Front Row Seat: Pacers steal game 1 (again)
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Pacers vs. Thunder: Indiana is way past resilient in these NBA Finals. It is a stone-cold gamer - Yahoo Sports
One and six-tenths of a second is all the time it took between Tyrese Haliburton releasing a picture perfect jump shot destined for the rim and the ball knowing exactly where to go, cleanly swishing to stun yet another road crowd.
This time it happened to be the NBA Finals, as the Indiana Pacers and Haliburton conducted true thievery in the din of an Oklahoma City night, overcoming the odds and their own mishaps Thursday night to strike first and take Game 1, 111-110, in this best-of-seven series against the Thunder.
Pacers' thrilling comeback win in Game 1 explained in 17 crazy stats - USA Today
The last two fourth quarter comebacks of at least 15 points in NBA Finals games have been by teams coached by Rick Carlisle: Thursday night’s Pacers victory and Thursday, June 2, 2011, when Carlisle’s Mavericks toppled the Heat.
Adam Silver expects NBA owners to urge 'formal' expansion talks - ESPN
Silver has said several times in recent months that the NBA is beginning to turn its focus to expansion, which has been informally discussed in league circles for the past several years. But Thursday marked the first time he said he expects expansion to become a formal discussion point at a meeting of the league's owners.
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