Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Indiana Pacers	20	21	33	33	107
Oklahoma City Thunder	26	33	34	30	123

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Indiana Pacers	107	37-82	45.1%	14-40	35.0%	19-26	73.1%	7	48	27	25	9	15	6
Oklahoma City Thunder	123	40-82	48.8%	14-36	38.9%	29-33	87.9%	11	50	25	20	10	13	4


Indiana Pacers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Aaron Nesmith^SF	25:41	14	5-12	4-8	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	-8
Pascal Siakam^PF	29:34	15	3-11	1-4	8-9	4	3	7	4	0	2	2	4	-15
Myles Turner^C	27:15	16	6-12	1-5	3-4	0	4	4	4	0	0	3	2	-4
Andrew Nembhard^SG	32:23	11	4-8	1-4	2-4	1	3	4	4	3	0	1	1	-17
Tyrese Haliburton^PG	34:15	17	7-13	3-8	0-0	0	3	3	6	2	2	5	1	-5
Bennedict Mathurin	21:31	14	4-7	1-2	5-7	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	4	-9
Obi Toppin	19:04	3	1-8	1-5	0-0	1	4	5	2	1	0	1	1	-9
Thomas Bryant	11:34	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	-1
T.J. McConnell	17:42	11	5-7	1-1	0-0	0	3	3	6	2	0	0	2	-6
Ben Sheppard	13:09	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	-8
Johnny Furphy	03:37	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
James Johnson	02:19	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Tony Bradley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Jackson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarace Walker	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma City Thunder	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Luguentz Dort^SF	26:25	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	5	-3
Jalen Williams^PF	33:51	19	5-14	1-5	8-9	2	3	5	5	1	0	2	3	5
Chet Holmgren^C	27:44	15	6-11	1-3	2-2	1	5	6	1	0	1	2	2	4
Cason Wallace^SG	22:42	4	2-4	0-2	0-0	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	3	12
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG	36:25	34	11-21	1-4	11-12	0	5	5	8	4	1	2	3	5
Isaiah Hartenstein	22:02	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	3	5	8	4	1	0	1	0	17
Alex Caruso	27:04	20	6-11	4-8	4-4	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	3	6
Isaiah Joe	06:04	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Aaron Wiggins	20:32	18	6-11	5-8	1-2	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	24
Kenrich Williams	07:37	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	2	0	1	1	0	15
Ajay Mitchell	02:19	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1
Jaylin Williams	02:02	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-2
Dillon Jones	01:37	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Ousmane Dieng	01:37	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Nikola Topić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

ehdotgee | Raptors

4072 | 3 months ago

Nobody believes in Chet Holmgren’s handle more than Chet Holmgren.

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

1428 | 3 months ago

Yeah that shit is loose lmao 🤣

homefree122 | Thunder

553 | 3 months ago

He gives me so much anxiety every time he takes the ball up court or tries to break for the basket from the top of the key

fellenst | Thunder

175 | 3 months ago

Gotta be his #1 priority this offseason.

loplopol | Thunder

145 | 3 months ago

The ball has to go like a mile back and forth each dribble so..

weeatpoison

539 | 3 months ago

At least once a game he takes the ball up the court, tries to drive, and gets stripped or loses the ball.

Rebeldinho | 76ers

181 | 3 months ago

What if he scores though

sir_alvarex | OKC

82 | 3 months ago

He had a killer spin move finish in the Wolves series. Hes tried to do it two or three times against Indy and it…uh…hasn’t gone so well.

Cruel_but_usual | Pacers

355 | 3 months ago

Like Alicia Keys trying to convince herself she’s not an Alto.

EnterTheCabbage

243 | 3 months ago

My lord man, outta left field.

What’s next, “Like General Lee trying to convince his men to run up Cemetery Ridge one more time”?

Cruel_but_usual | Pacers

523 | 3 months ago

I’m a music teacher this is my bag take it or leave it

iamagayrat

117 | 3 months ago

Respect

smooveasbutteryadig

78 | 3 months ago

this whole interaction got me laughing out loud

BlazeBloom | POR

209 | 3 months ago

Don’t let the man run a fastbreak.

CashmereLogan | Thunder

159 | 3 months ago

Every player is Jose Alvarado against a Holmgren fast break

carrynothing | Thunder

141 | 3 months ago

Those Mechagodzilla handles.

trevorde11 | Knicks

125 | 3 months ago

Bro really think he KD lol

Temporary_Inner | Thunder

103 | 3 months ago

Everytime he dribbles the ball, a basketball court closes.

Phuddy | Lakers

81 | 3 months ago

This is the worst it’s ever gonna be which should terrify all of us.

