If you lose another game, you will miss the championship! Sika 28+6+5, Harry scored 0 of 6 and only 4 points, McConnell scored 13 points in a single quarter

After playing 2-2 with the Thunder, the Pacers lost to the Thunder 109-120 away today, falling behind 2-3 in the score, and were already won by the Thunder to the finals. If they lose another game, they will miss the championship. But if the finals can still be dragged into the tiebreak, the Pacers still have the hope of winning the first championship in team history.

It is worth mentioning that the Thunder team sent a total of 15 steals today, and there were 12 blocks, which gave the Pacers up to 22 mistakes. This is also the Pacers made another 20+ turnovers after 24 turnovers in the first game of the finals. The Pacers won the first game with Halliburton's final comeback, but today they failed to complete the big reversal.

Siakam performed well today. In his 33 minutes of playing, he made 9 of 15 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 28 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, but there were 6 turnovers. In the first half, Siakam played for 18 minutes, made 3 of 8 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. He was the only player in the team to score in double digits. In the final quarter, Siakam scored 14 points in 5 of 5 shots, but he was still unable to make up for the situation.

Halliburton was affected by a right calf injury and was in no state. He played for 34 minutes and made 0 of 6 shots, including 0 of 4 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, only 4 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and 3 turnovers, plus or negative value -13. This is the first time Halliburton scored without a sports goal in a single game in his playoff career, and his score also hit a new low in his personal playoff career. Halliburton made 0 of 5 shots in the first half without score, which was the first time Halliburton scored without score in the first half of the playoffs.

McConnell became the surprise today. He played for 22 minutes in the whole game, made 8 of 14 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throws, scored 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, becoming the first player to play in the finals after Harden in 2012 to get similar data. The Pacers were once 15 points behind in the third quarter. McConnell played for 6 minutes, made 6 of 8 shots, and scored 13 points in a single quarter, helping the team narrow the gap and retaining the suspense. Under McConnell, the Pacers scored a 20-0 lead in the Thunder in the third quarter.

Turner was just right, played for 24 minutes, made 3 of 5 shots, and scored 13 points and 6 rebounds. Nesmith played for 24 minutes, made 5 of 9 shots, scoring 14 points and 6 rebounds. Totto scored a perfect match, played 22 minutes, made 5 of 11 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, scored 12 points and 4 rebounds, with a low of -16. Nemhard was in a sluggish state, playing for 36 minutes, 3 of 8 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throw, only scored 7 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists, and 4 turnovers.