Thunder thumps Pacers in NBA Finals Game 2
Digest more
Indiana's big man has often been viewed as everybody else’s “missing piece,” but he continues to succeed on the team that drafted him — with a big payday ahead.
2don MSN
OKLAHOMA CITY — Game 1 of the NBA Finals saw an epic fourth-quarter comeback followed by a Tyrese Haliburton game-winning shot that will live forever in Indiana Pacers lore. HALIBURTON WINS GAME 1 FOR THE PACERS. THEY TRAILED BY 15. ANOTHER CRAZY INDIANA COMEBACK 🚨 https://t.co/heI0ELIivW pic.twitter.com/1Qr6XlDbA7
The Indiana Pacers aren't a destination for the NBA's free agents and rarely earn high draft picks. To reach the Finals, they had to buck convention and get creative.
Draymond Green delivers a major Alex Caruso message during the Oklahoma City Thunder-Indiana Pacers NBA Finals.
What makes Indiana coach Rick Carlisle unique is the way he has engaged with modern disruptions in the NBA, with different teams in different eras.