Basketball Intelligence For 6/7/25
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NBA FINALS
Yes 'Cers! The 10 most mind-blowing stats on how absurd Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers have been in the clutch
Tom Haberstroh, Yahoo! Sports
As Thunder look to rebound, Canada's Lu Dort continues to show up when needed
Michael Grange, Sportsnet
What key plays from Thunder-Pacers Game 1 tell us about the NBA Finals going forward
John Hollinger, The Athletic
Bright lights, big Oklahoma City
Kelly Dwyer, Kelly Dwyer On Hoops
These two Finals participants are in pain, it is not a normal thing to play one-nighters for six months before settling in on an eight-week postseason. Yet luck abounds, as does the sort of fortune which favors the prepared. Behind these players are massive and earnest staffs, trays full of smoothies and resistance bands to dangle from, players pick the color (of the bands, not the smoothies, all smoothies are green).
‘This group never gives up’: Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers' relentless belief is their superpower
Scott Agness, Fieldhouse Files With Scott Agness
(PODCAST) Tyrese Haliburton silences Thunder, pulls Pacers up to 1-0 series lead
Caitlin Cooper, Basketball, She Wrote
What the Thunder Need to Fix in Game 2 of the NBA Finals
Chris Mannix, SI.com
‘You learn from it’: Ex-Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce thriving with Pacers in NBA Finals
Lauren Williams, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Game 1 was a (literal) fever dream
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Tyrese Haliburton, fueled by slights, just keeps burning brighter
Sam Amick, The Athletic
How Pacers coach Rick Carlisle helped Thunder GM Sam Presti break into NBA C-suite
Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today
2025 NBA Finals: The Indiana Pacers Are Comfortable In Chaos
Shane Young, Forbes
The Pacers' lead in the NBA Finals was more than a decade in the making
Andrew Greif, NBC Sports
The long-tail effects of Carlisle’s adaptation are still being felt 14 years later in Indianapolis, where his development of, and confidence in, Haliburton has allowed the Pacers’ offense to thrive in pressure-packed moments. Of the three all-time teams to win a Finals game after trailing by at least 15 points in the fourth quarter, two of them have now been coached by Carlisle. And both comebacks followed scripts that were largely written by the players themselves.
NBA Finals 2025: How Thunder avoid a 2-0 deficit against Pacers
Zach Kram, ESPN
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