[deleted]

49 | 3 months ago

The Holmosapian

Thrayvsar | Thunder

39 | 3 months ago

That’s some Bambi shit

gridironk

3157 | 3 months ago

Pacers have led for 2 minutes through the first 2 games

Thick_Duck | Thunder

1056 | 3 months ago

they make my butthole clinch tightly never the less

libertydabbing | OKC

312 | 3 months ago

Same. I was a bit nervous when the bench came in. I thought we weren’t clear yet.

sir_alvarex | OKC

180 | 3 months ago

16 point lead with 3 minutes left? Mark was playing with fire.

revisioncloud | Thunder

378 | 3 months ago

and yet it’s 1-1. I am not gonna be comfortable with a lead until we’ve won 4 games

sktyrhrtout

96 | 3 months ago

Probably need a 5th win next season against Indy just to make sure.

Palifaith | Lakers

2667 | 3 months ago

As a neutral fan, the highlight of this game was Kendrick Perkins getting cut off by ESPN mid take.

Fluffy_Psychology418 | Warriors

849 | 3 months ago

I can’t believe you would torture yourself by even watching their shitty ass halftime show.

fredlikefreddy | Thunder

310 | 3 months ago

that’s when i go take my dog for his last walk of the night lol

asetniop | Celtics

72 | 3 months ago

“You should do that.” - my dog, to me

JesusChristSupers1ar | Heat

454 | 3 months ago

in the post game he literally just said “we didn’t know SGA would be this good”

god dammit please get him off my tv

schwinndoctor | Slovenia

222 | 3 months ago

Pork says he’s the MVP and then is shocked he plays like an MVP in the finals

ZdenekTheMan

103 | 3 months ago

Pork lol.

Mf is fat as fuck especially lately

ghastlychild | NBA

209 | 3 months ago

The highlight for me was definitely Aaron Wiggins (This is my first time venturing into the NBA woods and the only thing I can say that he is the real deal)

PragDaddy | Thunder

99 | 3 months ago

He saved basketball

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

70 | 3 months ago

Wiggins has saved basketball. He welcomes you with open arms.

scaredspoon | Warriors

40 | 3 months ago

I just closed my eyes and every time they said wiggins scored i pretended it was ‘22

wavefree3

1957 | 3 months ago

It’s cool that Hali hit that game winner but he simply hasn’t played good enough so far

bignedmoyle | Bucks

834 | 3 months ago

He had a not so great game before the winner

ConfederacyOfDunces_ | Hornets

550 | 3 months ago

He disappears more often than he should. I get he doesn’t need to be the lead scorer but he also needs to be way more active than this.

He needs to attack the basket more.

SSkilledJFK | Thunder

97 | 3 months ago

Bill Simmons put him as a top 10 NBA player after the Knicks series.

TheFestusEzeli | TOR

417 | 3 months ago

The thing that bothered me is people saying “only box score watchers say Haliburton played bad game 1, his impact isn’t shown there”

I’ve seen many games where he has a huge impact without scoring many points throughout the game, Game 1 wasn’t one of them. His playmaking was notably worse than normal and that continued today.

No-Repeat1769 | Knicks

159 | 3 months ago

If you watched the box score you’d think he showed up before the 4th quarter. He might as well have been stat padding

NobodyRules | OKC

80 | 3 months ago

As I said in our sub, he was looking like Semaj Christon for 3 quarters and then turned into Steph Curry on the 4th.

He’s crazy good, but he could be very well doing that before the gap is pretty big.

Palifaith | Lakers

204 | 3 months ago

You kind of have to be consistent to be labeled a superstar.

cuddersrage | Heat

131 | 3 months ago

i think part of it is people’s obsession with every team having a “superstar”. nothing wrong if ur team plays more as a system

Anthony-Richardson

57 | 3 months ago

he’s had some crazy game winners but it’s crazy to even say he’s a top 10 player, let alone a superstar

[deleted]

113 | 3 months ago

OKC did this to Jokic and Ant

Where they just have games where they are uninvolved

mrhigginbottoms_12 | Thunder

50 | 3 months ago

Jokic still had some monster games alongside his poor performances and we were literally throwing like 3-4 bodies on him at times. Ant also had some good games but again our defense was doubling him a lot. We haven’t really dialed it up on Hali yet because the pacers role players will make you pay if you exclusively focus on him, he just is super passive a lot of the time

TideToGo69 | Thunder

113 | 3 months ago

I think Hali is a great basketball player and one of the best game dictators in the league, but in terms of pure scoring ability my impression thru two games is that he’s a solid option for three quarters and just goes super saiyan in the fourth. He went from invisible for most of the game to prime Steph levels of shotmaking the second the fourth quarter started.

vinlincator

103 | 3 months ago

Haliburton to Siakam after Game 2:

“Let’s get greedy. We didn’t even play well.”

