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Game changed immediately when Siakam took it to enforcer linebacker Dort. They need to seek him out like that and attack him since he’s uniquely allowed to foul.
 
Hali not shooting well, but he's taking the good shots available to him, which he wasn't doing in game 5
 
If Dort is just a normal player on D the Pacers are the significantly better team. If he’s out there physically destroying everybody the Thunder are basically unbeatable. It’s that simple.
 
Thunder comeback is because they are banging and hacking on D while Pacers are trying to play clean and avoid contact. Start reaching and grabbing, worst case you get a few calls.
 
Mathurin and Turner are not playing well. One or both need to provide something.
 
If I'm OKC, I let McConnell keep dominating the ball. He is hitting shots now, but there isn't much flow to Indy's offense.
 
Doris is wrong there, I bet about half of McConnell minutes are with Tyrese and half without. Let’s him play some SG.
 
So much for “extender” calls. Thunder fouling 5-6 times before the refs are finally forced to call intentional foul at rim.