G3 showdown between the two sides moved to Indiana. If the Pacers can win again at home, they can win the match point. The visiting Eastern Conference First Cavaliers will fight against the wits. In the first quarter, the Cavaliers turned away and fought for the frontcourt rebounds frantically, starting 11-0, leading by 15 points at one point, showing their determination to go all out. However, the Pacers woke up in time and scored a climax in the second half of the quarter, and the two teams tied 32-32. In the first quarter, the two teams played well in half the quarter, and the match was evenly matched.

In the second quarter, the Pacers fell into a slump, kept hitting irons on the offensive end, no sports game scored for 4 minutes, and only scored 13 points in a single quarter. In contrast, the Cavaliers, Mitchell, Garland, Struce and Allendo have a very good combination of internal and external, and the ball is very smooth, and they have obtained a lot of open spaces to play. They scored 30+ points in a single quarter, and 21 points with a net victory of 34-13, thus establishing a leading advantage of more than 20 points. In the third quarter, led by Nemhadri's 7-pointer in a row in the foreign shot, the Pacers once narrowed the gap, but the Cavaliers' adjustment was also very fast, and there were many scoring points. Mitchell scored 2+1, Hunter hit a three-pointer from the outside, and coupled with the continuous score of the free throw line, the Cavaliers expanded the gap again.

In the last quarter, McConaughey and Siakam led the Pacers to 93-104, which also became the Pacers' final counterattack. The Cavaliers cut off the Pacers' momentum of chasing points in time through a timeout. Mitchell stood up at the critical moment, like a god of war, stopped mid-range shots, three-pointers from the outside, and rushed to the basket against layups. He kept killing the Pacers and stood on the free throw line in the inside. He scored 14 points in the last quarter to help the Cavaliers win 126-104.

Obviously, Mitchell dominated the game, and after scoring 48 points in the last game, he scored 43 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists in this game. In comparison, the Pacers core Halliburton scored 2 of 8 shots and scored only 4 points and 5 assists. The most dazzling thing is that Halliburton also had 0 free throws, which means that there has not been any breakthrough in the face of Halliburton's poor hand, which has been on the free throw line. It is a disaster-level performance for a team leader. In terms of team data, the comparison of frontcourt rebounds is the most disparity. The Pacers lost 18 frontcourt rebounds, and the frontcourt rebounds were significantly behind the Cavaliers 4-18, which shows that the Pacers' desire to win is far less than that of the Cavaliers.