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Speaker 1: Hope all of you guys are having a great end

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Speaker 2: We have eighty five clips to go through today.

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Speaker 1: We're going to get into a ton of detail and

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Speaker 1: I'll go into some more detail. But there were some

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Speaker 1: So I talked a lot last night on the live.

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Speaker 1: an example of Indiana just starting to offer more help

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Speaker 1: We have Halliburton and Nie Smith basically ignoring their guys

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Speaker 1: I thought that was just poor spacing from Oklahoma City.

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Speaker 1: Here we get a simple double drag right, So we

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Speaker 1: the Pacers sprint back. That effort stops Shay from getting

432
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Speaker 1: a lay up, and you're gonna see so many examples

433
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: of that. Top and Kate got off to a really

434
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 1: rough start in this game. He really heated up from

435
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 1: three and got himself back on track and was huge

436
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,480
Speaker 1: for the Pacers in this game. This is a tough

437
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,440
Speaker 1: shot against basically a set defender in Hartenstein. But again

438
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,920
Speaker 1: Hartenstein sagging a little bit, not too bad. Probably needs

439
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,640
Speaker 1: to apply a little bit more pressure there. You'll see

440
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 1: a couple more examples like that. Another kind of mediocre

441
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:43,640
Speaker 1: pull up two from JADEB comes off with this little

442
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,320
Speaker 1: action with Caruso, turns the corner and just immediately settles

443
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,200
Speaker 1: like just ten on the shot clock. He just he's

444
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 1: coming off the screen looking to shoot pull up jump

445
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,400
Speaker 1: shots instead of looking to attack. And you will see

446
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Speaker 1: that shift as we get later into the game. Another

447
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: Hartenstein open shot. He's got Ben Sheppard. Okay, Ben Shepherd

448
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,160
Speaker 1: can shoot the ball. You need to be paying attention.

449
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 1: That's just bad defense. Like look, all it is is

450
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:18,240
Speaker 1: just a simple relocation that cut through from Matherin kind

451
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 1: of occupies Isaiah's attention for a second, but Wiggins is

452
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 1: not beat that. There's no passing angle there, so Hartenstein

453
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,879
Speaker 1: is just leaving another shooter open. And again there's several

454
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,960
Speaker 1: examples of that, and I think if I had to

455
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,199
Speaker 1: guess why Dagnaut went away from his bigs late. It

456
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Speaker 1: was ultimately that it was ultimately he didn't trust them

457
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Speaker 1: to be in the right spots on defense. I showed you,

458
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Speaker 1: So there's two that I've shown you already. There was

459
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Speaker 1: a third early in the first quarter, and at the

460
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Speaker 1: very beginning of this Hartenstein ship where he left Andrew

461
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 1: and Emhard wide open in the left quarter. All three

462
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Speaker 1: of those threes went in. So that's nine points already

463
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Speaker 1: of Indiana's twenty eight points that came off of Hartenstein

464
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 1: leaving shooters open. And we're fifteen minutes into the game.

465
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 1: Jadub finally attacks, gets rewarded for it. Look, just gets

466
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,439
Speaker 1: Ben Mathurn on his hip and attacks, draws a foul,

467
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: gets rewarded for it, finally stops settling. We get a

468
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 1: Turner mismatch against Jadub. He's trying to get them to

469
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,719
Speaker 1: set up for another post up. Look how he's pointing,

470
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Speaker 1: but once the ball gets swung then he ducks in.

471
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,199
Speaker 1: As soon as the ball gets swung over to his

472
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 1: side on the floor, he ducks in, ducks in on

473
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 1: JDub creates the passing angle, draws a foul. Turner did

474
00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:01,080
Speaker 1: a really nice job in this game. We got some

475
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Speaker 1: aj Mitchell minutes, some rookie NBA Finals minutes in the

476
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: first half of this game. This is a couple of

477
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: shots there and then gets beat by the classic tyrese Haliburton.

478
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Speaker 2: Fly By.

479
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: Gets a little bit inattentive on this screen, doesn't appear

480
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 1: to see the screen coming and gets hit. You could

481
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: tell he notices it at the last second. And then

482
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: I always talk about that top foot right when I'm

483
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 1: talking about good screen navigation.

484
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 2: Look at his left foot.