Manlla

63 | 3 months ago

“we didn’t even play well” was siakam to hali though

gradual_alzheimers | Timberwolves

52 | 3 months ago

“Let’s get greedier. We still didn’t play well”.

Listen, after watching my Wolves blow out the Thunder I thought wow we have a shot – maybe we figured something out. Nahhh, Thunder just shit the bed time-to-time. When they are locked in I don’t know how anyone can beat them.

jonsnowKITN | NBA

52 | 3 months ago

He was pretty much nonexistent tonight and that is why he is not a superstar. Too many games like these ones where his impact is just not there from the start.

RemoteAbalone8687 | Bulls

43 | 3 months ago

He’s just incredibly inconsistent

Jayveesac | Lakers

41 | 3 months ago

I took a look at the box score and thought that he didn’t even play that bad, but his impact on the game was almost non-existent

wavefree3

92 | 3 months ago

That was legit all 4th quarter statpadding

During the competitive portion of the game he did nothing.

Asleep_Ground1710 | Bulls

34 | 3 months ago

I think one time he got IHart on a switch but didn’t attack, was strange.

joe4553

35 | 3 months ago

4th quarter runs kinda require you to be within closing distance. Nobody on the pacers was scoring well in the first 3 quarters. Hali and Siakam being under 20 is not a good look.

Jnbjgjbb | Raptors

1711 | 3 months ago

OKC just go on these runs that are near impossible to dig yourself out of. Requires the type of heroics we saw at the end of game 1 which is just a tough ask.

aPatheticBeing | Thunder

792 | 3 months ago

idk, Pacers game 1 really stopped those runs though. They made so many clutch 3s to interrupt the OKC runs in the 3rd quarter.

This game, they managed to do that for a while tbh, but eventually they just kinda ran out of time.

OKC was also a fair amount better on the fast break today. Half the TOs, 4 more points off turnovers.

darnclem | OKC

474 | 3 months ago

Mostly we shot like dog shit in game 1.

yitur93 | Lakers

184 | 3 months ago

Especially the transition layups.

matt__builds | Knicks

126 | 3 months ago

Yea if you guys shot even average in game 1, would have been up like 20-25 at half.

Fluffy_Psychology418 | Warriors

156 | 3 months ago

Okc has had the lead 99% of these games.

This shit is looking like a 6 game series at best.

CopperSleeve

110 | 3 months ago

The Pacers have a great collection of B to B+ guys, but unfortunately so does OKC, and their best guy is an A+.

HowBen

46 | 3 months ago

It’s not just the individual talent, OKC’s roster has been constructed in a way that hides players’ weaknesses and enhances their strengths.

Their teammates are so incredible at making defensive rotations and recovering to positions that each player is comfortable in taking risks like super aggressive ball pressure, gambling in passing lanes, and double marking star players.

Same on offense – they’re not even particularly good at making 3s and aside from SGA they dont really have a super-reliable volume scorer, but because they have so many intelligent and energetic guys that are all at least semi-competent scorers, defenses cant aggressively try to double-team SGA, because OKC will just keep the ball moving and create good looks out of smart offball actions

homefree122 | Thunder

1265 | 3 months ago

Obviously J Dub and Chet playing much better helped get us the win—and SGA always gets his—but Caruso and Wiggins, hell of a game for those two. A combined 38 points on 12-22 from the field.

Ozkuro | Bucks

455 | 3 months ago

Wiggins really was the game changer, teams kept switching leads and Wiggins 3s really helped OKC put some distance

homefree122 | Thunder

191 | 3 months ago

The thing is, he had a pretty damn good regular season. Great role player and it wouldn’t be shocking to see him have games like he had tonight. He’s been somewhat quiet this postseason, has had a decent game here and there. No doubt this was his best game of the postseason, though

saurons_scion | Thunder

78 | 3 months ago

He’s going to go be a starter somewhere else eventually

TripleThreatTua | Thunder

44 | 3 months ago

We’ve got him locked up on a very team friendly deal through 2028. He’ll be here for a while

ConfederacyOfDunces_ | Hornets

113 | 3 months ago

I’m happy the series is tied

I wanted a close match up

manbeqrpig | Nuggets

154 | 3 months ago

With what we’ve seen in two games it doesn’t seem like it’ll be close. OKC pretty well controlled 92 of the 96 minutes played

Creative-Upstairs-56 | Nuggets

102 | 3 months ago

They were at home tho tbf. Let’s wait on the blowout talk until we see what happens in Indiana

GGezpzMuppy | Spurs

63 | 3 months ago

OKC gonna run it out if Pacers can’t come out of the gates with some intensity.

joe4553

57 | 3 months ago

Sub 50 points in the first half isn’t going to work against okc.

revisioncloud | Thunder

46 | 3 months ago

I don’t. I just wanna win one man, before Wemby completes his side quests

brob | Thunder

69 | 3 months ago

Did they? Jdub still cold on shooting and Chet laziness in the 1st half on 3 pt close outs. They did better but still not close to where they can be

iCarpet | Thunder

63 | 3 months ago

This is night and day from how they played in the Wolves series. It’s looking a lot like the Nuggets series again.

