{"id":54063,"date":"2025-05-24T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/54063\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:18:14","slug":"starting-5-pacers-win-on-road-again-all-nba-teams-unveiled-west-finals-game-3-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/54063\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting 5: Pacers win on road (again), All-NBA teams unveiled & West Finals Game 3 tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another key to OKC\u2019s elite defense\u00a0is its efficiency on offense. OKC ranks 2nd in field goals made (42.7) and 1st in fewest turnovers (11.0) in the Playoffs. This allows the Thunder to set their defense rather than scrambling back in transition.<\/p>\n

MVP Streak: Leading that offense is SGA, who has posted five straight 30+ point games \u2013 matching the longest Playoff streak in franchise history that he set a season ago<\/p>\n

\"All-NBA<\/p>\n

The Kia All-NBA Teams\u00a0were\u00a0announced on Friday<\/a>, honoring the top 15 players in the NBA for the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

The story of the season can\u2019t be told without these players. To celebrate them, we look at one key stat for each player that made them stand out from the rest of the league.<\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo\u00a0(Bucks, 9th All-NBA selection): Posted his second straight season averaging 30+ points while shooting over 60% \u2013 he\u2019s the only player to ever accomplish such a season
\nShai Gilgeous-Alexander\u00a0(Thunder, 3rd): The Kia NBA MVP won his first scoring title (32.7 ppg) and joined Michael Jordan as the only players to average 32 ppg and 6 apg while shooting over 50%
\nNikola Joki\u0107\u00a0(Nuggets, 7th): Became the first player in NBA history to rank top 3 in points (29.6), rebounds (12.7) and assists (10.2) in a season, and the third to average a triple-double for a season
\nDonovan Mitchell\u00a0(Cavaliers, 2nd): The lowest usage rate (29.8%) since his rookie season led to the highest net rating (10.5, 4th in NBA, min. 30 mpg) of his career, pushing Cleveland to its second most wins in a season (64)
\nJayson Tatum (Celtics, 5th): Ranked top 10 in net rating (9.8, min. 30 mpg), leading the Celtics in total points (1,932), rebounds (623) and assists (431) as they posted back-to-back 60+ win seasons for the first time in 16 years<\/p>\n

\"All-NBA<\/p>\n

Jalen Brunson\u00a0(Knicks, 2nd All-NBA selection): The Kia NBA Clutch Player of the Year finished second in points (156) and third in assists (28) in clutch time
\nStephen Curry\u00a0(Warriors, 11th): Became the first player to reach 4,000 career 3s, while totaling 300+ 3s made for the sixth time in his career; all other players in history have four such seasons combined
\nAnthony Edwards\u00a0(Timberwolves, 2nd): Increased his scoring average for the 5th straight time to open his career, while leading the NBA in 3-pointers made (320)
\nLeBron James\u00a0(Lakers, 21st): Became the first player to reach 40,000 career points and extended his record for most All-NBA selections to 21 \u2013 a run that began in 2004-05
\nEvan Mobley (Cavaliers, 1st): The Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year was the only player to post 1,200+ points, 600+ rebounds and 100+ blocks this season<\/p>\n

\"All-NBA<\/p>\n

Cade Cunningham\u00a0(Pistons, 1st All-NBA selection): Became the first player under 23 years old since Oscar Robertson to average 25 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists
\nTyrese Haliburton\u00a0(Pacers, 2nd): Ranked 3rd in the league in assists (9.2 apg) and first in assist-to-turnover ratio (5.61)
\nJames Harden\u00a0(Clippers, 8th): His four 40+ point games were his most since 2019-20 \u2013 when he last made All-NBA. He climbed from 22nd to 11th on the all-time scoring list this season
\nKarl-Anthony Towns\u00a0(Knicks, 3rd): In his first season in New York, posted the most 20-pt, 10-reb games (43) by a Knick since Patrick Ewing in 1992-93
\nJalen Williams (Thunder, 1st): Became the 18th player in NBA history to be a 1st time All-Star, 1st time All-Defense and 1st time All-NBA in the same season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another key to OKC\u2019s elite defense\u00a0is its efficiency on offense. OKC ranks 2nd in field goals made (42.7)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,6,11,1193],"class_list":{"0":"post-54063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-playoffs","11":"tag-nba-starting-5"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114563481907276302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}