485
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,479
Speaker 1: That's the foot that you got to get above Miles

486
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 1: Turner's left foot, and he just doesn't because he's caught

487
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: off guard. So he gets drilled by the screen that

488
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,679
Speaker 1: puts him in trail position. Then all Halliburton has to

489
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,480
Speaker 1: do is basically show him the ball and then he'll

490
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:51,200
Speaker 1: go flying by. Shay's starting to get his jumper going here,

491
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 1: let's pass forward a little bit. One upside to taking

492
00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,520
Speaker 1: all those mediocre shots is it just kind of helps

493
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 1: get his rhythm. Nice little step back twenty footer. I

494
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 1: thought Chet had a few of these kind of poor

495
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: forces early in this game. Here again a zero pass

496
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: possession where he just tries to drive through Turner and

497
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: just kind of just doesn't have an angle and just

498
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:28,080
Speaker 1: forces it up and bad. Miss lou Dort did a

499
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: great job in this game of hitting like these kind

500
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: of short, close out contested threes. Here's an example, like

501
00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,120
Speaker 1: Siakam is digging down off the strong side corner. Skam

502
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: closes out Dort like kind of like pump fakes, but

503
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,639
Speaker 1: then he just shoots that like semi contested short corner

504
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:48,919
Speaker 1: three and knocks it down. Sga gets a steal in

505
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: the post entry here, great defense, but immediately runs down

506
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,640
Speaker 1: after his good defense and just jacks up a bad

507
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:09,119
Speaker 1: shot again right away. Again not a terrible shot for Sga.

508
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: We know he can make that, but it's just one

509
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: of those things, you know, where he's just struggling to

510
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:22,919
Speaker 1: really feel the flow of the game. Jdeb attacks, something

511
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 1: good happens, doesn't Settle, puts his shoulder into Siakam, draws

512
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 1: Haliburton in help, creates an open corner three. First teammate

513
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: another turnover on a post entry. But watch the transition defense.

514
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 1: So TJ looks away, swing the Nie Smith Nie Smith

515
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: forced Caruso plays the passing lane, gets the steal. Watch

516
00:28:54,480 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: the pacer sprint. Look at Obi toppin' man, and you'll see,

517
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: like with the way the floor is set up, you

518
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 1: have good floor balance. Right, I've got dudes above the

519
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: break basket and ball. Right, we have two guys stop

520
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 1: in the ball. We're matched up off with TJ McConnell

521
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: and Obi topping. They force at least a semi contested

522
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: three in transition off of a turnover. A lot of

523
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: really good transition defense in this game. Another good example here,

524
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: turnover these two guys, the two guys back, watch them

525
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: both ball in basket ready, top in basket, TJ McConnell, ball,

526
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: watch everyone else sprint back and get matched up, and

527
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: Shae does them all favor. I'm telling you, Like I

528
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: I always get a different feel for a game after

529
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: I rewatch it, and I was like, oh, like Shay's

530
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: working his way into rhythm. Like I see he's attacking

531
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 1: the finals. And I go back and watch and I'm like, like,

532
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: this is just you're making the game a lot tougher

533
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: than it needs to be.

534
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 2: By forcing the issue the way that he did.

535
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: Another good attack from j dub here, and like it's

536
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: it's about like an intentional unwillingness to accept being cut

537
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: off like Nie Smith beats him to the spot here, retreat, dribble,

538
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: attack again, going the other way, Just keep going, make

539
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: something happen. Pretty clear, Uh, pretty clear. Pretty obvious difference

540
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: in performance from JDub based on whether or not he

541
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: was settling versus attacking. I talked in the series preview

542
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: about TJ McConnell and his ability to beat people off

543
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: the dribble and the value there. He beats Shay, that

544
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 1: forces Dort to help off of top end, that creates

545
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,400
Speaker 1: a cut top and shows the ball, gets Dort to jump,

546
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: that forces Shay to step up and help. TJ McConnell's

547
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: wide open right there in the dunker spot, easy little shot,

548
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: nice driving kick sequence started by TJ mcconne's dribble penetration.

549
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: Here's a great low man possession from Tyrese Aliburton, and

550
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: I think Tyre's Alliburton's defense has been very underrated in

551
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: this postseason run. He's done good in ISO's you'll see

552
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: some examples. Turner at the level forces Chet to roll

553
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:34,239
Speaker 1: past Turner, Shaye makes the past, and Haliburton ties him

554
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 1: up over the top with his length. Really nice defensive

555
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: play from Halliburton. All right, Pacers are gonna beat another

556
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: pick and roll switch here with Turner. So we have

557
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: Dort and Chet. Good screen from Turner noted that's the

558
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: beginning there. Dort does such a good job of navigating

559
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: screens on this one. He gets hit that forces the switch.