Parallel-Quality

754 | 3 months ago

SGA has been the best player in the NBA Finals by a WIDE margin.

Not just dominating offensively but he’s been borderline elite defensively as well.

Sijols | Knicks

460 | 3 months ago

SGA averaging 36 points in the finals, mostly off midranges too it’s wild

He’s such a good scorer

homefree122 | Thunder

218 | 3 months ago

I’ve been reliably informed by this sub that SGA only scores from the charity stripe, so you must be wrong.

TheTonyDose | Knicks

42 | 3 months ago

His mid range shots feel as automatic as prime kawhi

kalebglover | Trail Blazers

134 | 3 months ago

I think that might literally be twice as much as the next highest from either team

Asleep_Ground1710 | Bulls

117 | 3 months ago

Having one of the best guard seasons in the 21 century. When all is said and done, win or lose, wonder how it will be compared to say 2016 Curry, 2019 Harden, 08 Kobe and Wade, 01 Iverson

Edit: Add 08 CP3 in there

jumboponcho | Hawks

664 | 3 months ago

People are gonna see the 17 from Halliburton and think he was active, but he was completely absent when Indiana was desperate for runs

given2fly_ | Jazz

258 | 3 months ago

17 points, but 12 were in the 4th quarter when the game was pretty much over already.

Mother_Event_6736

98 | 3 months ago

Games like this are why people say he’s overrated. Ability is obviously there, but just too inconsistent. No more gaslighting when people say he isn’t after a few good games. Not when he’s called a superstar.

EsotericPotato | Timberwolves

660 | 3 months ago

This has been one of my favorite Shai games of the playoffs. Very limited foul bullshit, just pure, surgical hoops. He’s just one of the most refined scorers the league has had in a while.

Raptorsthrowaway1

327 | 3 months ago

He had a couple of mid range makes tonight that Indy played fantastic defense on and they were lasers. Straight in, no kissing

TideToGo69 | Thunder

144 | 3 months ago

He had one in the fourth where I don’t think the net even moved, it was like the ball teleported into the bottom of the net.

Jacer4 | Thunder

64 | 3 months ago

I know the exact shot you’re talking about because from my seat in the arena it looked like it missed it went so cleanly through lmfao

Anyone who can’t appreciate him is just hating full time, dude has the best middy package in the league

500inthemorning | OKC

56 | 3 months ago

I know exactly which one you’re talking about. That was like peeling the plastic off a brand new iPhone.

VolkiharVanHelsing | West

44 | 3 months ago

Those midranges are automatic man

revisioncloud | Thunder

97 | 3 months ago

can’t spell surgical without SGA I’ll show myself out

WrickDinkles

81 | 3 months ago

He is a joy to watch. Reminds me of prime Kawhi. Just has a beautiful mid-range shot.

sanjit8103

67 | 3 months ago

Any time he went mid range and threw the ball up, felt like it was always going in.

TitaniumC4206 | Thunder

661 | 3 months ago

AARON WIGGINS SAVED BASKETBALL

Troll_Enthusiast | Wizards

115 | 3 months ago

Maryland legend 🐢

Skank_hunt42 | Thunder

39 | 3 months ago

WTF IS A TERRAPIN!!!!

Proof-Umpire-7718 | Lakers

65 | 3 months ago

Dude was scorching hot from 3

topofthecc | Thunder

49 | 3 months ago

#GREATEST A. WIGGINS IN BASKETBALL HISTORY

Bobskidat | Thunder

623 | 3 months ago

Aaron Wiggins 17 points and Alex Caruso 20 points how good

Bringdown_

203 | 3 months ago

caruso really does do all the little things doesnt he

nu1stunna | Lakers

59 | 3 months ago

Will never forgive the Lakers for just letting him walk for NOTHING.

TheTonyDose | Knicks

132 | 3 months ago

Caruso is so good man. Trading Giddey for him is really not talked about enough.

