Speaker 1: Now let's get to the NBA Finals, where the Pacers
Speaker 1: stole Game one against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pacers
Speaker 1: were down by fifteen with a little over nine minutes
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, nine minutes left in the fourth
Speaker 1: quarter and managed to take a one point league courtesy
Speaker 1: of this late bucket from Tyrese Halliburton with zero point
Speaker 1: three seconds left.
Speaker 2: And talk about an improbable victory.
Speaker 1: The Pacers became the first team to win an NBA
Speaker 1: Finals game win trailing by at least nine points in
Speaker 1: the final three minutes.
Speaker 2: Of the game, all other teams with zero and one
Speaker 2: eighty two.
Speaker 1: In addition to that, the Pacers have a five and
Speaker 1: three record this postseason. Went trailing by fifteen or more points,
Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, I was surprised.
Speaker 2: By the comeback.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that Tyrese Halliburton, he's a young rising
Speaker 1: star in this league. I don't label him a superstar
Speaker 1: because for me, a superstar is somebody that's the number
Speaker 1: one option that carries the load, that is the face
Speaker 1: of a franchise from start to finish, and you know
Speaker 1: they have that level of responsibility on their shoulders. The
Speaker 1: Indiana Pacers are a collection of really really good parts
Speaker 1: that could end up winning an NBA championship. Shay Gil
Speaker 1: Just Alexander was sensational last night with thirty eight points,
Speaker 1: but not when it counted. That was Tyrese Halliburton who
Speaker 1: was not good. He was jittery and shaky, looked like
Speaker 1: a DNA a lights in the first half. Through the
Speaker 1: third quarter he wasn't much better. But then as the
Speaker 1: game waned, he came on and let you know that
Speaker 1: his presence needed to be felt. Nemhard really showed up
Speaker 1: and showed out and created shots for himself and did
Speaker 1: some things.
Speaker 2: Nie Smith made sure he was formidable as well.
Speaker 1: Even Myles Turner hit a bank shot three, Pascal Siakam
Speaker 1: hit a corner three from the right. You know, the
Speaker 1: Pacers were ten of sixteen from on corner threes last
Speaker 1: night in game one.
Speaker 2: Give credit where credit is due. They came back.
Speaker 1: They scored sixty six points in the second half on
Speaker 1: better than fifty percent shooting against the number one defense
Speaker 1: in the NBA. That's saying something. Solahoma City, who has
Speaker 1: a problem closing out close games. Their record is underfivinger
Speaker 1: like three and six when you know within three point games,
Speaker 1: you know, droughing the regular season and one and four
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. This is who they are. This is
Speaker 1: who Oklahoma City has been. And so Shaye Gilgers Alexander's
Speaker 1: gonna have to be that superstar at League MVP Jalen
Speaker 1: Williams is gonna have to show up and help them.
Speaker 1: If you get average twenty two points a game or
Speaker 1: forty nine percent shooter from the field forty six percent
Speaker 1: shooter from three point range in the conference finals, you
Speaker 1: can damn sure do it in the NBA Finals against Indiana.
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City is in a tough matchup now, and I
Speaker 1: couldn't be happier because walking into the finals, I had
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City in six.
Speaker 2: I still have Oklahoma and the City in six. But
Speaker 2: a lot of.
Speaker 1: People believed that the Pacers could get swept. I never
Speaker 1: believed that. I believe the Pacers were good to win
Speaker 1: two games, possibly even force a game seven. But I
Speaker 1: knew they would have to win game one to have
Speaker 1: a chance to do that because I don't see OKC
Speaker 1: losing Game two. And I think that if they had
Speaker 1: gone back to Indiana or going to Indiana the games three.
Speaker 2: And four up to oh in the series.
Speaker 1: Of this NBA Finals, I think that Indiana would have
Speaker 1: been in trouble. But now that Indiana has won, Oklahoma
Speaker 1: City's gotta get its stuff right, and I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna make things very interesting.
Speaker 2: So I'm happy I got a good finals. That's what
Speaker 2: I'm happy about.
Speaker 1: I'm happy that the Indiana paces has showing the basketball
Speaker 1: world this is a series to pay attention to, because
Speaker 1: don't think for one second that they can't beat OKC.
Speaker 2: I like this. I like this.