At the end of the game, the Pacers finally lost this crucial game 117-124 on their home court, and the opponent tied the score at 2-2, and also lost the home-court advantage that they had won back so hard. Throughout the game, Pickle Pepper's performance was still very good, playing 39 minutes of Pickle Pepper made 13 of 21 shots, scored 31 points again, and also had 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

However, Ye Xuan, the other thigh of the Pacers, was a little restricted in this game, after accepting the advice of Bird and Coach Frank, Ye Xuan chose to play without the ball in this game, running without the ball can indeed create a lot of opportunities for his teammates, and from time to time he can also let himself run out of the empty space, but more often, due to the cooperation of teammates and other problems, Ye Xuan is completely wasting his physical strength.

In this game, Ye Xuan ran crazy on the court for 37 minutes, except for the opening when the Spurs didn't react a little, and Ye Xuan seized the opportunity to sneak attack several times in a row, and in the rest of the time, the Spurs gradually adapted to Ye Xuan's running, and it became difficult for him to score easily again, in 37 minutes, Ye Xuan only got 12 shots, and he didn't even shoot as much as Solomon Hill, the shooting rate was not bad, and he scored 18 points and 9 assists in 7 of 12 shots, In addition, in this game, Ye Xuan finally picked up his first rebound since entering the finals.

However, I have to say that the Pacers can really be regarded as full of talent now, in the case of Ye Xuan being locked up, in the case of Stephenson's brain cramps in the first half, Solomon Hill suddenly stood up, and after being replaced from the second half of the first quarter, Solomon Hill was like Kobe Bryant's possession, continuous shots, continuous hits, the Pacers were able to hold on to the game until the last moment before losing the game, all relying on a group of role players to support it.

Solomon Hill played 25 minutes and scored 23 points and four rebounds efficiently, including a frantic confrontation with the opponent's future leader Leonard in the second quarter, which is also fresh in people's minds. And in addition to Solomon Hill, the Pacers have another role player who has performed well, and that's David West.

West showed the strength he had when he teamed up with Paul with the Hornets to bring the Hornets' record to No. 1 in the West, hitting 8 of 12 shots, scoring 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.

But it's a pity that Lance Stephenson had a brain cramp when he came on the court in the first quarter, and several consecutive passive slacking and random shots made the Pacers fall into a passive situation in an instant, and after calculating back and forth, Lance Stephenson directly or indirectly caused a 12-point difference. In other words, if Stephenson had played well from the beginning, maybe the Pacers would have taken the match point with a 3-1 lead by now.

However, there is no regret medicine in the world to eat, although after the opening of the second half, Stephenson gave up his prejudices under Ye Xuan's mouth and tried hard to help the team win, but the Spurs' excellent performance made the Pacers finally disappointed.

On the other hand, on the Spurs' side, the performance of the troika is still very stable, and Duncan's 19 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists make everyone understand why the Spurs have been able to rely on a champion for so many years. Parker's 15 points and 7 assists and Ginobili's 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists are quite decent.

So why were the Spurs able to win on the road despite the fact that the troika was only playing mediocre? The answer is obvious, and that is their future leader, Leonard. As early as last season, everyone saw that Old Man Zhuge was ready to train Leonard to be Duncan's successor, but everyone had reservations about it, after all, Leonard's offense was really a bit criticized.

However, after this game, I believe that no one will question Leonard's offensive ability, Leonard, who played 38 minutes in the game, made 24 crazy shots today, and hit 16 of them, scored 38 points efficiently, and also scored 9 rebounds and 2 steals.

38 points also set his personal single-game scoring record, Leonard in both the regular season and the playoffs, the highest single-game score was only 26 points, today he first played against Pickles Pepper in the first quarter, and then played back and forth with Solomon Hill in the second quarter, and stood up at the last moment in the fourth quarter, scoring 15 points in a single quarter to snatch the final victory for the Spurs.

And Leonard not only dominated the game on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, which he has always been excellent attributed to, he still did not slack off because of the distraction offense, and Ye Xuan could only run around the court in the whole court, and finally only scored 18 points, and then while defending Ye Xuan, he used his long arm from time to time to wrap or interfere with other players of the opponent, Leonard also got 2 steals and 2 blocks in this game, which is enough to show that he dominated the game at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

In the end, the best player of this game of course fell on Leonard's head, and after this game, I believe that no experts or commentators or the like jumped out to question the old man's decision to cultivate Leonard, and after this game, Leonard's value must have skyrocketed, and his position in the league has also been promoted from a defensive striker, a defensive titan, to at least an All-Star player.

The Spurs should be quite happy after a tough win on the opponent's home court, but if you just look at their expressions, you might think they lost the game, because Duncan, a perennial expressionless facial paralysis, took the lead, and their hero Leonard was also a small facial paralysis, and the two of them gave their teammates a casual high-five to celebrate, which suddenly made the other players a little unable to laugh.

And the Pacers really can't laugh at this side, the home advantage that they finally grabbed at the opponent's home court was sent back in vain, and Ye Xuan, who played more ordinarily in this game, was not too embarrassed to say anything, after all, he didn't play at the level he should have in this game, and Lance was even more ashamed to hide in the corner and didn't dare to speak.