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OKC Thunder Wire on MSNBennedict Mathurin says hostile OKC crowd is when he realized he was in NBA FinalsNow it's the Pacers fanbase's turn to be obnoxiously loud. Bennedict Mathurin revealed he thought the OKC crowd was the moment everything hit him that they were in the NBA Finals. An unlikely destination considering how Indiana was viewed before the playoffs started in April.
It's been tough sledding for Siakam, who is averaging 17 points on 13 shots per game through two Finals contests, having missed 12 of his 20 attempts inside the arc and four of his six launches from beyond it,
The Pacers must regroup and fix key issues ahead of Game 3 against the Thunder. Here’s what they must do to turn the NBA Finals around.
Between the movie Hoosiers, Damon Bailey packing high school gyms, Larry Bird's run at Indiana State, and Bobby Knight putting Indiana University on the map, Indiana is the national hub of all things hoops, and with the Pacers and Fever's recent success, it has only added fuel to the fire.
You’re reading Court Sense, a biweekly Celtics newsletter from the Boston Globe. Click here to join the fun. “You just have to be a little bit different so people take notice, but you don’t want to shock them into disbelief,” said former New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu, who followed his father and brother into politics.
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The TV audience for the 2025 NBA Finals has fallen off considerably over the first two games — which is no surprise given the relatively small home markets of the two competing teams. Opposite game two of the Finals,
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.