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Oddball w/ Amin Elhassan & Izzy Gutierrez

Haliburton and Pacers Bench Beat SGA and Thunder in Game 3

Oddball w/ Amin Elhassan & Izzy Gutierrez

Meadowlark Media

Basketball, Comedy, Sports

2.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The Indiana Pacers are up 2-1 in the NBA Finals, but are we actually ready for a world where the Pacers are champs? The Pacers defense locked up Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and embarrassed Chet Holmgren. Bennedict Mathurin and TJ McConnell made the most of their minutes, while Caitlin Clark hit the Reggie Miller choke! With a star performance last night, could Tyrese Haliburton be at the beginning of a Tom Brady run? Plus, the Knicks steal the Finals spotlight with their chaotic coach search, while Cousins goes off and Giannis calls out the media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Oddball. I'm Izzy Gutierrez. That's Amin El Hassan. He was about to say welcome to oddball. I can see it. The Pacers, yes. Amin, we are living in a crazy world. The Indiana Pacers are on top of the basketball world.

0:21.4

They lead the NBA finals 2 to 1.

0:24.1

They never led the NBA finals in 2000, by the way.

0:26.2

So they've never been in a better place than they were after game 1 and game 3 of this series.

0:30.6

116 to 107.

0:32.2

They still refuse to lose when they score 110 points or more.

0:36.1

Tyrese Halliburton had the big bounceback game.

0:39.3

Benedict Matherin was a surgeon off the bench.

0:43.7

And the Pacers are reportedly now 8-0 with Caitlin Clark in attendance.

0:49.3

She is the Kylie Jenner of the Indiana Pacers.

0:52.4

And she did the Reggie Miller choke sign.

0:55.1

Man, Caitlin Clark, she is a presence.

0:57.8

Look, the Thunder were up five at the end of the third, I mean, but the Pacers outscored them

1:01.9

32 to 18 in the fourth quarter.

1:04.3

And we will get to the bigger picture in terms of what world we're living in if the Indiana

1:08.9

Pacers win the championship.

1:10.7

But specifically in that fourth quarter, what did the Pacers do differently to kind of change

1:15.4

the whole tone of the series?

1:16.9

I mean, I think, I don't know if they did anything differently in terms of scheme.

1:21.2

Even head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Mark Dagnol, I don't think they did anything

1:25.0

differently other than they executed a lot better. And they were just so physical and so high energy defensively. They made life miserable

1:33.6

for the Oklahoma City Thunder. 19 turnovers on the night leading to 21 pacer points. A lot of those

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