Russia Thunder, 2025 championship.
Pacer, the most tragic runner-up in history, right?
The seventh game of each finals has a classic moment: LeBron's chase and Irving's sharp shot in 2016, Duncan hit the ground in 2013, Kobe's rebound and Ci Shiping's steal in 2010, Duncan's back-attack and Bowen's long shot in 2005, Starks' aberration in 1994...
The moment that the president left in the documentary after today was probably... Halliburton's injury?
After all, the seventh game of the finals rarely played very well, and the regrets and sweat were far more than the time of enjoyment. But today, Halliburton's Achilles tendon is comparable to the fall of the 1988 Assassin and Durant's injury in 2019: It's a pity.
Pacers opened with a joint attack and replaced defense, took away the Thunder's long shot and forced the Thunder to fight one-on-one; the Thunder's double towers limited the Pacers' breakthrough, but Halliburton and Siakam shot from a long shot. Halliburton made three long shots in a row, which was the pace of the Pacers.
forced the Thunder to enter Caruso's small ball, with two long shots, and stopped the Pacers. But at that time the Pacers still had the power to fight.
Then Halliburton was injured.
Halliburton appeared in the sixth game with a calf injury and dominated the game in the second quarter, but should it be the Achilles tendon that compensated? He won the game, but the injury is still there. When ESPN marked the starter today, he also mentioned that he was still injured.
The sixth game missed three shots, but then smooth; today the game started smoothly, with three long shots, and then fell:
The three long shots were like the last brilliant fireworks.
Six years ago in the 2019 finals, Durant was the same: he went out with an injury, shot the game at the start, and was injured.
Siakam was watching all this across the street.
Today, Siakam's own teammates experienced this...
It's a pity.
Halliburton was injured and the third No. 0 player in the playoffs this season had a problem with the Achilles tendon: Lillard, Tatum, Halliburton.
In addition to coincidence and superstition, No. 0 in this era is the love of ball holders: the former Arenas, later Westbrook, and the current Lillard Halliburton, Maxi, Jaylen Green. The continuous injuries of the
0 people can also be regarded as the burden of the core players holding the ball in this era... right?
But then is the most admirable thing about the Pacers: after Halliburton was injured, the Pacers' national basketball was launched, seizing every opportunity to chase points.
Thunders' fifth small team, there are not enough rebounds in the backcourt, so they rely on fighting to make up for it; Coach Carlisle paused to hold back the momentum at 32-34.
Pacers put pressure on Alexander, rotated quickly, grasped the Thunder's long shot and missed it, and moved to the weak side to break through, 36 to 37, forcing another timeout.
At least in the first half, the Pacers did not lose: except Alexander, the Thunder had scattered three-pointers and cut into the fire: the momentum never rose. When did the
Pacers couldn't hold on?
Starting the second half, the Thunder changed the lineup to compete for speed. Dortmund's long shot, Jewe's counterattack, Chet's frontcourt rebound: the offense did not go smoothly, but it was just a hard drive. For the first time today, the momentum seemed to be back to the Thunder.
Pacers stubbornly chased to 56 tie, and Alexander played the smoothest attack today: a strong three-pointer, instigated two three-pointers, and stopped the Pacers again.
McConnei refused to admit defeat and reproduced the courage of Tianwang Mountain in the third quarter, using a speed change to break through and chase points. The Thunder relied on the defense of Carson and Caruso to suppress it: Caruso's two exciting rounds in the third quarter: forced McConne to serve the ball, and defended Siakam and shot without getting involved in the basket.
lasted until the fourth quarter before being pulled open, and the Pacers tried their best. Halliburton was out of the game, and No. 00 Matherin played the third game - a joke. A media friend who came this time brought a No. 00 jersey to his relative. The relative was unhappy, "I want No. 0, not No. 00! These two people are far apart!" But after watching Matherin's performance in the third game, he turned anger into joy; today, probably, Matherin deserves his pick, right?
But the walker's physical strength was exhausted with short rotation, and the result did not change.
Siakam had also been suspicious of appearing with injuries before today. He still fought and worked hard. Yesterday, on the media day, he was mentioned that "you may have won the first championship in team history for the two cities of Toronto and Indiana." He said thank you with admiration, saying that he played for his father (his No. 43 jersey, 4 refers to his father and his three brothers, and 3 refers to his mother and two sisters). Today, it’s a pity.
Jewe previously said that the seventh game of the last final was in 2016, when he was 15 years old. He said he didn't care about the finals results that year: he was a Kobe fan, and Kobe retired that year, so "I don 't care." Now, he won the championship in Game 7 of the finals himself - he, like Kobe, had the first championship, and he also won the Pacers.
After Alexander became Tiangou, Jordan and Sharks, the first scoring champion + regular season mvp + finals mvp - 1998 Jordan, 2000 Sharks and 2025 Alexander, both passed the Pacers.
When Alexander came to the Thunder in 2019, the team sent Westbrook away and began to rebuild. Paul led Alexander into the playoffs and lost to the Rockets.
Pau will go to the Suns to enter the finals next year. And the Thunder are the ruined team with 22 wins. The two pillars that were there at that time and are still there: Alexander and Dortmund.
Gidey is here in the summer of 2021, and the Thunder wins 24.
Jie Wei is here in summer 2022, and the Thunder wins 40.
The next year, Chet finally played, the Thunder won 57 and lost to the Mavericks in the Western Conference semi-finals.
Then this season, 68 wins, the championship.
Russia fans witnessed the journey from ruins to championships: small cities, no superstars come to shoot, the only top ten rookies are Chet, who relies on cultivating rookies and self-reliance, and finally have a championship.
But Halliburton and the Pacers are still: It's a pity.
is like these Golden Pacers fans who insist on sticking to the blue ocean. In the 2019 finals, Durant was sad and exhausted in front of Siakam. The Thunder sent Westbrook to the Rockets to match Harden. Alexander comes to Thunder.
Six years later...
Durant went to the Rockets this morning. Alexander took Durant away and the Thunder won the championship. Halliburton was sad and exhausted in front of Siakam.
are all fate.
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