The three free throws missed and the foul before the ball went in play were so deflating for Indiana.

Losing that at home while OKC only made three 3’s the entire game

Brutal stuff.

That was mainly 100% mathurin. Lost 4 points basically

Dont like this Pacers! I wanna see beautiful game pacers.

Specifically Benedict Mathurin

Outscored 12-1 to end the game.

Their rim protection and FT shooting cost them that game.

He straight up caused like a 5 point swing

WTF was he thinking?

He’s 1-1 in the series now

Be mathurin:

Check in, fuck shit up for his team’s chances of winning, refuse to elaborate

Bro literally body tackled at the end lmaoo

Mathurin gives and taketh

2 away from the play fouls AND 3 missed FTs is insane lol

Siakam was tunnel visioning hard at the end of the 3rd and he also played the entire 3rd+ a few into the 4th

His stats in the 4th:

• 1 shot attempt

• 1 rebound

• 1 turnover

• 1 foul

Dude had 16 points in the first half then did nothing the entire second. Seems like him and Haliburton love taking turns being non-factors

Carlisle made some similarly bizarre decisions vs the C’s last year.. man is a genius but sometimes it’s downright confusing how his brain works

Reverting back to the Mathurin in the early playoffs.

Legit thought he changed jersey at the end there

Cannot believe what he was doing. And then missing free throws. Bruh.

Typical Mathurin ways. Every time you think he is ascending he comes crashing down

You mean you didn’t enjoy the refball masterclass? Hali was about to be anointed, and Foster said “No Kings!”

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As soon as you see Foster is reffing, just know the game will be ticky tack as fuck.

Did we expect anything different?

Ref fans eating good tn

Maybe I really haven’t watched enough NBA games but that shit is atrocious, are they all that fucking exhausting and boring at the end? And I thought the foul baiting stuff wasn’t allowed anymore

only sport where there’s a ref who’s known to extend series’ for years and everyone is just fine with it

70+ free throws baby!! LET’S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think every pacer fan was shocked. he almost never misses his free throws

0.1% chance that he misses 3 in a row if the 89% is his season percentage.

If you told me they’d have 10 assists and 3 threes for the entire game. I’d put money that they lost.

Yup you only get so many chances to win a series especially against elite teams, we had control of the series up 2-1 and our offense couldn’t deliver in back to back games. Game 5 especially up 10 then everyone got ice cold jokic was the only one scoring for like 14 minutes.

Thing is unless Indy wins two in a row they’re gonna have to play a game 7 in okc, not impossible but their best chance to win this series is a game 6 in Indy imo.

Feels like OKC “should have” won game 1, and Indiana “should have” won game 4, and so the series is rightfully tied at 2-2. This has surprisingly been the most fun/competitive finals series in at least 4-5 years

It’s absolutely crucial how each one counts so much.

Players brush it off during the early minutes but all the misses add up!

tbh that aint the worst percentage, but those 3 misses from mathurin in the final minute were killer

This isn’t about practice. It’s about being in the finals and being 22 years old. Some people can handle that, some can’t.

*Benn Mathurin

Myles Turner choked 3 offensive possessions in a row with 2 minutes left

1. bad pass turnover leading to fastbreak

2. brings Chet over to Haliburton when he had SGA matchup

3. gets in Nembhard’s way with awful positioning

They didn’t even fight the switch either. It was ridiculous how SGA wasn’t doubled to get the ball out of his hands. If JDub makes the shots, then so be it, but Indy should’ve recognized that Nesmith was not the answer.

Yep, Pacers completely lost it

People can complain about the refs trying to get OKC to win but Pacers led most of the game and have beat up OKC handily before.

This feels like the Nuggets series all over again, which means the Pacers have to win game 5, it’s their best chance to steal another game at OKC atp if this series continues to go like the Nuggets series does.

• 30 minute 1st quarter

• 36 minute 2nd quarter

• 34 minute 3rd quarter

• 42 minute 4th quarter

• 2 hour, 47 minute game that lasted longer than some NFL games

• 71 combined free throws.

Absolute shitshow.

The extender

extender nickname was getting a bit unwarranted lately ngl, a great return to form for my goat Scott foster

Mathurin smokin 3 fts in the clutch as an 89% ft shooter. This beautiful game is brutal lol

Also THE EXTENDER is not washed!

Scott Foster showed why he’s a first ballot guy tonight

r/nba melting down right now

I wanna see the replay on the turnover at the end where Dort shoves Hali to the sidelines and gets the ball lmao

Shai elbows like Jon jones

1st Quarter Non-Commercial Time: 25:07

2nd Quarter Non-Commercial Time: 30:42

3rd Quarter Non-Commercial Time: 28:30

4th Quarter Non-Commercial Time: 35:37

Total Non-Commercial Time: 1:59:56

Each time he missed was like a dagger to the heart

My goat never backs down from a challenge

Winning with just 3 made 3s is crazy

Bounces right back up like a toddler you thought you were about to have to take an emergency room trip with lol

my stomach dropped when he fell like that. it’s wild how a moment like that, that no one will even talk about in a days time could have been catastrophic for him and the thunder, thankfully he’s all good though.

was funny when RJ said “oh to be young again” after JDub just got right back up

Almost an identical series.

Game 1: OKC controls the game, up in an almost unlosable position before getting beat by a game winner within the last few seconds.

Game 2: OKC dominates and wins easily.

Game 3: OKC look rough but managed to keep it close before forgetting how to score in the last few minutes of the game as the opposition fully takes control.

Game 4: OKC fighting up hill all game. Go into the 4th down before flipping the script and heavily outscoring the opposition to close out the game.

NBA writers went on strike so same script was used.

Is the “physical playoff basketball” in the room with us right now?

That was terrible

The second I saw Scott Foster stretching during warmups. They did the EXACT same shit in the Denver series. It’s just so unserious.

Bold of you to assume bucks, knicks, cavs wants pacers to win. FTP

Honestly had no idea how bad OKC was hated lol

not in this sub lmao

I know the impulse is to shit on us and the refs but surely you gotta recognize the throwing Mathurin was doing too? def a frustrating way to put a pause on the Cinderella run though

Where were you when Scott Foster reffed game 4 of the NBA finals

This sub has a raging hate boner for the Thunder and it’s funny to watch. They’ll complain about “toxic discourse” in the league but then contribute to it themselves.

You really can’t blame the refs for this one when the Pacers had multiple chances to put this game away. They had multiple leads, at one point I think they were up by like 10.

It’s gonna be an unpleasant place for the next couple days

They’re extra salty because OKC came back from a deficit in this one. These nerds were probably already typing up their dumbass jokes and shit before the game was over and now they’re mad because they were “robbed” of clowning on Shai/OKC. The tears are great.

It’s called Point Guard, not Assist Guard

It feels wrong calling SGA a PG. Positions don’t really matter anymore but it still feels wrong

wait this box score is wild - Barkley has more rebounds than Seattle has DREB’s. He has 10 OREB to Seattle’s 8 as a team.

Yeah people will complain about refs but I feel like the pacers put this one on themselves. Mathurin especially has no one else to blame

I bet all my money in my pocket this series ends in 6 or 7 games.

We choked it away ourselves