___ Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Apparently, it was just a warmup. During the franchise’s first Finals run since 2012, the Thunder’s scoring defense has been even stingier — allowing just 106.3 points per game compared with 107.6 over the first 82 games — while yielding fewer than 100 points in half of their 12 postseason wins.While Indiana has not matched those numbers, they eliminated three teams — New York, Cleveland and Milwaukee — that each averaged more than 115 points during the regular season. In 16 playoff games, they held those three teams below their averages 11 times.
Naturally, Thunder coach Mark Daigneault has been taking notes.“If you look at this playoff run, you’ll see how challenging they are for their opponents, and the way they defend contributes to their team identity. It’s not just offense,” he said. “Their defensive philosophy is very much aligned with their offensive philosophy, so it creates a certain air to the game when you play against them. It is difficult to play against, as you can see from the way that they’ve really run through the Eastern Conference to get here.”Both teams are young, rely on deep benches to wear down opponents late and feast on turnovers. The Thunder average a postseason best 21.3 points per game off turnovers while the Pacers are second at 18.5.
But with so much focus on the high-scoring, up-tempo offenses, it’s easy to overlook their defenses or worse — see it as a glaring weakness.A year ago, Indiana gave up 120.2 points per game in the regular season. This year that number dropped to 115.1, and in the postseason it’s down to 113.3.
Indiana’s top three defenders — Aaron Nesmith, Andrew Nembhard and Myles Turner — are all relatively healthy now.
Nesmith missed 2 1/2 months with a sprained left ankle before returning in January and working his way back into game shape. He sprained his right ankle in Game 3 of the conference finals against the New York Knicks but played in each of the final three games.Estados Unidos es una nación multilingüe debido a la inmigración, a pesar de las recientes restricciones impuestas por la administración Trump, dijo William Frey, demógrafo del Instituto Brookings.
“Esto es una gran parte de lo que hemos sido durante un largo período de tiempo”, afirmó Frey.El presidente Donald Trump emitió a principios de este año una orden ejecutiva designando el inglés como el idioma oficial en Estados Unidos.
Un 13,2% de los residentes en Estados Unidos habla español en casa y es el idioma no anglo más hablado en casa en todos los estados, excepto Hawái, Maine y Vermont. En Maine y Vermont, hogar de comunidades franco-canadienses, el francés es el segundo idioma no anglo más popular, y en Hawái, el Iloko, una lengua filipina.Aquí un vistazo a los idiomas que se hablan en Estados Unidos.