Jeshua Kidd
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They know that the three-point shots are going to be there because that's something the Thunder like to do. They pack the paint, obviously. They're sending three guys at every driver, like you're saying, trying to strip it down low with their fingers and sometimes their whole hand. So the shots are there for the Pacers, and they're good passers.
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They definitely out-assisted the Thunder in this one. You can just see the different ways they play. The Pacers want, like Tass has been saying all week, they want one guy to try and do everything, Shea Gilgis-Alexander. He had 38 points tonight. Nobody else getting into 20, I don't think. Maybe J-Dub got close, but I don't think anybody got close. Just awesome.
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I mean, this is exactly how it goes. If you're the Pacers, this is how you want to win games. 105 is kind of their magic number. If they've been under 105, they haven't been able to pull out a win. So to stretch it out to 111, kind of on the strength of the three-point shooting in the fourth quarter, They've got to at least think that they can continue to outshoot Oklahoma City.
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We'll see if that remains to be true. Definitely OKC will shoot better than 40% for a game, I'm sure, going forward.
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People often say the lower score first when it comes to basketball scores. Nonetheless, 111, 110 for the Pacers. Esch, this is your first finals game, and I got to tell you, it doesn't get much better than that, man.
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Every single person we talked to today was like, if the Thunder are going to steal a game, or if the Pacers are going to steal a game, it's got to be game one. That's all good. It's all good. There we go.
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Yeah, it's live.
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They played well on defense. Exactly. And, I mean, the second half... Okay. Tale of two halves-wise, first half, Thunder style. Choppy. Tons of turnovers. You know, they're scoring inside pretty well. A lot of twos for them. But the Pacers kept pace, keeping it within 10 to 12. I think it was a 12-point lead at halftime. That's right. The second half felt like a Pacers half.
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Much more freedom of movement. Obviously, they didn't turn the ball over nearly as much. They got into their three-point game. So I think they have to feel good that they can make the Thunder play their game, and it's not the other way around because OKC was dictating in the first half. Second half, though, the Pacers were dictating just as much going the other way.
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OKC will play better offensively, I do think, going forward, at least in some of these games. I wonder if Mark Dagnall will try to go back to the double big lineup. We thought that was going to be a question going forward because Siakam just seems like a tough matchup. The Siakam-Turner, the speed of those two seems like a tough matchup for Hartenstein and Chet together.
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But I don't know. I thought Hartenstein had a pretty solid impact, especially in the first half. He was big time on the offensive glass. He was dunking inside, putting some pressure on the rim. Caruso did his part as well. He was everywhere, offensive rebounding, getting every loose ball. But I don't know. It's kind of odd to see the team that's the favorite adjust before the series starts.
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That doesn't happen very often. So I wonder if maybe they decided to go back to the starting lineup that they've had. and see if they can kind of bang with the Pacers a little bit inside because they crushed them in the first half on the offensive glass.
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Obviously, you're not going to force 19 turnovers in the half again if you're OKC, but you can maybe beat them up on the glass a little bit, and that helps for the possession battle. That helps for the shot attempt battle. I think OKC ended up taking like 20 more shots than the Pacers. You should win that game if you play well offensively, but this is the recipe for the Pacers. Keep it close.
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and we've got the utmost confidence that our guy's going to get it done, and he did it once again. Did not have a celebration, though, in his back pocket. We were talking about it on the show. There's not necessarily one totally associated with the Thunder.
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Literally what? Pacers didn't take a lead in this game until Halliburton hit that jumper with 0.3 seconds left after Shig Yildiz Alexander missed one. knocked it down. The rebound comes to Neesmith over to Obi Toppin. I thought he should have maybe shot it, but just kidding. Halliburton gets the ball up the court. Kaysen Wallace on him, gets into the mid-range and hits the deep deuce.
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Okay, maybe he could stomp like Westbrook.
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Nah, he didn't have a notable thing, for sure.
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All right, so game stolen, absolutely, for the Pacers. Do you, what'd you say, I think you maybe said Thunder and Six?
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Thunder and Six, you still feel like that's a possibility?
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Look, man, they can win on the road as well. No, yeah, 100%. Just as well as the Pacers can.
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are they going to just win the chip you know like well i don't think they're ever going to have a bad shooting night it feels like they're not going to have a bad shooting night i mean they got blown out in game five against the knicks in the conference finals so they can and who knows like i was actually kind of hoping shack was going to wander over because i was thinking this isn't totally dissimilar to 2001 finals right alan iverson stole a game on the road
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It ended up being a win for the Lakers long term. I think they even won that series 4-1. That was their only loss of the thing, right? So definitely the favorite team can bounce back and do it, but the Pacers know they're going to get shots. They've been shooting well for two months straight in the playoffs. They don't have any hesitation going 10 guys deep.
