Pacers bench drives game 3 win, Indy takes 2-1 lead

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

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Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell combined for 37 points off the bench to push the Indiana Pacers to a 116-107 game three win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Dave DuFour, Es Baraheni,and Zena Keita give their instant reaction to the Pacers win, Tyrese Haliburton’s aggressive play, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s fatigue. Then, the gang looks ahead to game four and Zena apologizes to the Pacers.

Host: Dave DuFour

With: Zena Keita & Es Baraheni

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

Audio Producer: Grayson Moody

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0:42.9	Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for June 12th, 2025.
0:45.9	I'm Dave Dufour here with Zena Keda and S. Baraheni.
0:50.8	Coming up, the Pacers take a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals.
0:56.1	We're going to break down game three and look ahead to what the Thunder need to do in game four to respond.
1:09.8	Good morning, everybody. Good morning, guys. Another great NBA finals game in the books.
1:11.1	Yeah. One of the best games of the playoffs.
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