Oklahoma City Thunder Star Jalen Williams said that in the NBA final, I thought of a game 7 in the final, “Hair is a little standing on your hand.”
Rick Carlisley, coach of Indiana Paers, called it “A Time to Jashn”.
Sunday night, Thunder and Pacers will close to end a back-to-back series in a decisive game in Oklahoma City.
Thunder has been looking for his first title since going to Oklahoma City in 2008. The franchise won the 1979 title in Seattle.
Indiana is looking for her first NBA Championship, although Pamens won three ABA titles, the most recently came in 1973.
This league will be the 20th NBA final game 7 and the first in history, since Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors on the road in 2016.
“As you walk in your competitive life in sports, what you learn is that these moments are rare and trying to mimic such a situation is something you do in everyday life,” Karlisle said, who gave coaching to Dallas Mavricks for the 2011 title. “It’s not easy to do so. I am looking forward to the game 7.”
The home teams are 15-4 in the previous matchup.
Indiana star Tierace Heliberton said, “You are able to do the storm season with those motion-swing plays, when you are on the road, try to make Momentum-stopping plays.”
Pacors entered with pace after a win on Thursday 108-91 in Game 6 in Indianpolis.
Haliberton was a major reason for this, after 14 points and five assistance, a calf left him as a game-time decision.
Heliberton said he remained hard and throat, but said he was ready to go for Sunday’s game after playing just 23 minutes on Thursday.
Oklahoma City has lost the back-to-back game in the playoffs after leaving the game twice in a routine session during a regular session.
Thunders at home are 10–2 during the playoffs and have lost a turnover fight at home yet.
In Game 6, Indiana forced 21 turnover while doing just 11.
“The truth is that there is nothing else in this case,” Carlisley said. “We are just below for a game and an opportunity. We really look forward to it.”
Oklahoma City Superstar Shai Gilgas-Alexander, the most valuable player in the league, did a career-pound-twenty-two turnover in Game 6.
“No matter how big a moment or game, it always comes back to the same things,” he said. “… It always goes back to things that we know that we can control every night. When we do those things, we look like a very good team. When we don’t do those things, we look like a bad team.”
For Thunder, this will be their second game 7 in these playoffs.
Oklahoma City won its second round series by defeating Denver 125-93 at home on 18 May.
While Williams said that a lesson is to be taken from that game, especially in handling emotional swings, he also accepts the difference.
“You are going into it,” he said. “Honestly, this is a bit indescribable because I’ve not been (played in a final game 7). It’s difficult to give a good answer as this game 7 is going to be completely separated from the previous one which we played.”
While Pacries has not played a game 7 in this Postsen, he defeated New York Nix in the Eastern Conference Semi -final of the previous season.
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