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They were playing Thomas the target Brian out there for no reason. and it didn't matter he made a three he made a quarter right like making up for it so i don't know the series feels even more alive than it did before tonight
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Yeah, it's the odd must-win Game 1, and the Pacers did it. It feels like they've won every must-win game they have. It would have been awesome to eliminate the Knicks in Game 5 for sure, but they knew they had Game 6 waiting for them back home, took care of business in that one. Right. We shall see. Sunday, game two. Game two. Should be awesome. I mean, that turns into a must-win for the Thunder.
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Yeah, so we'll see what they do to bounce back. I know the guys will be on tomorrow at 10 a.m. They will have the actual random notes being tapped into the game and seeing what's going down. I would love to hear a straight-up Rick Carlisle spit-take.
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counter like how many did it happen because it was at least at least twice um so we'll see we'll see what else they come up with that'll be 10 a.m tomorrow we are flying back to atlanta just right around then so we're gonna miss the show but i'll be back on monday hopefully we get another classic on sunday night yeah 100 i can't wait for game two All right. This seemed to have worked.
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I don't know if anybody's complaining that the stream went out. It doesn't seem like it. You've got the button ready to click that we're going to be saying goodbye. So thanks for joining us. Clipper Bros. You heard it here first. Have a great time. Turn up. Love you guys. Awesome. Thanks for joining us. And remember, it ain't over till it's over. Embrace the night, people.
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One of my favorite neighborhoods here in Oklahoma City. has been an awesome run for Tyrese Halliburton. Had massive shots for the Pacers against the Bucks in the first round, against the Cavs in the second round, against the Knicks in the conference finals, and then here in game one to steal a win on the road against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Ash, this was a legitimate tale of two halves.
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It didn't seem possible that the Pacers were going to be able to pull off the comeback in this game. 19 turnovers in the first half. Throwing the ball away, completely overwhelmed by the way the Thunder were playing defense. But in the second half, only six turnovers. Halliburton didn't have a great game.
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Six points in the first half, eight points in the second half, but came up clutch when it counted. What'd you think, man? I mean, player of the game is the guy I was talking about the entire time.
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I don't think he made another basket after that, but his spirit was important to the team. I'm with you. He was integral to this Pacers team being able to get it done. He had a rough start to this game as well. A couple of nasty turnovers that he dropped the ball on a pass from Halliburton. He was just part of...
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The 19 turnovers in that first half, but made five threes, canceled out the three-pointers for Lou Dort as well. The Pacers shot the ball incredibly well, the way they have been for this entire postseason. They finished 18 of 39 from three. That's 46%. They limited Shea Gildas Alexander, getting to the free throw line. He didn't take all that many.
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I think he finished with eight free throw attempts for his, what he finished with, 38 points. This was the game plan for the Pacers. Let Shea get his. I thought Jalen Williams kind of turned it on in the second half as well after struggling. And when it comes down to it, the Pacers played their game in the second half. They never quit. They never think they're out of the game.
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Incredible coaching by Rick Carlisle. He empowers every single Pacer to take any shot that they think is open that's going to be a good shot. That gives them a lot of confidence. And you can see they never think they're out of a game.
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When it comes down to it, OKC is going to be able to hang on to the lead here when I think it was TJ McConnell had that baseline out of bounds play. He tried to throw a lob over the top and just a pass to nobody, run out for Jalen Williams, big dunk. This crowd is going insane. That to me was the first time I thought maybe this one is going to be over.
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There was other times in the fourth quarter too. where, you know, Miles Turner, I think the Pacers were down four. He had a pretty good look with four minutes left, missed the three-pointer. Next time down, six-point lead for the Thunder. Halliburton has a step-back jumper. He misses as well. These were the shots that it seemed like they were making all the time against the Knicks.
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Those looked like missed opportunities, but there were enough opportunities. You even get to Aaron Neesmith. The Pacers are down three. He catches the ball on the left wing, has a chance to attack, goes to the hoop. But Dort stones him at the rim. Great block by Dort. I thought that was maybe another time. It could have been over for the Thunder, but the Pacers never think it's over.
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They're ready to fight the entire time. After that Dort block, I think it was maybe Siakam had a block down at the rim as well. Went back the other way, and the Pacers just made enough shots. The 25 turnovers. forced by the Thunder was crazy. But you look at the box score, and it's only 11 points conceded for the Pacers, and I think that was huge.
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Their transition defense was on point the entire night. A lot of it was some dead ball turnovers, like Obi Toppin had a couple they just threw out about. Turnovers where the clock is stopping, at least you can get back on defense. And then they did a really good job to get back and limit the Thunder fast break attack. I think the Pacers ended up winning the fast break battle in this one as well.
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Curious decision, maybe, from Mark Dagnall to go small down the stretch. No Hartenstein, no Chet on the court for the last three or so minutes. That cut off the offensive rebounding for Oklahoma City.
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Meanwhile, Pascal Siakam got busy on the offensive glass for the Pacers, and it was just they made enough plays, enough plays, enough plays, and then they have to have the utmost confidence that when Tyrese Halliburton has the ball in his hands in the last 10 seconds, at the very least, he's going to get a good shot, and it feels like he's going to make every single one of them. Exactly.
