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NBA Finals 2025: How Thunder avoid a 2-0 deficit against Pacers

The Oklahoma City Thunder forced 25 turnovers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the most in any Finals game this century. Their star point guard scored 38 points, 24 more than their opponent's star guard. They trailed for all of 0.3 seconds of game time.

The New York Times · 2d

How the Thunder lost their way defensively late in Game 1 loss to Pacers

It’s a simple concept; no defensive strategy is 100 percent foolproof, and elite teams can make even the most adept defenses suffer on occasion. According to NBA.com tracking data, the Thunder ...

NBA · 3d

Finals Film Study: Pacers' offense vs. Thunder defense

Their effective field goal percentage of 57.6% is the second-best mark for a Finals team through the conference finals in playoff history. In these playoffs, the Pacers rank fourth in field goal percentage in the paint (58.7%), first in mid-range field goal percentage (48.7%) and first in 3-point percentage (40.1%).

SportsGrid on MSN2d

How OKC's Defensive Strategy Dominates the Modern NBA

The Oklahoma City Thunder's defense, similar to the Detroit Pistons, stands out in the NBA for its robust, physical play, ...

Yardbarker on MSN17d

Revisiting the trade that landed the Thunder their missing piece

Surely, when Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti pulled the trigger on the rare ‘one-for-one’ swap of Josh Giddey for Alex Caruso with the Chicago Bulls last summer, this was the sort of playoff ...

USA Today19d

Three reasons why the Oklahoma City Thunder will advance to the NBA Finals

But the Thunder's matchup versatility on defense should play to its advantage ... Oklahoma City might not immediately employ the same strategy for Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert here, but there's ...

The SportsRush20h

Draymond Green Reveals His Approach to Guarding Shai Gilgeous-Alexander After Thunder Star Dominated in Game 1 Loss

Draymond Green breaks down how the Indiana Pacers can try to stop Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from going off offensively ...

MinnPost20d

Breaking down the intangibles that can lead the Wolves to the NBA Finals

The Thunder defense allowed 3.6 fewer points per 100 ... forcing him to pass early in the shot clock to his teammates. Expect similar strategies designed to force “the others” to generate ...

Alex Caruso and the Thunder defense did it again, carrying OKC to NBA Finals | Mussatto

By the end of OKC’s 124-94 Game 5 win Wednesday night, the Thunder’s barbaric defense had reduced the Wolves to nothing but a ...

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