4 for 3! 5 for 1! Pacers two deals change the NBA landscape

On June 6, in the NBA Finals G1, with Halliburton's finals, the Pacers narrowly defeated the Thunder 111-110 away. In the whole game, the Pacers led only 0.3 seconds. Since statistics (1997), the teams that fell 7 points or more in the last 3 minutes of the finals won 0 wins and 121 losses, and the Pacers won their first victory!

This year's playoffs, the Pacers won 9 wins and 1 loss at a critical moment (within 5 points in the last 5 minutes), ranking first in the league! I believe many fans were impressed by the only game that the Pacers lost: Downs scored 20 points in the final quarter of the Eastern Conference Finals, leading the Knicks to defeat the Pacers 106-100 away. The Pacers won all the other nine games.

In the last 2 minutes of this season (regular season + playoffs), including tying and overtaking, Halliburton made a total of 13 of 15 shots, with a shooting percentage of up to 86.7%. A total of 5 finals: the regular season finals 76ers and the Bucks, and the playoff finals in the Bucks, Cavaliers and Thunder. In the G1 match against the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, Halliburton stepped on the three-point line to complete the tie! After the game, Pacers coach Carlisle said with emotion in an interview: "About three and a half years ago, we made a deal to get Halliburton. The management did a good job and equipped Halliburton with the right teammates. Last year we got Siakam, and these two deals mean a lot to the Pacers."

Let's review these two undervalued deals: On February 9, 2022, the Pacers gave Sabonis Jr., Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and 1 second round pick, and 4 for 3 trades got Halliburton, Hilder and Tristan Thompson. At that time, the media rated the Pacers trade A and the King rated the D+.

On January 18, 2024, the Pacers sent out Bruce Brown, Jordan Nvora and 3 first-round picks, 5 for 1 to get Siakam from the Raptors trade. The media rating the Raptors' trade is A, while the Pacers only have B+. At that time, no one expected that they led the Pacers from a weak Eastern Conference team to a Finals team, changing the NBA landscape!

The G1 in the finals has been completed. Let’s predict what the final score is?