NBA reporter Zach Lowe put it greatest: “We now have a sequence.”
The Indiana Pacers shocked the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in Sport 1 of the NBA Finals with a Tyrese Haliburton game-winner with 0.3 seconds left.
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It noticed the Pacers go up 1-0 because the away staff within the sequence, regardless of going into the championship decider as one of many largest underdogs in an NBA Finals in fashionable historical past.
Indiana did it once more.
Similar to they’ve a number of instances these playoffs, the Pacers got here again from being down large, trailing by eight factors with 2:36 left within the fourth quarter to run excessive of the OKC juggernaut.
In keeping with ESPN analytics, Indiana had simply 3.6 per cent probability of profitable from that place within the closing three minutes.
The shock end result left the basketball world amazed within the aftermath.
The Ringer’s Invoice Simmons was left speechless, saying on his podcast: “I can’t converse.”
Lowe responded: “It’s the strangest recreation I’ve ever watched begin to end … it’s unbelievable. We now have a sequence.”
It got here regardless of the Pacers committing 26 turnovers — 19 within the first alone — which usually performs proper into the Thunder’s arms.
“That is an all-time unattainable end result — 24 turnovers to 6 in opposition to the Thunder and the Thunder don’t win the sport. It’s completely bonkers,” Lowe added.
Indiana, nonetheless, dominated OKC on the glass, profitable the rebound battle 56-39. The Pacers capitalised on the Thunder eradicating Isaiah Hartenstein from the beginning line-up and taking part in Hartenstein (17 minutes) and Chet Holmgren (23 minutes) lower than common.
“Why is OKC altering? They’re 80-18 going into this recreation? Why are they altering their line-ups like this? Why are you altering to adapt to Indiana?,” Simmons posed.
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