Too many free throws within the NBA Finals? Lou Williams’ scorching take earlier than Pacers vs Thunder Game 5

Jun 17, 2025 03:10 AM IST

The NBA Finals Game 4 went approach over the road with as many as 71 free throws mixed between the Pacers and the Thunder.

The NBA Finals Game 5 is right here, however there’s a debate in regards to the variety of free throws that the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder have gotten.

Indiana Pacers heart Myles Turner (33) battles Oklahoma City Thunder ahead Jalen Williams (8), ahead Chet Holmgren (7) and =t for the rebound throughout the first half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball sequence.(AP)

The NBA Finals Game 4 went approach over the road with as many as 71 free throws mixed between the Pacers and the Thunder. Many followers have complained that this 12 months’s NBA Finals have seen too many free throws and straightforward factors, however former NBA taking pictures guard Lou Williams would not agree.

According to Williams, the NBA Finals, particularly Game 4, noticed a variety of bodily and aggressive basketball, so free throws grew to become a solution to earn one thing.

“There were a lot of free throws shot. But also, there was a lot of physical and aggressive basketball being played. Again, we have a conversation about finally these teams don’t like each other, you know, getting tired of seeing the same guys over and over every other day. And it started showing in this game 4. Fouls started to get a little harder, it started to get a little chippy, everything had to be earned and you gotta earn it from the free throw line,” Williams stated on the Run It Back podcast.

The former Los Angeles Lakers participant stated that everybody ought to both cease complaining in regards to the free throws or cease saying that fouls aren’t being known as.

“We gotta decide a facet of this argument. At one level, we have been complaining a couple of ‘free throw service provider’ after which we’re complaining about fouls not being known as,” he stated.

NBA Finals standing earlier than Game 5

The back-and-forth within the NBA Finals earlier than Game 5 has been fixed. Game 1 went to Indiana, so Oklahoma City needed to bounce again in Game 2. Indiana reclaimed the sequence lead in Game 3, solely to see Oklahoma City reply but once more in Game 4, knotting the sequence 2-2.

And now, Game 5. The swing recreation, as some name it. The winner on Monday night time — Pacers vs. Thunder in Oklahoma City — will take a 3-2 lead within the NBA Finals, transferring one win away from hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

Odds are, the Game 5 winner will go on to win the sequence. It’s occurred that approach 23 occasions within the earlier 31 situations of the NBA Finals being tied at two video games apiece.

So, who will win NBA Finals Game 5?

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