560
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: Turner dives physical seal from Turner on the one that

561
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: he turned over, the one that Haliburton threw that bounce

562
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 1: pass if you watch it, if you go back and

563
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: watch it, it was just not a very physical seal

564
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: from Turner. Much more physical seal here. Creates a good

565
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: clean passing angle, gets a bucket. Really nice work from Turner.

566
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 1: Here's that recurring theme I was talking about with the

567
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,719
Speaker 1: pacer sending lots of help on drives. You're gonna see

568
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 1: a lot of that in the second half. Shay's gonna

569
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 1: get downhill beats them hard. Watch boom three pacers coalesce

570
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 1: around him. Jew Is open misses the shot. In order

571
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: for the Thunder to break the Pacers of this sort

572
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 1: of hard help at the rim, they're gonna have to

573
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 1: hitch shots. Notice Turner is in a softer drop like

574
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: a deeper drop coverage in the second half of this game.

575
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: That was the big adjustment from uh Ra Carlisle. As

576
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: the game progressed, Shay started to get a little bit

577
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: more free in the mid range in drop coverage. I

578
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: thought this was a really bad transition defense sequence from Chet.

579
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: Chet literally just gets outrun by Siakam. Here, look at Siakam,

580
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,239
Speaker 1: beautiful bounce pass from Halliburton, and again Chet like, if

581
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,240
Speaker 1: you're having a rough offensive night, that's fine, that's part

582
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: of the game. You're a young player, it's the NBA Finals.

583
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 1: But those are the mistakes you can't make if you're

584
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: also having your rough offensive game. Rare example of Cason

585
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: Wallace actually beating Halliburton one on one. Isaiah Joe and

586
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: Cason Wallace did a lot of attacking Halliburton in action

587
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: and in one on one, and Haliburton held up pretty well.

588
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: But this is a rare example of Caseon actually having

589
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: some success. Beats him with a little scoop shot. Here's

590
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: another example of Oklahoma City really just conceding three by overhelping.

591
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: Look at nies Smith like, there's no advantage here that

592
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: would dictate Jadab being this far in the lane. Like

593
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: Turner's on the roll, but dorts with him.

594
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:11,280
Speaker 2: This is an.

595
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 1: Overhelp swing swing open three for Nie Smith. Good close

596
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 1: out from Jadab But again, like these are, this is

597
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: a team that's been shooting really well on those kickouts

598
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: all postseason. And this is just an example of what

599
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 1: I talked about last night in terms of the Thunder

600
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: having options, in terms of loosening up their coverage a

601
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: little bit, not being so crazy with their help. Kind

602
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,399
Speaker 1: of another recurring theme down the stretch of this game,

603
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: the Pacers doing damage against switches on the offensive glass.

604
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: So we get a ball screen. There's our ball screen.

605
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 2: Switch. Siakam dives. At this point.

606
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: You can try to throw it into the poet, but

607
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 1: you also can just get it up on the rim.

608
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: There's five seconds on the shot clock. Mammart has to

609
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 1: do something quickly, kick out a little bit of an

610
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,240
Speaker 1: overhelp from Chet. Chet actually gets a piece beautiful close out,

611
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: but look at our mismatch. This is the other side

612
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: of the switch, and Siakam ends up getting an easy

613
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: put back to erase the good defensive play from Chet.

614
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,359
Speaker 1: We talked about in a series preview about Halliburton's hedge

615
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: and recovers not being very good against slips.

616
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 2: Here was an example.

617
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: So as Haliburton hedges good hard, aggressive hedge to stop

618
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: Shae from turning the corner, but Cason gets behind him

619
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 1: an easy little kick ahead pass for a layup. Another

620
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: example of Tyre's Haliburton holding up in ISO. I believe

621
00:35:51,920 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: this one was also against Cason. Wallace hedge a little

622
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: bit of a nail help casing one on one against Hallie,

623
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: slides beats into the spot. Good contest, Really nice work

624
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: there from Haliburton. Now this is like a chaotic sequence,

625
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: but I thought it was another example of an overhelp

626
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: and it led to another wide open three for Obi toppin.

627
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,800
Speaker 1: Again like lost control of the ball, it's nearly turned

628
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: over and Nemhart saves it.

629
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 2: Blah blah blah blah. But like, look as this.