Escritortoise

63 | 3 months ago

It’s hard to describe how important he probably is to this OKC team. We were the one seed last year but “too young” and didn’t have the experience.

Caruso has been both the locker room vet and a legit contributor on the court. Besides being possibly the best defender on the team he’s not a liability offensively, but is a perfect team player and kicks it back out to SGA and takes his shots only when they’re really needed- like the 20 tonight.

When games swing a little wild he settles the guys down, hits clutch shots, gets steals, kicks it out unselfishly…there probably would not have been a better fit for this team. Especially since he has the pedigree and has won a title so I’m sure he’s had a massive impact on the locker room.

Euphoric_Travel6762 | Thunder

518 | 3 months ago

ESPN/ABC should be ashamed of this level of production value for the fucking NBA Finals. Feels like NBA Sunday afternoon

nhthelegend | Timberwolves

198 | 3 months ago

They are cheapening the pinnacle of our sport and fuck them for it

tjc815 | Thunder

144 | 3 months ago

Really sucked when they cut from SGA and SVP talking basketball to having Stephen a back on screen talking about whether or not Tyrese Haliburton is a fucking superstar. Goddamn, I wish they would give it a rest.

nate6259 | Bucks

53 | 3 months ago

Such a dramatic difference between TNT and ESPN.

Colorapt0r | Bucks

487 | 3 months ago

I’m convinced this sub starts losing their vision due to their seething hate when watching okc games that game thread was wild

bobdylansmoustache | Lakers

373 | 3 months ago

In game 1, Siakam was called for a foul after Dort ran into him and fell: clip gets posted here, 3K upvotes.

In this game, Dort was called for a foul after Nembhard ran into him and fell — wasn’t even posted lol.

NastySassyStuff

81 | 3 months ago

Pacers fans love the ethical basketball talk but those MFs flop around, too. Nembhard, Nesmith, Mathurin, even Siakam does it sometimes.

usagerp | Raptors

42 | 3 months ago

Most of the league does it, the hate on okc has just been some biased hive mind shit

kwkdjfjdbvex | Thunder

38 | 3 months ago

Jokic was flopping around the entire Nuggets series and I don’t think a single one got posted on here

here_for_the_lols | Thunder

56 | 3 months ago

This sub hates dort with a fiery passion. He could hit the most ludicrous shot after a crazy steal and it would have 1k upvotes meanwhile he sells a bit of contact and it top of the sub

restless_vagabond | NBA

114 | 3 months ago

I’ve started referring to shit like that game thread as “Human slop.” So generic and derivative you can spot it a mile away. Angry children who took low quality memes as input and is shitting out garbage over and over.

Jacer4 | Thunder

73 | 3 months ago

It’s legit just letting a narrative control your thinking, it’s wild. People can watch Shai be the best middy shooter in the league this game, and they come away talking about fouls lmfao

MrRightnow83

94 | 3 months ago

It’s crazy

BadManLuka

66 | 3 months ago

Makes no sense. The Pacers flop even worse than Shai. Nesmith’s legs go parallel to the floor every time he shoots. Ridiculous how that isn’t called an offensive foul.

bobdylansmoustache | Lakers

80 | 3 months ago

They had a replay of SGA (cleanly) stripping the ball off Haliburton and Haliburton’s arms immediately went up like he was shot. Imagine if the roles were reversed…

Jacer4 | Thunder

58 | 3 months ago

No you see Haliburton was making a savvy high IQ play, Shai would be trying to disrespect the game of basketball and bring shame to the whole sport if he did it. It’s totally different

bobdylansmoustache | Lakers

50 | 3 months ago

r/nba when Jokic foul baits: He’s so smart, he just is!

r/nba when Embiid foul baits: This piece of shit motherfucker

Noah__Webster | Thunder

67 | 3 months ago

Crazy how routinely I see comments in our game threads this playoffs straight up calling for teams to intentionally injure SGA.

throwingthisaway733 | Thunder

37 | 3 months ago

Someone in the third quarter complained after we got our 12th ft of the quarter and said it was hilarious we had 12 fts, and then a min later the pacers were shooting their 13th ft lol. I thought it was so funny

MFLBlunts | Pacers

432 | 3 months ago

59 free throws between both teams. Zach Zarba blows.

libertydabbing | OKC

196 | 3 months ago

That third quarter was vintage Zarba. What was it? 28 free throws in that quarter alone?

imkunu | Pacers

64 | 3 months ago

That quarter felt like it lasted the same time as the other 3 combined

Fragrant-Guest-8147

81 | 3 months ago

The crazy thing to me was the difference in halves. First quarter, both teams were allowed to play physically then in the second half everything was a foul.

ppanther99 | Pacers

37 | 3 months ago

Worst official in the sport I hate his guts

ButanePorch | Celtics

422 | 3 months ago

Daigneault leads the league in squints per minute

Ninrd

65 | 3 months ago

Thibs might give him a run for his money but only cuz he’s perpetually squinting

Piradrad_16 | Raptors

416 | 3 months ago

Shai’s 2 way ability today needs to be talked about more

TideToGo69 | Thunder

103 | 3 months ago

He was awesome last game too, it was just overshadowed by that Nembhard three at the end. Even then that was a case of good defense vs. great offense, but highlights are highlights and criticism for that is just part of being a superstar.

