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

[RaptorPride]

Welcome to HELLiburton's dimension Thunder fans, join us Knicks, Bucks and Cavs fans in therapy on what this demon just did to you and all of us.

[Nuntius]

Still wondering how Pacers won that game lol

Pacers fan here. At this point, I cannot even explain it

[PhilBlackson]

JDub has been a pretty suspect 2nd option.

[holdenwait]

56-39 rebounds to Pacers, Bill right to point out . Going small ended up costing OKC in that aspect. hali with 10 rebounds is big in that way when people say he had a "bad game" , this will do wonders for killing off any nerves going forward

[___Rand___]

Tomorrow analysts are going to dissect this and say this or that. There was only one thing here. Pacers made their shots when they needed it most. The entire team is clutch.

[Dubnation]

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.

That's coaching though. Carlisle and the staff found something with Nembhard getting downhill because he was willing to match the physicality of Dort, Caruso and Wallace. Nembhard's toughness on both ends really changed the game. That and Toppin splashing 3's.

[Marrs-Law]

Pacers just blew the door off its hinges. 3 more wins

[leper-con]

Great game 1 of the nba finals as a neutral observer it was a tough physical game with a great ending

[Mk0]

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.

From a team standpoint, it's actually great to have a team that has the players to take your primary ball handler off the ball and you can still be effective, any have a primary ball handler who is useful off the ball.

Many teams have failed to do as well as they could because if the primary guy is being over pressured they just can't support well enough.

Nembhard had "no-no-no, yes!" to some of his work down the stretch as well. I did not think he had it in him. Dude's offense hasn't shown up in the playoffs (his defense has been incredible though)

[Chuck Everett]

I really hope people stop tying to compare Chet to Wemby...

They don’t run anything for Chet. They barely have an offense. It’s just entirely reliant on SGA iso and hacking guys into turnovers and scoring off it

Chet is just running, setting screens, and defending. They run more through iHart than they do Chet.

Chet was great in the WCF because they actual ran their usual stuff.

OKC went full hero mode which worked in the first half but not the second when the game opened up to Pacers outright advantage.

I look to the guy at the helm making the decisions. It's obvious coaching still matters alot.

Chet's numbers in the WCF are deceptive, because almost all of his big scoring outbursts were with Gobert on the bench. Naz Reid and Randle weren't being a deterrent at the rim at all. Well, Indiana is at least going to challenge him at the rim, even if Turner is on the bench.

[djsunyc]

dagineault vs carlisle

carlisle strikes first blood!

[durden_tyler]

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

Pacers Knicked OKC in game 1

All bc Tyler durden bet the house on OKC…you see what happened lol

Just Game 1 bro, no worries i got a bigger fish to fry Didn’t bet again today, did you? No more budget after losing it all in the first round?


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[Wizop]

Pacers have much more experience playing close games. We never lose confidence.

[Nuntius]

Lots of clutch plays for Indy;

Nembhard 3
Turner 3 (fake, step back and bank?)
Offensive rebound and putback by Siakam
Great last minute defense
Of course the Hali middy

What else did i miss?


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Nesmith 3 on the left corner after a broken play to cut the lead to 6 with 2:38 remaining.

[NotaHypeJob]

i feel no energy at all. crowd is quiet, doris burke and jefferson have no emotion in their voice. happy for indy tho, rooting for em

Feels like a February game

[Indomitable]

Jdub is limited because he does not prioritize his offense.

hope uou com eback when they're champions of 2024-25

You were saying?

So this is not on there star missing the most important shot of the game and Haliburton draining it.

If Shai makes the shot it is over.

[ArksNetsSince99]

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

Pacers Knicked OKC in game 1

All bc Tyler durden bet the house on OKC…you see what happened lol

Durden will be betting from the tent when this playoffs are over

[PierceFan4ever]

Hali literally having the goat clutch playoff run right now lmao this is amazing

[Zeno]

Once that Turner banked in three went in, game was basically over. How often does a points from god shot that late in a close game not result in a W?

[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.

From a team standpoint, it's actually great to have a team that has the players to take your primary ball handler off the ball and you can still be effective...and to have a primary ball handler who is useful off the ball.

Many teams have failed to do as well as they could because if the primary guy is being over pressured they just can't support well enough.

I get that but he wasn't really involved until the last 10 seconds because he was not playing that well. I'm just saying he has to be better and I am sure he will be.