{"id":859900,"date":"2025-07-03T19:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T00:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/bill-simmons-wildly-nailed-bennedict-mathurins-stat-line-for-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T19:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T00:16:55","slug":"bill-simmons-wildly-nailed-bennedict-mathurins-stat-line-for-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/bill-simmons-wildly-nailed-bennedict-mathurins-stat-line-for-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Simmons wildly nailed Bennedict Mathurin\u2019s stat line for Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>With a 116-107 win in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals, the Pacers have taken a 2-1 series lead vs. the Thunder. Indiana\u2019s bench outscored the Thunder, 49-18, on Wednesday evening.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pacers\u2019 Bennedict Mathurin came off the bench and scored a team-high 27 points. He was 2-3 from beyond the arc and 7-8 from the charity stripe. After Game 1, Bill Simmons of The Ringer said Mathurin \u201clooked comfortable in the chaos.\u201d He said he wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Mathurin scored 27 points in 22 minutes this series. Wildly, that was his exact stat line in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<h2>Bill Simmons couldn\u2019t have been more accurate in predicting Benndict Mathurin\u2019s stat line<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bill Simmons after game 1: \u201cI\u2019m wondering are we going to hear from [Mathurin] in this series\u2026 you know when Mathurin will have those games where he scored 27 points in 22 minutes, I feel like he\u2019s gonna have one of those\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guess what?<br \/>\nMathurin had 27 points in 22 minutes\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YwRWZlxS3L\">pic.twitter.com\/YwRWZlxS3L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrBuckBuckNBA\/status\/1933014380183982408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nBennedict Mathurin scored a playoff career-high 27 points for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportslens.com\/news\/despite-the-pacers-having-a-2-1-series-lead-the-thunder-are-still-favored-to-win-the-2025-nba-finals\/\">Pacers <\/a>in Game 3 of the 2025 Finals. He was Indiana\u2019s leading scorer on Wednesday despite coming off the bench and only playing 22 minutes. Mathurin was 9-12 from the field, including 2-3 from beyond the arc and 7-8 from the free throw line. Credit is due to The Ringer\u2019s Bill Simmons for absolutely nailing Bennedict Mathurin\u2019s state line for Game 3.<\/p>\n<p>After Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals, Simmons said that Mathurin looked comfortable and under control against OKC. He predicted that Mathurin could have a game where he scored 27 points in 22 points. That\u2019s exactly what the 22-year-old did in Game 3. Bill Simmons couldn\u2019t have been more right about his prediction. He was intrigued by Mathurin\u2019s upside in this particular series, and the young forward had a career-best playoff game.<\/p>\n<p>The former first-round pick has scored 20+ points in four of the Pacers\u2019 19 games this postseason. That includes his playoff career-high 27 points in Game 3. Mathurin is a talented scorer off the bench for Indiana. He\u2019s someone head coach Rick Carlisle has been able to rely on in the 2025 playoffs. He\u2019s just one of several key role players who come off the bench for the Pacers and make a major impact. Game 4 of the NBA Finals is Friday at 8:30 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/main> <\/p><\/div>\n<p> Zach Wolpin<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportslens.com\/news\/bill-simmons-wildly-nailed-bennedict-mathurins-stat-line-for-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a 116-107 win in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals, the Pacers have taken a 2-1 series lead vs. the Thunder. Indiana\u2019s bench outscored the Thunder, 49-18, on Wednesday evening.\u00a0 Pacers\u2019 Bennedict Mathurin came off the bench and scored a team-high 27 points. He was 2-3 from beyond the arc and 7-8 from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":859901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26247,28150],"tags":[21717,10384],"class_list":["post-859900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-simmons","category-wildly","tag-simmons","tag-wildly"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}