Pacers bench stats: T.J. McConnell, Obi Toppin spark Pacers in dominant Game 6 vs. Thunder

The Pacers came into Game 6 with their play connected the line, and they played similar it successful the archetypal half. Indiana produced an awesome archetypal 24 minutes of action, taking a 64-42 pb implicit the Thunder into halftime.

A large crushed for the Pacers' occurrence is the team's bench, arsenic Indiana has leaned connected its extent for the full season. T.J. McConnell and Obi Toppin person led the mode arsenic the Pacers person been capable to usage a afloat rotation of players to get this heavy into the playoffs.

That continued successful the 2nd half, arsenic the Pacers kept their ft connected the gas, blowing retired OKC 108-91 to unit a decisive Game 7. McConnell and Toppin led different immense seat show successful the team's last location game, but they weren't the lone reserves who showed up successful a large way.

Here's a look astatine however the Pacers seat recovered occurrence successful Game 6.

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Pacers seat stats successful Game 6 vs. Thunder

Through 3 quarters, the Pacers seat scored 31 points connected 11-25 shooting (5-12 from deep), grabbed 16 boards, dished six assists, and added six steals. They helped Indiana instrumentality a 30-point pb implicit Oklahoma City and enactment the crippled acold retired of reach. 

The 4th fourth was filled with seat players from some teams playing successful virtual "garbage time," skewing the seat stats. Here are Indiana's totals for the game:

• Points: 48
• Rebounds: 26
• Assists: 7
• Steals: 8
• FGM-FGA: 18-42
• 3PM-3PA: 6-18

The Pacers seat outscored the Thunder seat 19-3 successful the archetypal half, arsenic 8 antithetic Pacers scored portion conscionable 5 Thunder players produced astatine slightest 1 point. Additionally, the bench's 14 minutes are much than fractional of the 22 that the Pacers collected successful the archetypal half.

The 3rd 4th proved to beryllium much of the same, arsenic Indiana's seat added to accumulation with 12 much points.

T.J. McConnell stats Game 6 vs. Thunder

• Points: 12
• Rebounds: 9
• Assists: 6
• Steals: 4
• FGM-FGA: 6-12

Once again, McConnell helped spark the Pacers disconnected the bench, arsenic the backup constituent defender has been an energizer each series. In the archetypal fractional of Game 6, McConnell scored 8 points and collected 5 rebounds and 3 assists, making his beingness felt each implicit the court.

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McConnell continued to find occurrence successful the 2nd half, but helium specifically slowed down arsenic the remainder of the seat carried the load.

Obi Toppin stats Game 6 vs. Thunder

• Points: 20
• Rebounds: 6
• FGM-FGA: 6-12
• 3PM-3PA: 4-7
• FTM-FTA: 4-6

Toppin is different crushed wherefore the Pacers are successful this position, and Game 6 was nary different. He ended the crippled with 20 points to pb each Pacers scorers, hitting 4 three-pointers and trailing lone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for astir points successful the game.

T.J. McConnell forces the turnover, and Obi Toppin caps it disconnected from heavy 🏹 pic.twitter.com/JotOPLHrde

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Obi Toppin is up to 20 points precocious successful Q4 💪 pic.twitter.com/vJ9imR4RlK

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With the performance, Toppin has present totaled implicit 70 points, 30 rebounds, and 12 threes this series, joining Robert Horry arsenic the lone subordinate to nutrient those numbers disconnected the seat successful an NBA Finals.

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