2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (OKC leads 3-2)

[FarBeyondDriven]

not sure why anyone besides OKC/IND fans would watch this series after they rigged Game 4. Completely pointless

[Dan Z]

Is RC dropping games purposely?
It is 2 games in a row that Pacers' offense became **** when the starting guards made TOs and missed shots badly

Almost as if OKC is an incredible defensive team

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I am sure a decent coach would bench Nembhard or Haliburton who kept playing like ass for TJM
And let Siakam have the ball down the stretch

RC didn't learn from the mistakes at all from game 4

Carlisle probably thought that Haliburton would figure it out.

I'm surprised that he didn't pull Haliburton early in the 4th to see if TJ could get things going (like he did in the 3rd). If not he could always go back to Halburton.

I know he played them together at one point, but that's not the same.

[web123888]

Thunder will win it all for the first time in franchise history. Congrats.

[Patches Perry]

not sure why anyone besides OKC/IND fans would watch this series after they rigged Game 4. Completely pointless

Yet here you are.

[Beethoven]

This is one anticlimactic finals. Hurry it up and get it over with. Has there been any other team that has been less charismatic?

[Dan33185]

The Thunder are really going to win it all, aren't they?

[jkvonny]

Thunder will win it all for the first time in franchise history. Congrats.

Technically 2nd time (1979 Seattle SuperSonics).

But, ya. 1st time ever in OKC as the Thunder.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Loss is on haliburden.

The guy is obviously injured.

Kendrick Perkins was never a good player. He should be fired for calling Haliburton scared.

The Pacers wouldn't be here without Haliburton. Tyrese literally made NBA more than once on playoff game winners.

Woodsanity, I think criticism of the player that carried the Pacers this far is insanity.

While I do think Haliburton will get too much criticism for this game I also think he needed to figure out how to be productive any way he could. He did look scared out there.

I say that and Perk sucks.

He was probably playing tentatively because of injury. You saw scared and a "he should have." I recall his body of work this entire playoffs.

Was he scared against the Knicks when they called him overrated?

He didn't look scared doing the choke gesture.

Haliburton is a courageous competitor who is probably guilty at times of not initiating his team's offense. Today, I think he flat out looked injured.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Loss is on haliburden.

The guy is obviously injured.

Kendrick Perkins was never a good player. He should be fired for calling Haliburton scared.

The Pacers wouldn't be here without Haliburton. Tyrese literally made NBA more than once on playoff game winners.

Woodsanity, I think criticism of the player that carried the Pacers this far is insanity.

Hali played far worse than even the bench players. He gets a lot of credit he should get an equal amount of criticism.

He gets criticism. Fine.

I think he's injured.

[Swift21]

Haliburton needs work on his handle. He looks so uncomfortable trying to create anything off the dribble.

[Swift21]

Feel bad for Hali. He’s going to catch a lot of undeserved heat the next couple days. Dude clearly is hobbled anyone who thinks otherwise is just a pure hater.

His offense is too herky jerky still though. A lot of wasted dribbling a lot of possessions

He picks up his dribble way too easily

Agreed.

[Dan Z]

The guy is obviously injured.

Kendrick Perkins was never a good player. He should be fired for calling Haliburton scared.

The Pacers wouldn't be here without Haliburton. Tyrese literally made NBA more than once on playoff game winners.

Woodsanity, I think criticism of the player that carried the Pacers this far is insanity.

While I do think Haliburton will get too much criticism for this game I also think he needed to figure out how to be productive any way he could. He did look scared out there.

I say that and Perk sucks.

He was probably playing tentatively because of injury. You saw scared and a "he should have." I recall his body of work this entire playoffs.

Was he scared against the Knicks when they called him overrated?

He didn't look scared doing the choke gesture.

Haliburton is a courageous competitor who is probably guilty at times of not initiating his team's offense. Today, I think he flat out looked injured.

If he was hurt to the point where he can't perform then they should've sat him.

I've seen other players in past NBA playoff games who fought through injuries and still helped their teams.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

The same people saying we should give Haliburton slack would be trolling James Harden for choking and coming up small in big games.


7/6/6 is not good and he is the reason his team is facing elimination. Kendrick Perkins doesn't need to tell my hyperbole to know that.

If not for Haliburton, Indiana wouldn't be playing in the Finals.

[canada_dry]

He really played like the haliban tonight.

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[wang000hk]

Almost as if OKC is an incredible defensive team

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I am sure a decent coach would bench Nembhard or Haliburton who kept playing like ass for TJM
And let Siakam have the ball down the stretch

RC didn't learn from the mistakes at all from game 4

Carlisle probably thought that Haliburton would figure it out.

I'm surprised that he didn't pull Haliburton early in the 4th to see if TJ could get things going (like he did in the 3rd). If not he could always go back to Halburton.

I know he played them together at one point, but that's not the same.

He waited until it was late to play TJM
I don't get his coaching down the stretch for past 2 games at all

[Jazz9]

Carlisle should have pulled Hali.
Of course he wants to play, even through injury, but he didn't bring anything to the table.
Wasn't even "good" enough to act as a decoy.
He did OKC a favor playing him as much as he did in the 4th

[MoneyTalks41890]

Shai just put in the first 30 point 10 assist and 4 block finals game ever

[GeorgeSears]

Two players lived up to their titles.

Shai : The MVP

Haliburton: The Most Overrated

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

not sure why anyone besides OKC/IND fans would watch this series after they rigged Game 4. Completely pointless

Yet here you are.

I think game six is in the bag. Indiana will win, especially if The Extender officiates.

Game 7s attract a massive viewing audience.

[XTC]

Shai about to join the illustrious list of players to win a MVP + Championship + Finals MVP in a single season. He's the complete package.