BlackMilk23 | BOS

76 | 3 months ago

People tried to mention it in the MVP debate and were usually met with downvotes.

GorillaX | Thunder

74 | 3 months ago

Jokic doesn’t play defense and that why he didn’t win MVP. Let’s push the narrative. Basketball is a 2 way sport.

Simple_Wait_7286

361 | 3 months ago

Good win for OKC. J-Dub and Chet stepped up and their role players were great too. And Shai was Shai.

Indiana’s ability to make crazy runs is gonna keep this series in the balance. But they need to stop putting themselves in these deficits in the first half. Interested to see how well their role players play at home, thought they were reasonable in OKC.

Haliban needs to be aggressive from the start. Can’t be idle for 30 minutes and then start shooting once the game is already over.

ppanther99 | Pacers

82 | 3 months ago

A chunk of the Hali stuff is on him and is obviously an ongoing issue with him, however the coaching staff has done very little to help him get some cleaner looks process wise until the game was already decided. I liked what they were doing a lot when he had that spurt. Build off that film for game 3 and they’re in good shape.

AggravatingFinding71 | Pacers

52 | 3 months ago

The coaching staff AND his teammates ALLOWING him to no show is the problem. Carlisle can’t let him run a free flow offense of handing off to Nembhard and hiding in the corner for 9 minutes before he takes a shot.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

333 | 3 months ago

YOUR EVIL DEVIL MAGIC DIDN’T WORK THIS TIME HALI!! WEEP IN YOUR FAILURE TO PRODUCE VOODOO WITCHCRAFT PACERS!!

homefree122 | Thunder

167 | 3 months ago

I swear to God it felt like they were gonna come back the entire second half even though we kept a pretty solid 20 point lead

bignedmoyle | Bucks

103 | 3 months ago

It was like 22 with 5 minutes left and I was going “no fucking way, surely not i swear to god”

quirky2000 | Thunder

48 | 3 months ago

This is it. When we were up against the Twolves by 20 we could breath easy. When it’s the pacers it’s still so stressful until that final minute.

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39 | 3 months ago

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AttackoftheMuffins | Thunder

284 | 3 months ago

This OKC defense is demonic

Zloggt | Bulls

72 | 3 months ago

If they keep it up…it’ll make Game 1 feel more weirder in retrospect lol

CashmereLogan | Thunder

60 | 3 months ago

Every series has looked weirder in retrospect with each passing game. We lost to the Wolves by 40+ which feels like it happened in a different universe

rawchess | Minneapolis Lakers

74 | 3 months ago

Demonic defense vs Satanic shotmaking, the series

Quantibro | OKC

276 | 3 months ago

r NBA’s 9 11, r Supersonics 9 11, r Timberwolves 9 11

muchbro

119 | 3 months ago

R Jokic 9 11 too.

jondonbovi | 76ers

92 | 3 months ago

R Jokic is r nba and r nbatalk

revisioncloud | Thunder

47 | 3 months ago

r Canada’s 12 25

Classic_Average_2563 | Spurs

266 | 3 months ago

I don’t care what the stat sheet says but as far as I’m concerned, Haliburton had 5 points the whole game. Those 12 points in the fourth don’t even count.

Also, can the refs stop trying to be the centre of attention for just one game?

remonnoki | NBA

44 | 3 months ago

In the 4th he was like “shit, if we actually end up winning and my series stats are down because of this game I won’t get this MVP either” so he did a bit of stat padding

WillF_

246 | 3 months ago

This sub is so shameless with the OKC Hate give it a rest

bobdylansmoustache | Lakers

172 | 3 months ago

It’s so forced. Just one year ago everyone thought OKC was the definition of team-building/team play. Now they’re Evil Empire Pats x 10

TemplarParadox17 | Vancouver Grizzlies

91 | 3 months ago

Simply sga took the mvp from their king

michelobX10

36 | 3 months ago

I’m a total neutral. Haven’t even watched a single Thunder game during the regular season. But the Thunder hate has been insufferable these playoffs. All this fucking “good vs evil” bullshit and conspiracy theories about SGA getting superstar calls. They’re a small market that hasn’t won anything yet, and they think the league is favoring them? And then all the Hali nuthugging from Game 1. What the Pacers are doing isn’t going to win a championship. They can’t just be spending every game climbing out of 20 point deficits.