630
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: Is happening, Nemhart is not in an advantageous position, and

631
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 1: yet Dort is sitting right under the basket and leaving

632
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: Obi top and open Chats there to help too, and

633
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: they end up just conceding and open three to top

634
00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 1: in on the weak side. Obi top in transition cross

635
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: match on the run ahead ends up getting You can

636
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: actually see them all identify it. Thomas Bryant identifies it

637
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: and goes oh, Toppin's got a mismatch. I'm gonna clear

638
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 1: to the corner. He clears out Hartenstein's kind of lingering.

639
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: But then they swing the ball around. And when they

640
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 1: swing the ball around, now Hartenstein has to account for

641
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: Thomas Bryant in his corner three point shooting that creates

642
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 1: the over the top passing angle. Perfect feed from themhard,

643
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: nice finish Pacers, just absolutely relentless, punishing mismatches. I talked

644
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: a lot in the series throughout this postseason, like what

645
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: you need to score against Oklahoma City is the size

646
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: to beat mismatches, the passing ability to pass through their aggression,

647
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: and then the shooting ability to knock down shots when

648
00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,959
Speaker 1: they double team. And the Pacers do have those piece

649
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 1: it's just a question of like can they take care

650
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,280
Speaker 1: of the ball, which they did it in the first half,

651
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: and then they did in the second half. They went

652
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: from forty five points to sixty six points or whatever

653
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 1: they had in the second half.

654
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 2: Failed grift from Shae.

655
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 1: This was such a smart play from TJ McConnell, beating

656
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: a pre switch with a little swing pass.

657
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 2: So again TJ comes.

658
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 1: Up here, he wants to try to attack Shay right

659
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: so he's gonna call Mathin up into the action. Matherine

660
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: goes to go up into the action so that TJ

661
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: can attack Shay, but Alex Cruso goes, no, dude, I'll

662
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: go that way. I can switch it that way, you

663
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: can stay home. But in that brief interchange as they

664
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: both ran up with Ben to try to pre switch,

665
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of a miscommunication as Shay doesn't

666
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 1: seem to understand what's happening. TJ rifles the swing, passes

667
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: Siakam in the corner, and he knocks it down. Beautiful

668
00:38:54,920 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: work from the pacers. Really nice kind of patient pick

669
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: and roll attack here from JDub with Isaiah Hartenstein.

670
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 2: Ball screen. Jadub puts him in jail.

671
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 1: Okay gets some trapped on his backside, and then Hartenstein

672
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 1: clears out Thomas Bryant with a gortat screen clears him

673
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: out with that screen so that JDub can slither right

674
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: in behind and get the layup. Ben Matherin's athleticism was

675
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,720
Speaker 1: really popping in this game. Simple backcut on Alex Cruso

676
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 1: draws a foul. He's an apex athlete among athletes, and

677
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: that is an advantage in a series like this, where

678
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: Oklahoma's athleticism can be overwhelming at times. I thought this

679
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: was great defense. Wigans ends up drawing a foul on

680
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 1: a back cut here, but like watch Matherin, watch him

681
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: navigate the screen boom and then beats him to the spot.

682
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,399
Speaker 1: Really really sharp defense from mather and Shakam just ends

683
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: up giving up a back cut here and drawing a foul.

684
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,879
Speaker 1: You know, Ben Matherin, if there's something to get really

685
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: excited about. If you're a Pacers fan too, you're already

686
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,800
Speaker 1: nearly you know, you're at least in the conversation for

687
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: being a championship level team if you can compete in

688
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 1: the series, right, and Ben Matherin just still has so

689
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 1: much room to improve over the course of the coming years.

690
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: Ben Matherin again, Alex Caruso just beats him off the

691
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: dribble with the hesitation. Dribble once again, nothing fancy, just

692
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,799
Speaker 1: right here, high hesitation, just for a second, right there, hesitation.

693
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: Then he hits the Jets and beats Alex off the

694
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: dribble again. So much potential there in the big picture.

695
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 1: JDub attacking again, gets downhill against Thomas Bryant, gets into

696
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: his body and finishes like. That's what I mean when

697
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: I say that Oklahoma City has these obvious ways to

698
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: play better. They obviously can play a lot better just

699
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: by Jdab being more of an attacking force and then

700
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: both guys passing through passing through the aggressive help more efficiently.

