2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 1-0)

[___Rand___]

Mental resilience man. You can train it. Pacers have it. I've seen it work.

[kaansunman]

dejavu all over again, now every team tasted the Pacers poison. OKC couldn't capitlize the turnovers they caused, couldn't extend the lead and paid the price. welcome to pacer basketball

[og15]

Why did sga take that shot? Couldn't he have waited to be fouled?

Nope, shot clock was 14 seconds, game clock was 22, it was considered an offensive rebound when they got the ball back

[metalinguss]

Why did sga take that shot? Couldn't he have waited to be fouled?

There was a shot clock iirc

[holdenwait]

Boring finals they said
Why watch it they said
Small market they said

Man that was amazing to witness if you watch the grind of the whole game from Pacers

[kwajo]

That was the AI game 1 against Lakers win type of shi for this generation lol

Was thinking something similar, I still remember how shocked people were that the Lakers lost that game.

[JJ_PR]

I was skeptical about the Pacers, since the consensus was that OKC is "superior". But Indiana is way too talented and well coached. This is a demoralizing loss for the Thunder, I sense a shift of momentum in favor of the Pacers.

[Indomitable]

This is where experience can take you further than overall team talent.

What experience?

Carlisle and Siakam

Caruso is there and Carlisle experience is negligible.
Caruso was by far the better player. Siakim was a mess.

[EastonEddy]

Fair to say Hali is a top 10 player in the NBA now?

Are we talking the whole game or last 10 seconds?

[Mamba Mentality]

This has gotta be beyond demoralizing for the Thunder. When was the last time a team +18 in turnover margin lost a game?

[Tor_Raps]

OKC lost this game when they decided to give Cason Wallace 33 minutes in the finals. Good kid but he has no business playing ahead of Chet/Hartenstein.

[Marvin Martian]

Haliburton leading the Pacers to one of the most improbable rings of all-time after being voted the most overrated player by his peers would be the stuff of legends ngl

Lmao, I'm arguing daily with posters on the Raps board who are saying he isn't even a top-20 player.

It is questionable though. Could OKC win a game with SGA scoring 14 points?

[MrBigShot]

People talked a lot about how great OKC & Cleveland's head coaches are, and they did win a lot of regular season games, but I didn't think either one put in as impressive a coaching job as JB Bickerstaff.

And it's becoming very clear that Rick Carlisle is the best coach in the NBA.

[sikma42]

One thing to watch. Chet played horribly. He was clearly the worst player on the court.

[mkot]

Hali just doesn't miss when it matters. What a run he's been on

[Tim_Hardawayy]

Why did sga take that shot? Couldn't he have waited to be fouled?

They only had 14 on the clock because it never changed possession.

[Dan Z]

Halliburton won a close game they shouldn’t have. SGA bricking just extended the series to at least 6. This Pacer team has “it”

Sometimes its just a teams year, but this is only game one so we'll see.

[Chuck Everett]

Daigs did it again. Not once tonight did he give Holmgren and Hartenstein any minutes together and they got bodied on the boards. Is he going to change the starting lineup again now? Pacers playing with house money now if they can protect HCA.

[sikma42]

OKC lost this game when they decided to give Cason Wallace 33 minutes in the finals. Good kid but he has no business playing ahead of Chet/Hartenstein.

did you watch the game? Chet played horribly.

[Dadouv47]

OKC lost this game when they decided to give Cason Wallace 33 minutes in the finals. Good kid but he has no business playing ahead of Chet/Hartenstein.

Chet was terrible.