I remember all the memes and criticism on Lebron disappearing in the 4th quarter on the Heat. Hali basically only showed up in the 4th quarter when it was too late. Guess he won’t get clowned for it though because he’s the “hero”.

Wasn’t really favoring one team over the other before the finals started. Just wanted to watch a good series, but now I want the Thunder to crush the Pacers so these fans can go back in their holes and stfu.

SGA seems like the real deal. The guy can ball AND he’s consistent.

Noriskhook3

179 | 3 months ago

Here’s my thing with Tyrese, why isn’t he aggressive to score? He would be far more dangerous, i get that he wants to facilitate but this is the finals. You have to go all out.

SuperTerrificman

351 | 3 months ago

People said Edwards was too passive last series. If every star struggles against okc, maybe okc is just really hard to play against

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

190 | 3 months ago

“Jokic was really passive. Didn’t shoot in the 4th, weird”

“Man Edward’s is being so passive. Barely shot in the second half, weird.”

“Why is Halliburton not being aggressive? 5 points through 3, weird”

I think you’re on to something and there might be a pattern here. lol

yourmom555 | Thunder

87 | 3 months ago

they are shutting him down it’s that simple

bwehx

168 | 3 months ago

OKC defensive masterclass and a great game from the big 3 as well as Caruso. The Haliban is so weird man. He was a ghost for the first three quarters and randomly turned it up in the fourth and became their leading scorer. Unfortunately that scoring came way too late

ZXXA | OKC

47 | 3 months ago

Dub was good defensively but offensively missed again. Really need him to step up.

EbsPogi | Thunder

163 | 3 months ago

Sadly, SGA’s bagwork this game will never reach the front page of this sub.

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

161 | 3 months ago

Tyrese Haliburton W statpadding u bum

Anthony-Richardson

54 | 3 months ago

truly elite stat padding performance he was trash this game

FormalDisastrous2467 | Thunder

39 | 3 months ago

Fakest stat line ive ever seen.

He had 7 4 and 3 today.

sktyrhrtout

148 | 3 months ago

Not a single highlight gracing the front page of /r/nba. The only two are “commentator” highlights. I can taste the hate for the Thunder and it’s delicious!

gnomemms | Thunder

97 | 3 months ago

Literally, if that blatant goaltend was against the Pacers it would’ve had 5k upvotes

WillF_

139 | 3 months ago

You can hear a pin drop in this sub right now wondering what happened?

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

128 | 3 months ago

OKC needs to start playing better. Its the finals

totennkopf

52 | 3 months ago

honestly, they have shot pretty poorly the entire playoffs, i cant tell if its the immaturity or shrinking in the moment. they shot so much better in the regular season

pterodaktyl4

124 | 3 months ago

FINAL COMMERCIAL COUNTER:

YouTube TV: 4

Kia, Michelob Ultra, T-Mobile: 3

Alien Earth, AT&T, Burger King, Corona, Gatorade, Genesis, KFC, Mazda, NBA Finals, Nissan, Papa Johns, Popeyes, WingStop: 2

28 Years Later, 9-1-1 Nashville, American Express, American Family Insurance, Amica, Applebee’s, Bacardi, Call Her Alex, Chipotle, Coinbase, Coors Light, Dell, Domino’s, Dunkin’, Elio, ESPN, Expedia, Experian, F1: The Movie, Factor, FX, Gillette, Grubhub, High Potential, Him, How To Train Your Dragon, Hyundai, Indeed, Infiniti, iPhone 16, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Lilo & Stitch, Lincoln, McDonalds, Modelo, Native, Netflix, Nintendo Switch 2, Predator: Killer of Killers, Progressive, Range Rover, Royal Caribbean, State Farm, Subway, The Bad Guys 2, The Bear, The Fantastic 4, The Naked Gun, Venmo, Visible, Volkswagen, Walmart, Wegovy, Wendy’s, Zevo: 1

1st Quarter Non-Local Commercials: 15 (1 fewer than Game 1)

1st Quarter Commercial Time: 6:03 (1:02 fewer than Game 1)

2nd Quarter Non-Local Commercials: 26 (3 fewer than Game 1)

2nd Quarter Commercial Time: 10:46 (2:26 more than Game 1)

Halftime Non-Local Commercials: 23 (11 more than Game 1)

Halftime Commercial Time: 10:15 (tied with Game 1)