701
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,439
Speaker 1: Baseline out of bounce, we talked a little bit about

702
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: this last night on playback. Usually on baseline out of

703
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 1: bounce plays, the fallback option if nothing is open is

704
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: this guy who's on the strong side in line with

705
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,879
Speaker 1: the lane line will just seal and then the guy

706
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,760
Speaker 1: will throw it over the top pass. That's a super

707
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: common kind of like release valve you'll see on baseline

708
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: out of bounds plays at every level. Ben Matherin messes

709
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: up though, because his action is dictating that he runs

710
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: to this corner specifically so that he can clear Jaydub out.

711
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: But he does and he drifts out to the wing,

712
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 1: so then when the over the top pass comes, Jadub

713
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: just jumps it.

714
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,280
Speaker 2: A nice little bit of gamesmanship too from Isaiah Hartenstein.

715
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,280
Speaker 1: You can actually see him pull on Thomas Bryant's jersey

716
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: right there to stop him from being able to beat

717
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:40,319
Speaker 1: Jadub to the ball.

718
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:48,800
Speaker 2: This is a ridiculous and.

719
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: One from Andrew Nemhard driving through Alex Caruso very well defended,

720
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: runs through the double drag. Cruso gets through both screens,

721
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: beats him to the spot, and Nemhar just powers through

722
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 1: him for an and one ridiculous shot. Watch the way

723
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 1: that Indiana guards this ball. Screen ball goes to j

724
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: Dubb two man game with Hartenstein. Look at them hard.

725
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 1: He's got Cason Wallace and he's just defending the action.

726
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: Three on two is a free safety and conceding this

727
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,720
Speaker 1: swing pass contested three to case and he misses it again.

728
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 2: That's the coverage. You can see it pretty clearly.

729
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 1: Indiana is leaving dudes open and Oklahoma City's going to

730
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:44,720
Speaker 1: have to hit those shots. Really nice move here from Caruso.

731
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: He beats Obi Topping with just a simple in and

732
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: out dribbles fast forward a little bit hard in and

733
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 1: out right here Boom buckles him, gets in, draws the

734
00:42:54,800 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: and one a little another example of overhelp from the

735
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: thunder here, and again it's a recurring theme. Both teams

736
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,480
Speaker 1: are doing it. The difference is is the Pacers are

737
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 1: like this super reliable catch and shoot team and the

738
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 1: thunder a little bit more. You know, it depends on

739
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: the night. And like that's the thing is If if

740
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: both teams get away with this or run this sort

741
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:20,399
Speaker 1: of coverage and the Pacers shoot the way that they're

742
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: capable of shooting, and the thunder go hot and cold

743
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: at times, the Pacers have a very good chance to

744
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 1: win this series.

745
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:31,439
Speaker 2: Look at this.

746
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 1: Ball, scream it's topping to go to the ball. Hartenstein

747
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 1: is there and help, so is Wiggins. We're triple teaming

748
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 1: the ball and leaving shooters open and when they pass

749
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 1: it out, they're gonna knock them down. It's really that simple,

750
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:57,440
Speaker 1: nothing too crazy. JDub missus A Reid here.

751
00:43:59,719 --> 00:43:59,959
Speaker 2: Comes.

752
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 1: It comes off of a ball screen with Hartenstein attacks

753
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,479
Speaker 1: draws the help. You've done your job, you drew Nemharden help.

754
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: Halliburton is coming over to tag Cason Wallace. Aaron Wiggins

755
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 1: is wide open on the right wing and stead he

756
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: shoots over a double team misses it.

757
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 2: All right.

758
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 1: Time for the Pacers Devil Magic to start heating up

759
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 1: a little bit. It's gonna start with a Miles Turner

760
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: semi contested three along the right wing, and again it's

761
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,840
Speaker 1: all about the rhythm. Everyone's involved. Throughout this game, Turner

762
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,320
Speaker 1: just catches and fires over the top of Hartenstein knocks

763
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 1: it down. We get a time out eight point game

764
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: out of the time out. Really smart play design from

765
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: Mark Dagnelt, taking advantage of the fact that the Pacers

766
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: are not switching a lot of these off ball actions.

767
00:44:54,440 --> 00:45:00,320
Speaker 1: They just simply have Shay backscreen for Cason Wallace because

768
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 1: Nemhar doesn't want to help and these guys don't want

769
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: to switch, so Cason's able to just sneak right behind

770
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 1: for the layup. Really nice play design from Dagnault. We

771
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: get a hedge and recover on this sequence. Here a

772
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 1: lot of guard screens attacking Halliburton, topping and siakam down

773
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: the stretch of this game. We get the hedge and recover.

774
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:27,320
Speaker 1: It works, they stop him from turning the corner. Haliburton

775
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 1: gets back and doesn't concede the easy kickout, but then

776
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: he sits in some nail help digs down on Shay.

