How Can The Pacers Beat OKC? + What Is Going On In Utah…Again??

Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to preview the NBA Finals matchup between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder including how the Pacers can keep this a competitive series and where OKC could struggle. Plus, a surprising hire for the Jazz causes the crew to ask once again, ‘What is going on in Utah?’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Your Starbucks is ready.
0:03.0	Beans ground.
0:05.0	Milk frothed.
0:06.0	Shots pulled.
0:07.0	Velvety milk poured into a double shot of dark perfection and
0:11.0	oh, that's the good stuff.
0:14.0	The baristas are ready.
0:15.0	The finest coffee beans are ready.
0:17.0	The Starbucks you love is ready.
0:20.0	Hello again from the Starbucks coffee company.
0:23.1	Hello, welcome. Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.
0:43.7	We talk about the NBA, which we're doing ahead of Media Day, which is on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
0:50.5	Joining me from New York City, where he'll be heading down yonder to the OKC region is Tim Bontemps.
0:52.2	Hello, everybody.
0:59.6	And heading to his second home this postseason, he knows the route to OKC very well.
1:03.1	Gate C35, usually.
1:05.7	I made that up, is BAM McMahon.
1:12.3	Howdy, partners, by the time this airs, I will be on the safe side of the Red River.
1:16.1	All right, but we talk about the NBA, which we're going to do about this game one. I have had many people in my life in the last 48 hours say to me in passing.
1:23.2	I'm really looking forward to this finals.
1:25.8	I'm really excited about this finals. More than I expected.
1:30.3	And that was good.
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