Speaker 1: Let's get to the NBA Finals, where the series shifts
Speaker 1: to India and the Pacers holding home court advantage. After
Speaker 1: stealing Game one from the Thunder on the road, Oklahoma
Speaker 1: City bounced back with an emphatic game to win on
Speaker 1: Sunday night to even the series. It's not over. This
Speaker 1: is still a highly competitive series. And I give Indiana
Speaker 1: a lot of credit for that because I never anticipated
Speaker 1: that they would win Game one the way that they did.
Speaker 1: To be down fifteen, to come back, to be down
Speaker 1: fifteen with over nine minutes left, and to come back
Speaker 1: and to win that game. Gotta give a lot of
Speaker 1: credit that particular game. Nie Nei Smith and them, Hard
Speaker 1: Miles turn Up, Pascal Siakam, all of them showed up
Speaker 1: with big buckets down the stretch, set in the stage
Speaker 1: for Tyrese Halliburton to hit his winner with zero point
Speaker 1: three seconds left in regulation. Deserves a lot of credit
Speaker 1: in that span this postseason, this brother, Tyrese Halliburton in
Speaker 1: fifteen seconds or left left in regulation or over time. Okay,
Speaker 1: this brother has gone five for five from the field,
Speaker 1: while the rest of the NBA in the postseason has
Speaker 1: gone four of twenty six. You can't say enough about
Speaker 1: that from Tyrese Halliburton and his performance in Game one,
Speaker 1: meaning that big time shot. But for the most part
Speaker 1: he's been relatively neutralized because the star of this series,
Speaker 1: making no mistake about it, has been Shae Butter as
Speaker 1: in Shae Gil Just Alexander as in the reigning league
Speaker 1: MVP just finished averaging thirty two point seven a game.
Speaker 1: He's averaged at least thirty over the last three seasons.
Speaker 1: He's twenty six years of age, Ladies and gentlemen, doesn't
Speaker 1: even shoot that many threes, but the brothers missed the
Speaker 1: mid range. He's got a nasty handle, he can create
Speaker 1: his own shot, and he can get to the rim
Speaker 1: anytime he wants to. And the reason I'm bringing that
Speaker 1: up is because if you're Halliburton, who everybody's been talking about,
Speaker 1: is this young superstar And I said, no, he's not
Speaker 1: a superstar, not there yet. The brother can play. He's
Speaker 1: not overrated, he's not a scrub, but he's not a superstar.
Speaker 1: That would be Shae Gil Just Alexander. Here's the flip
Speaker 1: side to all of that, Shay Guil Alexander is not
Speaker 1: only a star or superstar, but he plays the same
Speaker 1: position as Tyre's Halliburton. They're damn near the same height.
Speaker 1: For crying out loud, You've got to step up and
Speaker 1: handle your business this brother. Shay gil just Alexander drop
Speaker 1: thirty eight in game one, drop thirty four in game two,
Speaker 1: averaging thirty six on the series. You got to answer
Speaker 1: that call. You can't be at averaging eleven points or
Speaker 1: fifteen points, rather shoot thirty three percent from the field.
Speaker 1: You can't go the first forty minutes of the game
Speaker 1: with just five points and you score twelve points in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter when the game is out of reach.
Speaker 1: That ain't good enough. So Halliburton's got to do more.
Speaker 1: Pascal Siakam, you can't be held to three four eleven
Speaker 1: shooting with Alex Caruso guard and you have the tom.
Speaker 1: You gotta take advantage. You gotta find a way because Indiana,
Speaker 1: as potent as they can be, Oklahoma City is a
Speaker 1: different beast. This defense is elite. Lou Dort is an
Speaker 1: elite defender, Alex Caruso is an elite defender. Cason Wallace
Speaker 1: can defend. And then when you take into a count
Speaker 1: that Shay Gilgers and Jalen Williams also do defend as well.
Speaker 1: And Jalen Williams, your second best offensive player is a cat,
Speaker 1: only two one of two in the entire NBA. Him
Speaker 1: and Evan Mobley are the Cleveland Cavaliers who were all
Speaker 1: All NBA on an All NBA team, but also on
Speaker 1: an All NBA defensive team. Only two players did that
Speaker 1: this year, Evan Mobley and Jenden Williams. So there's no
Speaker 1: drop off with OKC. Everybody defense, everybody defense. And then
Speaker 1: when you got this cat Wiggins coming off the bench
Speaker 1: and he gives you eighteen points on five threes, and
Speaker 1: Caruso is opening a corner three or four times for
Speaker 1: his corner threes and he's given you twenty and not
Speaker 1: a single Indiana pacer has scored twenty points in games
Speaker 1: one and two of this series. Indiana has to show up.
Speaker 1: Game three is pivotal for them. They must at least
Speaker 1: split or's over in five. Five. They gotta split or
Speaker 1: it's over in five. So you gotta wins Game three
Speaker 1: or four, and I think they are better chances to
Speaker 1: win Game three as opposed to Game four. They gotta
Speaker 1: show up, will they? That remains the question. It's an
Speaker 1: intriguing one though, because Indiana can score, and because they
Speaker 1: can score, who knows how interesting they may make this.
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City is clearly the better team. That does not
Speaker 1: mean Indiana can't win. Keep that in mind. I'm still
Speaker 1: with OKC and six, but Indiana better win one of
Speaker 1: these games or it ain't going six.