Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast. I'm Yosefacini. Today we're going to talk about the Indiana Pacers taking a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals with a 116 to 1-7 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in game three. Then we're going to talk about the NBA draft and the 2025 NBA draft guide that I have released over at the athletic.

But first, let's hit the music.

What is this going to be? What is this going to be? Oh! they do have a time out. Deside not to use it. Way down to pass. Thanks.

What is this going to be?

Are you kidding?

Hello and welcome this Game 3 podcast.

I'm here on Sam.

But if you watch the tape, what you will see completely orchestrated this game.

Bryce, what's going on, buddy?

What's up, Sam? How are you?

I was right about us getting a fun, competitive, entertaining NBA finals.

Yeah.

But since Indiana has won two games, I was very much wrong about the Thunder winning in five because that is no longer mathematically possible. So it's been a good three games. So I enjoy it.

I am truly fascinated to talk about this. And I think where I want to just start is this. Oklahoma

City comes out. They play super well in the first quarter,

really in the first like seven minutes, I would say six or seven minutes. And from that point

forward, Indiana just absolutely put the clamps on them. It felt like to me. I think they probably

scored something like 80 to 84 points or something in the final 40 minutes of

this game, something in that ballpark. It was a phenomenal defensive performance that I thought

was keyed particularly by three guys, but two you know, two others, I think deserve a lot

of credit here.

So first, Andrew Nammard was fantastic on Che all night.

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