Harry won the final victory, the NBA Eastern Conference dark horse won the final quarter, and the 6 players scored in double-digit reversal!

On June 6, the highly anticipated first game of the NBA Finals finally kicked off. The Indiana Pacers narrowly defeated the Thunder 111-110 away, and won the first victory of the series with Halliburton's quasi-buzzer-beating finale, temporarily leading 1-0. The Pacers' starting lineup has not changed, and they are still the five regular starting players since the playoffs: Nesmith, Siakam, Turner, Halliburton and Nemhard; while the Thunder made lineup adjustments, Wallace was promoted to the starting lineup, and he formed the five starting tigers with Dortmund, Jaylenway, Homegren and Alexander, while Harten was on standby. At the beginning of the game, the Thunder showed strong offensiveness. Alexander made a breakthrough layup and scored the team first, followed by Homegren's breakthrough, and Jaylenway's three-pointer gave the Thunder a 7-0 lead. After the Pacers adjusted through timeout, Turner caused damage in the inside and began to regain the rhythm for the team, while Siakam used his height advantage to easily complete the basket offense twice in a row. Although Alexander hit three-pointers one after another, the Pacers' Nemhad was not to be outdone and quickly responded with a three-pointer. Facing the Thunder's tight defense, the Pacers made 9 mistakes in the first quarter, causing them to fall behind by 9 points 20-29 to enter the second quarter.

Entered the second quarter, and the Pacers substitute forward tied with Harten's defense and hit a three-pointer. Wiggins of the Thunder responded with a very difficult back-turning and layup. Siakam made a foul after breaking through, and Caruso quickly hit back, completing a layup and fouled. As Shepard hit a three-pointer, the Pacers gradually narrowed the gap, but the Thunder gradually opened the score by relying on their tight defense and continuous steals. As Dortmund scored another three-pointer, the Thunder widened the gap to double digits. Although Meconor hit a three-pointer to stop the Pacers from bleeding, the Thunder kept the initiative in the game. At the end of the half, the Thunder led the Pacers by 12 points 57-45. At this time, Alexander had scored 19 points, making him the player with the highest score in the game. For the Pacers, Meconor and Siakam scored 9 points and 8 points respectively.

After the start of the third quarter, the Pacers failed to hit two consecutive attacks. On the other hand, Alexander turned around and took a step-and-step jump shot and showed his strong personal ability. Turner completed a tough basket offense with Halliburton's assist, and then the Pacers successfully counterattacked and scored after a steal. Although Halliburton continued to make a wonderful pass to assist Siakam to score, Siakam also successfully made a tip-in at the basket, becoming the Pacers' best player in this game. But Dortmund's Thunder then hit a three-pointer and responded, and Toppin also hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer at the bottom corner. Dortmund then hit a three-pointer again, helping the Thunder stabilize the lead. After the third quarter, the Pacers recovered 3 points slightly. In the last quarter, the Pacers ushered in a counterattack opportunity. Caruso made a foul after breaking through, and made two free throws, and then Jaylenway successfully broke through and scored another 2 points. Mathering and Wiggins missed free throws one after another, and the Pacers rely on the attacks of Turner and Halliburton to quickly narrow the gap to 8 points. However, Alexander, the core of the Thunder, helped the team regain the situation with his steady shooting and free throws. Although Nesmith and Nemhard hit two difficult three-pointers in a row, the score difference once narrowed to 3 points, at a critical moment, Dortmund sent out a blood cap, and Alexander quickly counterattacked and scored another 2 points, widening the score difference. Just as the game entered the final stage, Siakam seized the opportunity to make a key tip-in, narrowing the gap to 1 point. Finally, the Pacers' Halliburton completed the quasi-final kill in the last second, helping the team reverse the victory.

In this game, although the Pacers were behind most of the time, they played a perfect 35-25 performance with their powerful attack waves in the final quarter and finally completed a counterattack. Although the Pacers made as many as 24 mistakes in the whole game, while the Thunder made only 6 mistakes, the Pacers still successfully counterattacked with their tenacious spirit, showing strong resilience and execution.