Basketball Intelligence For 6/6/25
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
THE FINALS
How the Thunder lost their way defensively late in Game 1 loss to Pacers
Kelly Iko, The Athletic
Game 1 Observations
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball
Tyrese Haliburton pulls off his greatest trick yet with a dose of NBA Finals magic
Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic
Haliburton and the Pacers Did it Again
Dustin Brewer, Hoops Daily
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder seek answers after letting Game 1 slip away
Anthony Slater, The Athletic
The Pacers Endgame: They always take the right shot
Owen Phillips, The F5
PODCAST: The Legend of Haliburton Grows
Aaron Bollwinkel/Evan Kuck, Basketball Intelligence/Live.Breathe.Ball
Tyrese Haliburton steals Game 1 of Finals, as Pacers continue to perfect the heist
Samson Folk, Basketball She Wrote
Inside the Comeback: How the Pacers pulled off a stunner in Game 1
Tim Reynolds, AP
Pacers found their offense after a disastrous start
James Herbert, CBS Sports
The Thunder failed to capitalize on too many of Indiana's early mistakes
Biggest takeaways from Game 1
ESPN
Tyrese Haliburton's superstar ascension actually began three years ago
Ramona Shelburne, ESPN
5 takeaways
Shaun Powell, NBA.com
Andrew Nembhard won’t get the spotlight after Haliburton’s game winner, but he saved Pacers
David Aldridge, The Athletic
Indiana is way past resilient
Vincent Goodwill, Yahoo Sports
Anatomy of a comeback — How the Pacers once again did the unthinkable
Ben Rohrbach, Yahoo Sports
Haliburton Adds to Sizzle Reel in Dramatic Comeback
Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated
Three Things From Game One: switch-posting, crushing screens, and miscommunications in the corner
Jared Dubin, Last Night In Basketball
How Pacers staged one of the largest comebacks in NBA Finals history
Dustin Dopirak. Indy Star
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