Recap | Thunder finally pays for arrogance, see how Pacers reverse and build an advantage

The Battle of Yincheng Guard! In the sixth game of today's finals, the Pacers, who returned to their home court, were unstoppable and established a 20-point lead in the first half, dragging the suspense of the game to the seventh game.

"I don't want to see my opponent celebrate the championship at our home court."

22-7! The Pacers scored only one sports game in the first 4 minutes and successfully established a lead. How did they do it? Follow the camera analysis and let’s find out.

Pacers' offense three elements - early attack, conversion, and three-pointers. In the playoffs, the Pacers averaged 14.9 points in fast break average, ranking fourth in the league; averaged 17.6 points in turnover average, ranking fourth in the league; averaged 39.0% three-point shooting percentage, ranking first in the league. When the Pacers can play their own style, they can rekindle the suspense of the series.

In this game, Carlisle still chose to expand the defense from outside and press the ball. He used quick squeeze and big delays in most pick-and-rolls to test the opponent's ball and provide pressing opportunities for weak teammates. With 16 steals, the Pacers set a new high in single-game steals in the playoffs, tying the league record set by the Thunder. The opponent made 21 mistakes, also setting a season high. Just as Carlisle talked about in an interview, "the two sides have played all their cards", the key to winning is subtle adjustments and the players' willpower.

The Pacers set off a counterattack horn, which started from this round: Sika got the rebound in the backcourt and advanced one-stop, and still scored the ball and caused extra penalty when she lost her center of gravity.

The next round, SGA broke through and encountered Sika's big hat. Harry advanced and fought back and found Nembhard in the far open space. The latter made a three-pointer and fell. In the two rounds, the Pacers both seized the Thunder's retreat and defense loopholes and scored. This is the push-and-counterattack style that the Pacers are good at. When players on the field have a long-range shot threat, it is easy to get a mobile phone after transmission.

In this round, the Pacers continued to disrupt the Thunder's defensive formation through sudden scores, forcing the opponent to transfer and repair defense on a large scale. In the end, Nembhard made a three-pointer from the back, which was very interesting to the Spurs' pass and cut that year.

The Pacers, who are not known for their defense, limited the Thunder score to 91 points in this game, far below the average of 115.2 per game in the season. Carlisle's successful outward expansion made it difficult for Pacers to create shot space.

In this round, Jewe and Chett performed pick-and-roll cooperation. At this time, Turner delayed the defense first, and Sika quickly squeezed through, and Nesmith was always wary of Chett's downward movement in the middle; the former quickly returned to defend at the moment when Sika squeezed through, and did not lose the position; then, Chet failed to click Turner when he failed to make a move, and took a step after failing to break through.

The Pacers use early attack to complete a quick score. This is an offensive method that the Pacers often play. Through a high pick-and-roll, the ball holder quickly breaks through and lays down to the opponent but has not yet established a foothold. At that time, Sika was the executor of this move, but this round was made by Nembhard's breakthrough layup.

Since Carlisle coached, elevator doors are one of its sincere favorite tactics, whether it is the bottom line ball (BLOB) tactics or the conventional ATO tactics, which have been shown many times this season. Generally speaking, the ending player should be the team's shooter, and this role is generally taken over by Nesmith.

And this round, the Pacers hit a "elevator door" tactic. After dragging the top of the arc and TJ guided the ball quickly through Shepard and Turner (the screening action seems not so obvious), TJ made a three-pointer in the instant of the break.

TJ caught the opponent's pass when he was in a strong start and interfered with the ball to complete the steal in the backcourt. Then the assist followed up and scored another three-pointer.

And this round, the Pacers played a "chin" tactic and tied the ball and missed the three-pointer after receiving the ball, but Turner got the frontcourt board and handed it to Harry, who made another three-pointer. Successfully stopped Thunder.

It is worth mentioning that within these three long minutes, Degenot did not call out a timeout to stop the team's offensive and defensive decline in time, but chose to trust the players. Until this last round, Ma Dai was forced to call out a timeout when the score difference was close to two digits.

Perhaps, Dagenot should pay for his arrogance.

After the game, when Pacers coach Carlisle was asked about his feelings about entering the tiebreak battle, he said: "Isn't this what we had been looking forward to and dreaming about when we were young? This game can be regarded as the final battle."