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The Pacers have reached the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000 and will battle the Thunder for the final supremacy

The Pacers closed the door in Game 6 of the NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Championship on the 1st, Siakam delivered a game-high 31 points, plus Haliburton's double ten performance, led the team to clean up the Knicks 125-108, and won the series 4-2, and entered the championship game again after 2000, and will compete with the Thunder for the championship, G1 will appear on the morning of June 6, Beijing time.

The Pacers eliminated the Knicks 4-2 and entered the championship game for the first time since 2000, and will compete with the Thunder for the final supremacy

The Pacers lost at the Knicks' home court in the past, and the whole team was on fire yesterday, shooting 54.1% from the field and 51.5% from three-point range, almost leading all the way and not giving the opponent a chance to turn the tables. Siakam scored a game-high 31 points, while Haliburton contributed 21 points and 13 assists.

Siakam was named the MVP of the Eastern Championship. The 31-year-old Siakam, who helped the Raptors win their first franchise championship in 2019, moved to the Pacers last season. He averaged 24.8 points, 5 rebounds per game in the Eastern Championship series, shot 52.4% from the field, and broke 30 points in three games, beating Haliburton to take the Eastern Championship MVP, he said: "No one is optimistic that we can get here this season, we have been looked down upon throughout our careers, but I believe in my brothers, we did it, and played team basketball." ”

Although Haliburton missed out on the MVP, he also performed well in this series, averaging 21 points, 6 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game, becoming only the third player in history after Westbrook and Magic Johnson to average at least 20 points, 10 assists and 2 steals per game in the division finals. For the Knicks, Anunoby scored a team-high 24 points, Towns chipped in 22 points and 14 rebounds, but Brunson was limited by the opposing defense and only scored 19 points, the lowest score in the series.

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