Oklahoma City Thunder is the new NBA championthe seventh different champion in the American League since 2018. The seventh game of the finals was marked by the injury of the Pacers franchise when they took 7:05 of play. Tyrese Haliburton, who carried the entire series with physical problems, broke after having scored three triples without failure. The Pacers survived competed until the end of the third quarter, but succumbed to a superior rival.
The Thunder season places him at the level of the greatest champions of history. After their 68 victories in the first phase, and with the greatest average difference per game in history, they have ratified their full potential in the “playoffs” despite the fact that Nuggets and Pacers forced their seventh game. To an exceptional defense added a more than deserved MVP. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes the fourth player in the story that is the top scorer of the season, the MVP of the first phase and the MVP of the finals. The others were Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal. Next to nothing. The Canadian was indecipherable for the defense of the Lakers and went above 30 points per game in the finals. Shai had the help of his particular “Scottie Pippen”, Jalen Williams. The 24 -year -old eaves appeared whenever it was necessary and his exhibition in the fifth game was to remember.
The defeat does not hide that the season of the Pacers has been extraordinary. Without his reference, Indiana continued to compete by Pascal Siakam. The eaves and the exteriors held the team until the losses caused by the suffocating defense of the Thunder ended their options.
103. Oklahoma City Thunder (25+22+34+22): Gilgeous-Alxander (29), Williams (20), Dort (9), Holmgren (18) and Hartenstein (7) -quintet (0).
91. Indiana Pacers (22+26+20+23): Haliburton (9), Nembhard (15), Nesmith (3), Siakam (16) and Turner (6) -quinteto titular- Toppin (0), Sheppard (0), McConnell (16), Mathurim (24), Bradley (2), Bryant (0) and Furphy (0).
Referees: Kapers, Stevens and Guthrie. Eliminated Nesmith.
Incidents: 19,599 spectators at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma. Seventh match corresponding to the finals of the NBA.