Ref Assignments for Game 7 of #NBAFinals

James Capers’ crew will be on tonight.

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You know what you must do

That’s right, the Pacers have EIGHT players in double digits!

Might be a new finals record

Pacers best O Players in Finals

Siakam
19.8 PPG
46.4% FG%
4 AST

Hali
14.8 PPG
44.7% FG%
6.8 AST

Obi
12.8 PPG
48.3% FG%
1.2 AST

TJ
11.3 PPG
53.7% FG%
4.5 AST

Myles
11.3 PPG
36.8% FG%
1.5 AST

Nemby
11.2 PPG
47.9% FG%
3.3 AST

Mathurin
10.5 PPG
41.9% FG%
1 AST

Nesmith
10.5 PPG
40.4% FG%
1 AST

(whispers)

(if Siakam wins Finals MVP is he a Hall of Famer?)

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The solidarity is mutual

#BringBackSuperSonics & #YesCers unity

TJ McConnell rn

Beating 3/5 All NBA 1st Team players & 7/14 opposing All NBA players in the process.

Only NBA team to beat two 64+ Win teams in the playoffs to win a title.

All after their best player was “most overrated” & their team was counted out despite making the ECF the year before.

Hollywood Script rt

Pacers Underdogs:

PreSzn: 66-1, longest odds for a champ by MGM to win a NBA Title, 4th longest in US Sports History

Underdogs in Semis, ECF, & Finals; 2nd to win Title as an underdog in 3 series (‘95 HOU)

Pre-Finals: 7-1, T7th Longest odds to win a Finals, only ‘04 DET won a Title w/ as bad odds

That would be crazy!

But he sometimes has games under 20 PTS (ignore assist numbers) so that isn’t happening

And remember: this is his first Playoffs 👀

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Pacers have dominated OKC in Q4

100 - 73 PTS
58.5% - 37.5% FG%
52.2% - 21.1% 3P%
31 - 23 REB
17 - 8 AST
11 - 11 TOV
142.9 Pacers O Rating & OKC D Rating
100 Pacers D Rating & OKC O Rating
69.8% - 51.4% True Shooting%

Was down 7, down 19, & down 5 heading into each Q4. Can’t count them out #YesCers

Reggie Miller 🤝 Oscar Robertson

#NBAFinals presented by YouTube TV

Exodiacers

Long shots of all long shots.

2 wins away from Indiana becoming NBA Champs

It’s a great series between:
- The two best teams since New Years
- The MVP going against one of the most insane clutch runs in sports history by a player
- two franchises trying to earn their 1st Title
- The Best Offense of the Playoffs VS the Best Defense

Legitimately SO much to cover and hype up

Exactly.

There’s been such a hyper-focus by ESPN on the biggest market teams & players for years.

It makes casual fan uninformed of most teams & their stars, sours smaller markets on the network, & hurts their total viewership.

If the network doesn’t care about the teams, why should the audience?

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Nothing more dangerous in sports than being ahead of the Pacers late.

Pacers on Offense in Transition

Regular Season:
- 1.17 Points per Possession
- Tied 4th with the Thunder
VS
Playoffs:
- 1.3 Points per Possession
- 1st in Playoffs (Thunder 6th at 1.17 PPP)

Combine that w/ Pacers being:
• the fastest Playoff Team (4.42, 2nd is CLE @ 4.33)
• The most distance covered in Playoffs (19.3 miles per game, 2nd is MEM @ 18.68)
• 2nd most touches & 2nd fastest sec per touch (434.4 & 2.87sec, both *just* behind GSW)

It is tiring to play the Pacers.

I am actively trying to figure out what picture to frame & put in my house & it’s a near impossible choice.

With how often Haliburton has done this, I’ve long made a resolution to wait until after the Pacers playoff run is over.

The Pacers just keep making the wait longer and the decision tougher.

Hard to pick just one atp

The Blessed Bounce vs Knicks above the expired game clock.

The Missed FT-Self REB stepback game winning 3 vs 1 seed Cavs.

Driving past Giannis in OT to send the Bucks home (& potentially end his time in Milwaukee).

Could throw in the post-shot celebrations for each too

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All that matters is the score at the end, not the score from 12:00 Q1 to 00:00.4 in Q4

If you want Regular Szn Clutch Stats:

31/65 = 47.7% FG%
16/39 = 41% 3P%
25 AST : 5 TOV
14 REB
8 STL
2 BLK
119.1 O Rating
97.1 D Rating

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The NBA’s definition of “Clutch Time” = During Last 5 Minutes of 4Q/OT with the score +-5.

In the Clutch this Playoffs Haliburton is:

12/23 = 52.2% FG%
3/8 = 37.5% 3P%
8 AST : 1 TO
4 REB
2 BLK
1 STL
143.1 O Rating
109 D Rating

On top of ofc, the 4 game tying/winning shots in 4 series.

Most Game Tying/Winning Shots in final 5 seconds of a 4Q/OT since 1997 Playoffs:

LeBron: 8
Reggie: 5
Haliburton: 5

Haliburton is 4/4 on those shots in the 2025 NBA Playoffs 🤯

Clutch.
Player.
Of.
The.
MILLENNIUM!

HALIBURTON. CALLED. GAME!!! 🔥🔥🔥

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Haliburton is on an All Time Clutch Playoff Run:

• OT Securing Dunk & Game Winning Layup vs Giannis & Bucks to finish series
• Game Winning Self-Rebound on FT & stepback 3 vs Cavs
• OT-securing Toe-on-Line Blessed Bounce vs Knicks
• Game Winning Shot Tonight vs OKC for 1st lead of game

#WTHelly

OKC Playing to:
• Join the ‘96 Bulls as the only 2 teams with 84+ Wins, the MVP, & the Title
• Could be the 6th highest Win% Season in NBA history with a sweep

Pacers Playing to:
• Join the 2011 Mavs, 2004 Pistons, 2015 Warriors, & 2019 Raptors as one of the biggest underdogs to win a Title

🚨PACERS. THUNDER. GAME DAY. 🚨

Two young, fast, team-first powerhouses take center stage. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the dominant, two-way juggernaut Thunder. Tyrese Haliburton and the unselfish, historically clutch Pacers.