Constipation attack ruins G6! No defensive counterattack, Thunder s offense is terrible

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Li Hui

After winning G4 and G5 in succession, many people believe that the Thunder will win the series in G6 in one go. However, they played their worst performance in the entire series so far. At the offensive level, the Thunder's performance in this game can be said to be useless.

After spending a normal first quarter, entering the second quarter, the Thunder's offense was completely powered off, and they were unable to find an effective offensive method for a long time. In the whole second quarter, they only scored 17 points, which made them actually lose hope of catching up with the score at the end of the second quarter. In the first half, the Thunder team had only three pitiful assists, and their positional offense was completely limited by the Pacers, which also exposed the most fatal problem of this Thunder team: the Thunder is not an offensive team.

Judging from the playoff data, the Thunder is not a team that is not good at offense, and can even be described as being very good at it. Before the finals G6, they averaged 116.4 points per game, ranking second in the league, and even higher than the Pacers, who are known for their offense. In addition, their offensive efficiency reached 115.6, ranking fourth in the league. However, the Thunder's offense can be said to be completely based on their defense, that is, if the Thunder cannot play a good defensive performance, then their offense can only rely on the personal abilities of Alexander and Jaylen Williams.

From the data, we can also see how dependent the Thunder's offense relies on their defense. Before this game, the Thunder's defensive efficiency was 105.9, the league's first, among which their average steals average reached a terrifying 10.9 times. While ranking first in the league, they had 2 more than the second-place Cavaliers. With so many steals, the Thunder can score 22.3 points in each game using opponent's turnovers, which is still the league's first. Their fast break scores are also as high as 16 points, ranking second in the league.

But if you cannot play a good defense and if you cannot give enough strength on the defensive end, the Thunder's offense will be greatly reduced. Just like the first three quarters of this game, their half-court position lacks effective offensive means, especially when the opponent's targeted deployment cuts off the connection between Alexander and his teammates, the Thunder will appear at a loss.

In fact, in the fourth game of the series, the Thunder's offense almost ruined the entire series. In that game, Alexander had no assists in the entire game. If the Pacers' own offense had not been cut off at the last moment, the Thunder would have accepted a 1-3 situation. From the Thunder's style, we can see their dependence on home court. Their offense relies on defense, and the defense relies on the atmosphere on the scene to a considerable extent. In their home court and in the huge cheering waves created by fans, the Thunder can play with their own characteristics and become a team that combines offense and defense at the data level. However, when the away game, under the shock of opponent fans, the Thunder's defensive intensity and concentration have declined, and their offensive quality cannot be guaranteed.

There is no doubt that this Thunder is not a perfect enough team, and no matter the final result of this season, they need to improve their offensive performance in the future. But at the moment, the Thunder have no time to think too much, because they still need a good enough performance to be the perfect season to date. For them, the biggest advantage of tiebreak is undoubtedly home games. If they can play their defensive characteristics and create more mistakes and counterattacks from the Pacers, then they have a good chance to finally reach the top.