SGA, Thunder strike back in dominant Game 2 win
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🗓️ 9 June 2025
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Summary
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in a game-high 34 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a game 2 win to even the Finals series at 1-1. Zena Keita and Es Baraheni give their instant reaction to the Thunder win and the NBA’s decision to add digital logos to the Finals broadcast. Then, Andrew Schlecht and Dave DuFour report live from OKC with their thoughts on the series so far and what to look for in game 3.
Host: Zena Keita
With: Es Baraheni, Andrew Schlecht, & Dave DuFour
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. |
| 0:08.9 | Game two of the NBA Finals is in the books. |
| 0:11.8 | OKC walked out with a win before they go to Indiana. |
| 0:15.0 | S. Barhani and I are here to break it down, |
| 0:17.0 | and Andrew and Dave were in the building. |
| 0:22.6 | Good morning, S. It's been a minute. How are you? Good morning. Good to see you, Zina. |
| 0:29.1 | Good to see you. I loved all the content that came out of OKC. Happy that you guys were able to be |
| 0:34.6 | on the ground for the game one upset. But things got a little bit back to normal, at least for OKC's fans on that side, |
| 0:43.4 | 123, 107, the final score out in OKC. |
| 0:47.2 | And by the way, I don't know if you guys noticed I wasn't with the team out in OKC. |
| 0:52.7 | I very much missed them. |
| 0:54.4 | But if you haven't seen any of their content, go to YouTube. |
| 1:16.2 | There's going to be a lot of stuff up there. Give us a follow, subscribe there. And also, if you're hearing our voices, you like the way they sound on podcast, give us a five-star rating. We like that. We like that. Okay. Back to this game. Now, after that upset, I guess you could call it an upset, 11, 110, Indiana, Tyrese Halliburton, |
| 1:17.9 | holding his neck. |
| 1:21.7 | It felt as if the pressure was on for OKC. And as the way this game started, you could tell they were feeling the pressure. |
| 1:27.0 | OKC came out trying to really force a lot of things and ended up being a little bit sloppy |
| 1:32.5 | with the ball in the first quarter, but they eventually cleaned that up. |
| 1:36.5 | But what did you make of the way that they came out and their focus on trying to beat |
| 1:41.9 | Indiana from tip? |
| 1:44.2 | Yeah, they felt a little tight. |
| 1:47.1 | You know, it was the first time in a series, at least that I can remember that. |
| 1:50.1 | OKC actually ended up having more turnovers than their opponent, at least to start the game. |
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