3rd Quarter Non-Local Commercials: 11 (7 fewer than Game 1)

3rd Quarter Commercial Time: 5:45 (0:58 fewer than Game 1)

4th Quarter Non-Local Commercials: 19 (5 fewer than Game 1)

4th Quarter Commercial Time: 8:24 (1:05 fewer than Game 1)

Total Non-Local Commercials: 94 (5 fewer than Game 1)

Total Commercial Time: 41:16 (0:37 fewer than Game 1)

Jason Kelce Commercials: 4

Camila Cabello, Caitlin Clark, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Draymond Green, Chet Holmgren, Marshawn Lynch, Jalen Williams, Serena Williams Commercials: 1

heat_fan_ | Raptors

107 | 3 months ago

Sga said not on my watch

heli0sphere | Knicks

107 | 3 months ago

Everyone will complain about something, but OKC was just flat out better tonight.

All0_AL | San Diego Clippers

87 | 3 months ago

Besides that 4th quarter stat pad Hali was a ghost all game. Crazy how many times he does this

D3struct_oh | Rockets

78 | 3 months ago

Pacers only 15 turnovers.

Felt like 40.

Healthy-Upstairs-582 | Charlotte Bobcats

73 | 3 months ago

Roughly the quality of that trophy jpeg.

Somerandomguy20711 | Thunder

69 | 3 months ago

Al-Shaida has struck back against the Haliban

okiewxchaser | Thunder

66 | 3 months ago

Aaron Wiggins saved basketball

restless_vagabond | NBA

71 | 3 months ago

SGA as a two-way player is so underrated. His defense is so good, you don’t have to sub him offense for defense like other “superstars.” Great game by him today.

Magictank2000 | Bucks

69 | 3 months ago

It’s okay r/nba, the pacers got them right where they want them- fifth quarter comeback incoming

reno2mahesendejo

66 | 3 months ago

Really weird series

OKC has led all but about 5 seconds

Usually by 15+

They’re very clearly the better team

Indy can’t really create on offense

And yet, the pressure is on OKC, they absolutely have to win one in Indy, and even getting to 2-2 feels like it’d be a win for Indy, almost feels like OKC needs to take both Indy games to feel comfortable.

NotManyBuses | Charlotte Bobcats

58 | 3 months ago

Haliburton stats looked fine but he was utterly putrid for the entirety of the time the game was competitive. Couldn’t get a single thing going

Quantibro | OKC

56 | 3 months ago

R NBA’s 9 11

TheFestusEzeli | TOR

38 | 3 months ago

This sub at least switches when OKC wins, r/nbatalk is just permanently on fire.

Both of the top posts about Game 7 of the Nuggets OKC series and Game 5 of the Wolves OKC series were Jokic praise posts, even though Jokic wasn’t in one of the series.

gnomemms | Thunder

53 | 3 months ago

r/nba sure was quiet today

GotTwisted | Lakers

47 | 3 months ago

Time to drop the really big bomb:

IND is 0-4 when down over 20 points in the playoffs. That is the real reason they have not comeback.

Have a nice day, OKC!

Opponent | Biggest Lead | IND Comeback?

MIL G3	22 PTS	No
CLE G3	26 PTS	No
NYK G5	22 PTS	No
OKC G2	23 PTS	No

ejw123456789 | Thunder

53 | 3 months ago

From an OKC fan, have to give props to Nesmith and Nembhard. Guys are workhorses and so under-appreciated. Hali comes in fresh in the 4th for the glory but these 2 guys are doing all the grunt work.

rawchess | Minneapolis Lakers

50 | 3 months ago

Alex Caruso is the fakest 7 PPG player in the league, dude is a natural offball scorer and can get double digits easily if you leave him open

Knight-of-dark1 | Thunder

43 | 3 months ago

Hali and his devil magic can’t beat the SAVIOR AARON WIGGINS

NonKolobian | Clippers

44 | 3 months ago

TIL OKC has 3 Williams on their team

NerdLawyer55 | Thunder

43 | 3 months ago

Can we get the TNT guys on the mothership just a smidge sooner?

IanicRR | TOR

40 | 3 months ago

The 2001 76ers won game one against the Lakers. The famous AI step over game.

Then they proceeded to get stomped for 4 straight games.

Tonight felt like that.

dorkaxe | NBA

38 | 3 months ago

I see people have swung back over to “Hali sucks”. Man, NBA discourse is so fun, just back and forth and back and forth.

ZXXA | OKC

30 | 3 months ago

Eat that r/nba

The Oklahoma City Thunder control Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers, winning 123-107, behind SGA’s 34 pts as they even the series 1-1

AARON WIGGINS SAVED BASKETBALL