{"id":11065,"date":"2025-06-17T07:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/thunder-one-step-away-from-the-nba-ring-jalen-williams-stellar-vs-pacers\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:04:47","slug":"thunder-one-step-away-from-the-nba-ring-jalen-williams-stellar-vs-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/thunder-one-step-away-from-the-nba-ring-jalen-williams-stellar-vs-pacers\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder one step away from the NBA ring: Jalen Williams stellar vs Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City, USA \u2013 The Oklahoma City Thunder are closing in on the NBA championship, fueled by a stellar performance from Jalen Williams, who scored 40 points in Monday&#8217;s 120-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers. With this result, the Thunder lead the series for the title 3-2.\n\nIn NBA Finals history, when the fifth game is played with the series tied 2-2, the winning team has won the championship 74.2% of the time.\n\nThe sixth game is scheduled for Thursday in Indianapolis. If a seventh game is necessary, it would be played on Sunday back in Oklahoma City.\n\nThe first half of the game showed a Thunder team at an outstanding level. Although the Pacers attempted a comeback in the second half, they failed to make it.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e00-marca.uecdn.es\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2024\/06\/11\/17181332291712.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\nJalen Williams had the best performance of his career, scoring 40 points on 14 of 25 field goals, including 3 of 5 three-pointers and 9 of 12 free throws, plus 6 rebounds and 4 assists. This achievement set a new scoring record for Williams in the playoffs, joining Russell Westbrook as the only Thunder players with 40 or more points in the Finals.\n\nShai-Gilgeous Alexander also shone, contributing 31 points, 10 assists, 2 steals, and 4 blocks, forming an unstoppable duo. Aaron Wiggins and Cason Wallace, from the bench, contributed 14 and 11 points respectively, giving a crucial boost to the Thunder.\n\nOklahoma City&#8217;s defense was key, forcing 23 turnovers from the Pacers, resulting in 32 points for the Thunder, with 15 steals and 12 blocks.\n\nOn the other hand, Tyrese Haliburton had a tough night, with only 4 points and discomfort in his right calf. Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 28 points, followed by T.J. McConnell with 18 and Obi Toppin with 12.\n\nThe Pacers, who hadn&#8217;t lost two games in a row since March, find themselves at a disadvantage in a playoff series for the first time.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma City, USA \u2013 The Oklahoma City Thunder are closing in on the NBA championship, fueled by a stellar performance from Jalen Williams, who scored 40 points in Monday&#8217;s 120-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers. With this result, the Thunder lead the series for the title 3-2. In NBA Finals history, when the fifth game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[643,2576,103,363],"class_list":{"0":"post-11065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-endings","9":"tag-jalen-williams","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}