The second and third leaders are recovering at the same time! Still improving is the most terrifying thing about Thunder

G1 suffered a 0.3-second finals after the Oklahoma City Thunder completed a rebound. They defeated the Pacers 123-107 in the second game of the finals, tied the score 1-1.

The Thunder made adjustments in many aspects. They magnified their lineup, and the two towers appeared again, and the five smalls were no longer used; they sacrificed some of the outside defense aggressiveness, and made fewer mistakes, but did better in protecting the basket; they removed some of the pressure on Alexander to conduct the ball smoother. There is another very basic adjustment, that is, the two players in the second and third leaders in the team pressed the "Play Better" button. In the first game of the finals, Homegren made 2 of 9 shots and only scored 6 points, Jaylen Williams made 6 of 19 shots and scored 17 points. The two were regarded as Alexander's right-hand man, but their performance was quite poor.

In today's game, Homegren took out a significantly higher finishing efficiency from the first quarter, scoring 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block in 4 of 5 shots in a single quarter, while Jaylen Williams scored 9 points in 3 of 6 shots in the second quarter. Compared with the previous game, the two were obviously much more calm, and the success rate of those attacks to the basket was significantly improved.

"Concentration." Jaylen Williams smiled when talking about the Thunder being able to score better at the basket tonight, "You need to stick with it, this is the basketball game. There are nights where you just can't score goals and miss layups. What's more important is the way you attack the basket. I think we are sticking to our own way. Mark often says that every game is getting better, and I think we will be fine."

In this game, Williams scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 5 of 14 shots. Although his efficiency is still relatively low, he has improved significantly from the first game. "He didn't perform well at first, but he gradually got into the rhythm. He was important to us, his defense, size, diversity, confrontation, ball and offense, and his lower limit was high," Thunder coach Dagnott said. "We need him every night, but when he plays an ideal offense, it becomes very incredible."

Homegren scored 15 points and 6 rebounds tonight, and he walked out of the G1 downturn. "After experiencing a bad game like G1, I will be a little angry and want to forget that game. There are both emotions. You don't want to be too arrogant to learn from the lessons, but you also have to have a certain degree of emotion. If you don't care, that won't work. I'll say I'm in the middle and won't be too emotional, but I also maintain the desire to play better," said Homgren. After the first game of the finals, Dagnott did not forget to remind people that Jaylen Williams and Homgren were just players who have been in the league for 2 or 3 years. They are still young and are still making mistakes and growing. Between the two young men have shown progress, and if they can continue to improve their performance, the Thunder will hopefully take the initiative of the series in their own hands.

(text/Thai Fu)