Could the Pacers’ Bold Strategy Against the Thunder Rewrite NBA Finals History?
The Thunder also need to make an extra effort in getting back on defense when McConnell is in the game pushing the pace. But considering the team is exceptional at transition defense and was successful getting back the first two games, it feels like they’ll make that adjustment as well.
Mathurin is a different story. It’s easy to write off his Game 3 performance as his one big game in the series. That might end up being true.
But it wasn’t an outlier shooting performance that buoyed the third-year guard’s stat line. He hit two of his three 3-point attempts but did most of his damage attacking the paint. The Thunder didn’t give him a lot of attention when Tyrese Haliburton and McConnell had the ball, and Mathurin made them pay.
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