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

[magee]

I love being wrong. What a great game.

[og15]

Carlisle is the best coach in the league and has been for a long time. He was the reason why the Pacers went to the Finals in 2000. And he was a huge reason for Dallas turning the corner 10 years later. And now he has the Pacers believing.

The man is great.

How did he pull that off?

That was Larry Bird btw

He was the reason the Mavs beat the Heat though, yes

Even Bird said he was the coach. Bird just was the overseer. He let him create the tactics or that is what Bird said.

That's fair, Bird is certainly more crediting to others personality wise than many other people would be though

[Tim_Hardawayy]

I have no words, man. No words. But I do know what I'm going to do. I'm gonna and-1 a bunch of posts out of excitement. You're welcome, y'all

That just causes and1 inflation and devalues and1's.

[ArksNetsSince99]

I think Pacers' playoff run this year has been the most fun NBA playoffs since 2019!!!

For sure it’s in the same category for now as Raptors and Mavs runs for me

[Marvin Martian]

You’re underestimating how good this IND team is

You're underestimating how good OKC is. This is a historically great team, not far off from the 73-9 Warriors. They might even be better considering how injured they were during the regular season.

If IND wins, it would be one of the greatest upsets of all time. They don't have a Prime Lebron to defy destiny. They don't have experience outside of Siakam. They don't have size. They don't have the defensive personnel to shut down elite teams.

It would be shocking if IND even extends this series to 6

They do have a W though

Which again is shocking. If they win this series, this would be without a doubt one of the biggest upsets in NBA history

[SOA]

Carlisle is the best coach in the league and has been for a long time. He was the reason why the Pacers went to the Finals in 2000. And he was a huge reason for Dallas turning the corner 10 years later. And now he has the Pacers believing.

The man is great.

Don't forget what he did to build the Pistons that won the chip the next year.

True. I forgot about that but Brown did kind of swoop in on that one.

[rockmanslim]

[PhilBlackson]

Ricardo Carlisle upset the Heat back in 2011, off to a good start here

Such a similar feel right now.

DAL also had a run that felt like it was almost "destined".

[durden_tyler]

Carlisle is the best coach in the league and has been for a long time. He was the reason why the Pacers went to the Finals in 2000. And he was a huge reason for Dallas turning the corner 10 years later. And now he has the Pacers believing.

The man is great.

To be fair it was Boucek doing most of the coaching at the end Carlisle was just listening and watching her

Then credit to Carlisle for knowing women should be ruling the world.


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[Dez]

More embarrassing than Knicks game 1 IMO. “Historically great” team. “Best defense of all time”. “Most lopsided finals ever”. Force 20 turnovers in one half. Up 15 in the fourth. MVP on your team, 2 all defense on your team. Choke at home.

Very embarrassing

You're not passing the buck that easy.

[scrabbarista]

This could be one of the craziest, legendary Finals if the Pacers pull off this upset.

Definitely shades of the '95 Rockets this whole playoff run, but I'd say this would be even crazier.

[og15]

Carlisle is the best coach in the league and has been for a long time. He was the reason why the Pacers went to the Finals in 2000. And he was a huge reason for Dallas turning the corner 10 years later. And now he has the Pacers believing.

The man is great.

Don't forget what he did to build the Pistons that won the chip the next year.

They should have kept him, but to be fair, it was the trade for Wallace that took the Pistons from very good to championship team.

[picc]

wtf I had to go to the airport the pacers won??? How???

They Pacer'd.

That will be an NBA verb after this season. It means that no matter what happened all game, if you are down 15+ points in crunchtime you will automatically start nailing every three-pointer you take, no matter how hard the shot is or who's taking it.

[Jeremy Lin 7]

wtf I had to go to the airport the pacers won??? How???

Haliburton pulled out his dark magic bag that's what happened. Add OKC to the list of victims

[EastonEddy]

Haliburton has to play better if they want to win this series. Great shot to win it but he got moved off the ball in favor of Nembhard the last 4 minutes.

Siakam blocks SGA, Siakam Score, Haliburton Game-Winner in the last minute. Just a normal day at the office for the Team of Destiny.

[Indomitable]

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

OKC got beat on the boards by 12 to.

I am not a big fan of changing their lineup.

[Stone]

It would be great to see these “Small Market “ teams. Have a great series that goes to a game seven and get great ratings.

[ArksNetsSince99]

I should have sacrificed a live goat. Too late to find one now. Dammit.

If the Pacers loose I hate to say it but it’s on you bro

We won and we spared the goat yeahhhhhh

[Bornstellar]

Just got back from watching this with my mates at a local taphouse. That was epic. Whole place was cheering for Indiana San Antonio has no love for the Thunder

[___Rand___]

wtf I had to go to the airport the pacers won??? How???

Azcat??? go and watch the last 3 minutes of the game where you can find it. It's the most DAMN thing!