777
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 1: Cason's open just can't make them pay again, Like if

778
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 1: this is the way they're going to guard, Shay's making

779
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,479
Speaker 1: the reads now. But at this point in the game,

780
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,359
Speaker 1: these guys are out of rhythm. If he invested more

781
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,760
Speaker 1: earlier in the game and trying to get these guys

782
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 1: some cleaner looks, as he was kind of forcing the

783
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: issue in traffic, there's a better chance of these guys

784
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 1: knocking down shots late in the game, right like Turner

785
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 1: missed early in the game, two wide open above the

786
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 1: break threes. That's an investment from Halliburton into his shooting

787
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:11,640
Speaker 1: that pays off later in the game. We're gonna get

788
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,920
Speaker 1: a random double team here on a Nies Smith drive.

789
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 1: Nie Smith drives, okay, and look at Dort. So Dort

790
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: is on the weak side with Obi Toppin. Nie Smith

791
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 1: is driving, not threatening, Okay, they're hounding him around the baseline.

792
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 1: Dort brings this random double team. In the random double team,

793
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: Nie Smith just powers through, pivots around really well. Now

794
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: Toppin's wide open again, kick out knockdown. So like it

795
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: paid off in the first half when they forced a

796
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: bunch of turnovers, but in the second half when they

797
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: stopped forcing turnovers as the Pacers kind of settled down

798
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 1: taking care of the basketball, all that overhelp, all that

799
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,280
Speaker 1: gambling ended up leading to open threes.

800
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 2: Dort misses another kickout.

801
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,319
Speaker 1: On this play, Turner's helping, but in the close out

802
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:10,959
Speaker 1: from Turner and we end up with another transition cross match.

803
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 2: Because Turner is.

804
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 1: The guy who closes out at Dort, he's first up

805
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,319
Speaker 1: the floor. Because he's first up the floor, chats all

806
00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: the way back at the basket, we're gonna get a

807
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: cross match. That cross match leaves Jadub against Turner. Nie

808
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:28,440
Speaker 1: Smith misses the corner three, but there's Turner rebound draws

809
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,879
Speaker 1: the foul. Another example of the Pacers beating size mismatches

810
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:41,240
Speaker 1: on the offensive glass more Pacers Voodoo, this time Miles

811
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,359
Speaker 1: Turner shows the ball, beats Chet with a step back,

812
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 1: and banks it in. I don't know in retrospect, judging

813
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 1: by the celebration from Turner, I'm gonna guess it probably

814
00:47:54,000 --> 00:48:00,760
Speaker 1: was not an intentional thing. Another example hedge and recover,

815
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:05,440
Speaker 1: this time not working. Topping throws the hedge. By the

816
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 1: time he recovers, he kind of gets in Nemhard's way

817
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:09,600
Speaker 1: a little bit, so by the time Demhard picks up

818
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: the ball, he's already south of the foul line. Shay's

819
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: got too much momentum and he's able to power through

820
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: and draw foul. Another beautiful Miles Turner shot in the

821
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: pocket in a ball screen. Let's fast forward a little

822
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:29,839
Speaker 1: bit here screen the reset. I think the pass actually

823
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 1: comes from nemhard ball screen. In the pocket. This is

824
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 1: a tough shot, like a leaning, drifting pocket elbow jumper.

825
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 1: Really nice work from Myles Turner. Another example of a

826
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: good drop cover drap from Miles Turner against j Dub

827
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: Chase give ground, meet him at the rim. Great contest

828
00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:01,880
Speaker 1: forces a miss. He's JDub didn't settle, but I do

829
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:07,520
Speaker 1: like that coverage for Indiana in that particular action. On

830
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: the other end, Halliburton gets a little semi transition opportunity

831
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 1: to attack Shake Gills as Alexander beats him off the

832
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 1: dribble for the scoop shot.

833
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:22,960
Speaker 2: Nice finish. Chet makes a I.

834
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 1: Thought a fine attack here, beats Turner and he's right

835
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:26,879
Speaker 1: at the rim.

836
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:29,320
Speaker 2: He makes that layup.

