NBA Finals G3, Alexander 24+8+4, Harry 22+9+11 can win even if he has 0 key data

On June 12, 2025, the NBA Finals G3 kicked off at the Pacers' home court Gainbridge Arena. In the end, the Pacers also won the game with a score of 116:107 and held their first home court.

In this game, the Pacers were able to defeat the Thunder and won the game, and there were many factors. But there is one factor that plays a key role, that is, the performance of both sides' leading stars.

First of all, Halliburton of the Pacers, and his performance in this game was obviously better than the previous two games. Although he hit a quasi-winning goal in G1, he only scored 14 points, 6 assists, and 3 turnovers in that game. When it comes to G2, the score is still not high, with only 17 points. The assists were also lower than his level, with only 6, and 5 turnovers. Halliburton failed to provide the team with sufficient offensive firepower in both games, which is one reason why the Pacers started slowly and were hit by long-term pressure. In G3, Halliburton scored 22 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists in the game. He can not only provide good firepower on the offensive end, but also use assists to revitalize the entire team. This is also one of the reasons why the Pacers played so smoothly today.

, and Alexander of the Thunder only scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in this game. At first glance, the data seemed to be pretty good, but compared with his own two games, it was obviously unqualified. Alexander G1 and G2 have 38 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 34 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, and G3's score is 14 points and 10 points less than the first two games. The Thunder lost 9 points to the Pacers in G3, so if Alexander can provide offensive firepower like the previous two games, maybe the Thunder can win this game. However, this is also related to the Pacers' defensive strategy. In this game, the Pacers chose to double-team Alexander, which is also one of the reasons why he scored relatively low in this game. But this is the treatment of a star. Look at superstars such as Kobe, James and Curry. The defense they often face is double-teamed by two or three people. So if Alexander wants to align with these superstars, he must have the same hard-solving ability as they do.

In these 3 games, by comparing the data of the two stars, Halliburton and Alexander, one interesting thing can be found, that is, their free throw count. Halliburton's free throws were 0 in 3 games, while Alexander G3's free throws were 5 in 6 free throws. Compared with 7 of 8 free throws and 11 of 12 free throws in the first two games, Alexander obviously has fewer free throws in G3, which may be one of the reasons why he scored lower in this game. He has always given people a bad impression of playing basketball, that is, he likes to commit fouls. In the regular season this season, he averaged 8.8 games, and free throws accounted for 24.2% of the total score, so he always felt that he would not play without fouls. Especially after comparing this game with Halliburton, Halliburton made a good performance in free throws but led the team to victory, but he performed poorly after fewer free throws, which deepened the stereotype of others about him.

Halliburton and Alexander are representatives of the new generation to see who can finally win the championship.