ODDBALL - Pacers Take Down Thunder in Game 1

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Pacers beat the Thunder in a thrilling Game 1 of the NBA Finals. In OKC everyone wears the stadium shirts and sings Titanium by Sia. The arena was loud, but their excitement died down when Tyrese Haliburton hit the game winner. Cason Wallace and Lu Dort did everything they could on defense to keep Haliburton in the Dorture Chamber. Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin were unsung heroes. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander needed help but Chet Holmgren was not productive and the Thunder couldn’t convert on their turnovers. All that and Iciest Play of the week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.9	Izzy Gutierrez in Miami.
0:41.5	Amino Hassan, straight from Oklahoma City.
0:45.0	And Izzy, we have ourselves in NBA finals, man.
0:48.9	As Tyrese Halliburton and Indiana Pacers pull off the shocker. They win game one, 11-11 to 110.
0:56.4	Is he the only way I can describe how good that game was?
1:00.0	Was it put me in a good mood, and that's the first time in a very long time that I can say,
1:06.2	watching a game made me viscerally happy.
1:10.5	Really?
1:11.0	I'm not rooting for either team.
1:13.0	I don't care who wins the finals.
1:14.7	I'm not saying that NBA basketball generally makes me miserable or anything like that.
1:20.0	I think I'm okay most nights.
1:22.0	I watch games, finals games, playoff games.
1:24.7	I say, oh, that was a good game or okay, that one was a little boring, whatever.
1:27.7	But it's like my mood level is pretty much the same, you know?
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