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They were getting busy on the first half, for sure.
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Yeah, I mean, maybe. I don't know. Like, you think back to it and you look at the box score, it doesn't feel like anybody from the Pacers played incredibly well. Like, Pascal Siakam, their leading scorer, 19 points on 7-15 shooting. He did get one run out in this game, but it wasn't the same transition attack that he had against New York. Halliburton, like we said, finished with 14 points.
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Nembhard, 14. Neesmith made a big three late.
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They had three guys in the starting lineup with double-digit rebounds. That's pretty big to win on the glass, kind of helping the possession battle because it was so tilted for the Thunder. But just enough. You mentioned Miles Turner banking in a three. He was decent in the second half. He didn't feel like he didn't take a shot for 45 minutes of real life, but then hit a couple of big ones.
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Neesmith made shots when he needed to. Nembhard, I thought he was kind of struggling defensively against Shea Gildas Alexander until the last possession. That was maybe the best he defended him, was able to stick with him. Shea was getting to a step back pretty much whenever he wanted. And Halliburton for...
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The way he played and didn't really look super aggressive, I thought at times he kind of seemed surprised when he was open. He would shake Dort or something like that, like, wait a second, I have a three-pointer that I can actually take? In the second half, he was much more willing to get into the mid-range, and then as you saw, he knocked down a mid-ranger to win it.
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He's just got to take the shots that are there. I'm stunned, man. I couldn't believe it. I just thought the Thunder were such a good... defensive team that they wouldn't allow the Pacers to pile up the points like they did in the second half of this game, in the fourth quarter, turning a 15-point deficit into a win. Furthermore, Shego just had Alexander pretty good at getting to the line.
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Like, he only had two free throw attempts going into the fourth quarter. He took six down the stretch of this game. But in the last second, when Nembhard was physical with him, stuck with him, hands off. Great defense from him. That could have been an easy way to close out the game if you're at the Thunder, him at the line. But nope, they just made the plays. Yeah.
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It was an overwhelming defensive performance in the first half from OKC.
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All right, what's up? What's up?
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It was awesome to watch, to see a game like this. I don't know. This is your first finals game. I've been to, I don't know, 20, something like that, and this is rocketing up to the upper echelon for sure. I mean, Game 7, 2016, of course, an all-time classic. Steph Curry catching fire in the fourth quarter. Game four, 2022. Incredible.
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This, to me, is maybe a little similar to Cavs versus Warriors in 2015. Went to overtime. It was like Kyrie Irving blocked Steph Curry at the rim. Game one. Yeah, exactly. It's up there. But man, to see a game winner in the NBA finals, Technically, I suppose, not a Tissot buzzer beater as there was .3 seconds left and they tried to throw a lob to Chet, but still, I'll take it.
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The Pacers did just enough to be able to steal this one. Very, very cool.
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Ayo and welcome to No Dunks coming to you live from the Paycom Center where me and Eshua just watched an instant classic game one. Tyrese Halliburton does it again. Curtains Halliburton with the deep deuce with .3 seconds left to pull off an incredible comeback. Stunner win for the Pacers beating the Thunder 1-10. to 111 for the Pacers.
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You got anything else, man? I don't know. What else do you want to talk about? I'm sure the guys tomorrow will talk more about game two, adjustments and that kind of stuff.
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Any random notes? It's hard to focus on the random notes. We can't see Rick Carlisle spitting from where we were sitting.
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You saw a random guy dressed as Jesus? Yeah. Okay, nice one.
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I didn't see it.
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Beautiful stuff. Beautiful stuff, a very religious place. You know, of course, we had the invocation before the game, felt like a... playing in church leagues once again. It was loud in here until there was 0.3 seconds left, and then the volume was turned down a little bit, I would have to say. Great participation from fans wearing the shirt.
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We had 803 Fresh as the halftime act, Boots on the Ground. Boots on the Ground. Yeah, you like that song? It's okay. It was okay.
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Yeah, smack of their fans. That was good. I don't know what else. I mean, I was thinking down the stretch or going forward, perhaps, that it's going to have to be Neesmith on Shea Gildress Alexander just because it felt like... He was able to get any shot he really wanted for the most part. You know, step backs were working really hard.
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He didn't shoot a great percentage, but he was able to get some looks and the shots were definitely there. But then Nembhard stoned him when it came up the most. And, you know, I think Neesmith did a pretty solid job on Jalen Williams. I think he had a better second half, J-Dub did, than first half. But... enough defense. And I think if you're the Pacers, look, certainly they stole this game.
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They shot incredibly well, made 18 threes, shot 46%, I think, from three. And when it came close, they won because they have a great clutch player in Tyrese Halliburton. That's kind of the recipe for them. Are they always going to shoot 46%? Maybe. They've been shooting well for the entire playoffs so far, but they have to be at least encouraged that