837
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City's in pretty good shape and maybe Chet stays

838
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: in the game, but he misses that one and Dagnauld

839
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: ends up pivoting off of him here in just a

840
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:44,399
Speaker 1: couple possessions. This is a really nice split from Shay

841
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:49,760
Speaker 1: against Siakam. Watch how he just immediately attacks and protects

842
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 1: the dribble with a kind of a scissor dribble right

843
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:57,399
Speaker 1: as he gets onto Siakam, immediate scissor dribble to change

844
00:49:57,440 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 1: direction and protect the ball. And again look at Siakam's

845
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 1: right here. That's why you need to use the scissor

846
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 1: dribble instead of the crossover. A low gather is a

847
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 1: way to draw a foul. There again, as you if

848
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,439
Speaker 1: you do a low gather, you might catch his arm

849
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: and draw foul. But another way to protect the basketball

850
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:15,800
Speaker 1: and to not necessarily grift, but to just beat someone

851
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 1: off the dribble, but try to not turn the ball

852
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:20,200
Speaker 1: over is protect the ball by going through your legs.

853
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:23,440
Speaker 1: He does quick change his direction, gets all the way

854
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 1: to the rim in a really nice finish in traffic.

855
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: Chet defensive switch. I thought, pretty well, here switch ball,

856
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:38,520
Speaker 1: scream with Turner, they pass it back to Halliburton looks

857
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:41,320
Speaker 1: to attack Chat. I thought this was a really nice contest.

858
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 1: Forces the miss, and now we have Chet out of

859
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:53,319
Speaker 1: the game. So with Chat out of the game, we

860
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:58,439
Speaker 1: have six five sixty six sixty six six four six

861
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 1: two sixty three. Really a small lineup out there for

862
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:12,120
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City. Watch Siakam, Haliverton misses, but Siakam is just

863
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 1: taller than all these dudes and not really anything they

864
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,279
Speaker 1: can do, and he just gets it over the top

865
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:26,320
Speaker 1: of him and draws a foul. We are up nine

866
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,800
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City with less than three minutes left, and we

867
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:33,160
Speaker 1: get to more devil magic. In this case, watched aaron

868
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 1: NEI Smith running out to this corner three on the move,

869
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:40,839
Speaker 1: rising and firing against the contest. Insane shot from aaron

870
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:46,359
Speaker 1: Ne Smith, and again we're calling it devil magic as

871
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,400
Speaker 1: a joke. It's part of the rhythm that Indiana invests

872
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:57,360
Speaker 1: throughout the game. Another packed paint on a drive the split,

873
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: nice work. Three pacers meet Shae in the lane. There's

874
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:07,799
Speaker 1: our kickout Jadub missus. Little extra detail to watch Haliburton's

875
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:11,840
Speaker 1: close out. Halliburton's close out is not going at Jadub.

876
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:17,000
Speaker 1: It's going right in between him and Cason. It's a

877
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:21,160
Speaker 1: passing lane close out, and the result is it forces

878
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: j Dub to throw a pass fake. He throws a

879
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 1: pass fake that breaks his rhythm a little bit and

880
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:29,680
Speaker 1: is part of the reason why he leaves that shot

881
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: just a tiny bit short. Here's the insane Andrew Nemhard

882
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 1: step back against Shay. Unbelievable stuff, just elite one on

883
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:47,280
Speaker 1: one work brings his game.

884
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,280
Speaker 2: Back to three.

885
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 1: We get a guard guard screen attacking Haliburton in the hedge.

886
00:52:54,280 --> 00:53:00,760
Speaker 1: Two on the ball, Cason slips, Pacers react door to Oh.

887
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:03,000
Speaker 1: These are the good looks that Oklahoma City got down

888
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:12,000
Speaker 1: the stretch that they were missing. Unbelievable block from lou

889
00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:17,360
Speaker 1: Dort here vertical takes the contact blocks him on the

890
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:20,359
Speaker 1: way down. Shaye beats everyone to the ball and then

891
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 1: somehow finishes this layup their two bodies at the rim.

892
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:25,480
Speaker 2: Big time sequence.

893
00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: At that point you're thinking the game's over right, but nope,

894
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,280
Speaker 1: big time stop here from Nemhart and Siakam on Shae.

895
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 1: I thought Nemhar just did a nice job of staying

896
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 1: body to body with Shae and disrupting his base. Like

897
00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:46,960
Speaker 1: this little bump right there. That little bump as he

898
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:50,520
Speaker 1: fights through gets Shay a little off balance. Now watch

899
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 1: Shay's footwork as he elevates on Siakam. He kind of

900
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:59,160
Speaker 1: goes to a right left takeoff off two feet, but

901
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 1: he just doesn't yet much lyft because his footwork is

902
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: a little off because of the bump from Nemhard and

903
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:06,520
Speaker 1: so Siakam is able to beat him at the rim.

