Isaiah Hartenstein and the Oklahoma City Thunder have lost the third game in the NBA final series. Against the Indiana Pacers, Oklahoma had to give up 107: 116 on Thursday night, the Pacers are now 2-1 in the best-of-Seven series.
The OKC defensive could not stop Bennedict Mathurin (27 points) and Tyrese Haliburton with 22 points.
“We love to play in front of our fans. They deserve high -class basketball at a high level, and we are giving them”said Haliburton: “It’s a big victory for us. We enjoy it – but we have to be ready for game four.”
Exciting to the final phase
After the clear OKC victory in the second game (123: 107), the fans saw this time a gripping encounter in the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the lead changed nine times – before the Pacers could pull away in the final phase. The last quarter went 32:18 to the Pacers. Hartenstein remained inconspicuous, in around 18 minutes the 27 -year -old center came to four points and three rebounds.
Statistically speaking, the Pacers now have the series under control. In a good 80 percent of the cases, the third game winner also won the title when it was 1-1 after two games. The fourth duel four takes place again at the Pacers on Saturday (2:30 a.m./CEST), then Haliburton and Co. can already earn match balls.