Hour 2: Off The Pace

First Take

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4.2 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Stephen A. Smith, Jay Williams and Kendrick Perkins continue to talk NBA Finals and who on Indiana should shoulder most of the blame for the Game 5 loss Plus, a debate surrounding if it's appropriate to compare Jalen Williams to Scottie Pippen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1979, the first words spoken on ESPN weren't just an announcement.
0:07.0	If you're a fan, they were a sports prophecy.
0:10.9	What you'll see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow.
0:14.6	Glad you're with us tonight.
0:16.0	May convince you, you've gone to sports heaven.
0:20.2	And right now, you're standing on the edge of tomorrow.
0:24.6	This fall, the next era of ESPN begins.
0:28.8	Sports Forever.
0:31.3	Good day.
0:32.6	Welcome back to first day.
0:33.5	Coming you live above the Heineken River deck at Pierce 17 in New York City.
0:38.3	It's a little foggy out there.
0:40.3	All right, Tyrese Hallibor and struggled last night versus OKC going 0 for six from the field,
0:45.2	finishing with just four points.
0:46.8	Hallie was held to without a single point in the first half of the game for the first time in its postseason career.
0:53.1	It was clear that Hallie was hobbled with a right leg injury midway through the first quarter, a lingering
0:57.5	issue since the conference finals. Canty was fired up about his decision to keep playing on
1:03.9	on sportsmanlike. Chris Canty, floor is yours. You're saying I would play Halliburton, it wasn't
1:09.5	Halliburton. And the bit about you wouldn't take yourself out of the game, that's selfish as hell.
1:13.7	Like, that's not, that's, that's, those are teams that don't win championships.
1:17.5	Those are teams that don't sacrifice.
1:19.9	Like, like, when you realize as a player that you ain't got it or the team is in better position
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