904
00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: Watch him again, I'm gonna watch it, and played him

905
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 1: full speed. Watch Shae just get a little bit bumped

906
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:18,799
Speaker 1: off balance right before he takes off. That makes it

907
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:20,719
Speaker 1: so he doesn't get as much lyft, which is why

908
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: he gets blocked at the rim. An excellent little two

909
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 1: man stop there from those two guys. Another Sam offensive

910
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:32,120
Speaker 1: rebound off of the miss. Because Shae misses the layup,

911
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:35,080
Speaker 1: he's last thunder up the floor. These four guys are

912
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:38,400
Speaker 1: ahead of him. Siakam's trailing, so as a result, in

913
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: the transition cross match, we have Skam on Shay right

914
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:44,839
Speaker 1: or Shae on Siakam. I should say he takes him

915
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:47,040
Speaker 1: right down. They go like they're gonna go to the post.

916
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:49,719
Speaker 1: But instead of going to the post, Nemhard goes, well,

917
00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:51,399
Speaker 1: I just hit this crazy step back, might as well

918
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,920
Speaker 1: try another, but look at Siakam. He just dives on Shae,

919
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:56,879
Speaker 1: gets inside position and gets the put back.

920
00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:58,759
Speaker 2: Huge huge play in this game.

921
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:05,040
Speaker 1: On the other end, Shay overcooks the mid range jump

922
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:08,120
Speaker 1: shot against Nemhard actually gets a decent look. He kind

923
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:14,879
Speaker 1: of like sheds Nemhard with the body bump here gets

924
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 1: a really good look, just misses it off the back

925
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:20,360
Speaker 1: rim rebound.

926
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:25,319
Speaker 2: You guys know the rest. Tyre's Halliburton.

927
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:30,399
Speaker 1: Makes an aggressive driving move against Cason Wallas. Watch Cason

928
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 1: Walls is squared up, but as Halliburton starts to turn

929
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: the corner, Cason has to bail on being squared.

930
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:39,240
Speaker 2: Up to recover. Look at his hips.

931
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:43,120
Speaker 1: He's got his hips completely turned towards the baseline. That is,

932
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:47,080
Speaker 1: right when Tyre's Halliburton decides to pop up off the ground.

933
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:54,400
Speaker 2: Game over one, oh Indiana heading into Game two crazy stuff.

934
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 1: As you guys can see pretty clearly from the film,

935
00:55:56,640 --> 00:56:01,480
Speaker 1: there's some obvious fixable things for Oaklham City. Shay's got

936
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:03,160
Speaker 1: to make more of an effort early in the game

937
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,319
Speaker 1: to invest in the rhythm of his teammates by making

938
00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:08,680
Speaker 1: the appropriate kickouts j dub He's at his best when

939
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 1: he's attacking, not settling. And then guys are gonna have

940
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:15,040
Speaker 1: to hit those open catch and shoot jump shots when

941
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,640
Speaker 1: Indiana overhelps and on drives and then on the other

942
00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:20,319
Speaker 1: end of the floor, a little bit more selective of

943
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:23,040
Speaker 1: when to swarm, because Indiana, when they take care of

944
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,080
Speaker 1: the basketball, is gonna get the ball out against you,

945
00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:27,840
Speaker 1: and they're gonna hit those threes again. I am not

946
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,839
Speaker 1: worried about Indiana having a letdown in Game two. They're

947
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 1: gonna come out and they're gonna play Pacers basketball. But

948
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:38,000
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City is certainly capable of coming out with force

949
00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:40,319
Speaker 1: and playing a lot better. I believe they will, and

950
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: I believe they'll win Game two. But really really impressive

951
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 1: work from the Indiana Pacers to steal game one on

952
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 1: the road. All right, guys, this all I have for

953
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,640
Speaker 1: today is always sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us

954
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 1: and supporting the show. We'll be back tomorrow with a

955
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,759
Speaker 1: mail bag based on the NBA Finals as well as

956
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: some other topics going on around the NBA, and then

957
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:00,760
Speaker 1: back for Game two live on YouTube after the final

958
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:02,719
Speaker 1: buzzer on Sunday.

959
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:03,439
Speaker 2: What's up guys?

960
00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting

961
00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:08,840
Speaker 1: OOPS tonight. They would actually be really helpful for us

962
00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:10,759
Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a

963
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:13,439
Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys

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00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:15,040
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