The Indiana Pacers They easily won with their 125-108 New York Knicks And they qualified for the NBA finals, where they will face Oklahoma City Thunder, 25 years after their first and only participation in the finals.
The series of finals will begin on Thursday in Oklahoma, in the … home of Canadian MVP Sai Gilzi-Alexander. The Pacers lost their unique appearance at this level in 2000 by the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Thunders, who were crowned as a Seattle Supersonks in 1979, lost the title in Miami in 2012.
Thus, two “small” groups will claim the trophy Larry O’Braen, without the “shine” of historians Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, or from a big city like New York, but with two special … noisy seats, two.
The Pacers confirmed their supremacy in the East after triumphant in the previous round over the Cleveland Cavaliers, their best record of the season in their region, and excluded the Knicks 4-2 at the end of a strong series of races that … rejuvenated a 1990.
The protagonist of the match was Pascal Siakam with 31 points, five rebounds, three assists and a number of blocks. The 31 -year -old power forward, a champion with Toronto Raptors in 2019, was declared MVP of the Eastern District finals.
Halbertton, who dominated the Knicks in an unforgettable first match in Madison Square Garden, added 21 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals, including an impressive nail in the second quarter.
“I’m proud of this team. We had a difficult last match as a team and we responded, “Halbertton told TNT. The Knicks, led by Jalen Branson (19 points) and Anunobi (24 points), were inappropriate from the region (9 to 32 to 28.1%) and made 17 errors, facilitating the home side.
The two teams remained near before halftime (58-54 for Indiana) before the Pacers were removed in the third period.