Oklahoma City-Tyrese Haliburton hit a 21-foot bridge-up jumper in the last second on Thursday as Indiana pacers made a surprise comeback to win 111–110 at Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of NBA Final.
Pacors did not lead the game until Holiberton dried the shot with 0.3 seconds left.
The best-seven chain with Game 2 in Oklahoma City on Sunday begins again.
Indiana fell behind 15 in the fourth quarter before going away from the thunder growth. Andrew Nembard and Mials Turner scored eight points in each period.
Pamens cut the losses of 48.6 seconds on Pascal Siakam’s putback after a 3-point attempt by Nembhard.
After Heliberton’s shot, Oklahoma City tried to lobbile inside, but Siakam removed it as the time ended the game.
Indiana dropped the Thunder from 35–25 in the fourth quarter.
Oklahoma City forced a lot of turnover, especially early. However, the thunder could not take enough advantage often, scoring just 11 points at Indiana’s 25 GIVEAWAYS. Paers made the ball more than 20 times in the first half.
Siakam led pacers with 19 points and added 10 rebounds. OB Topin had 17 points from the bench, Turner scored 15 runs and Nebhard scored 14 points. Haliberton ended with 14 points, 10 rebounds and six assistance.
Shai Gilgius-Alexander scored 38 runs and led the Thunder, shooting 14 out of 30 from the ground.
Jalan Williams contributed 17 points to 6 -19 shooting, while Chet Holmagrain was only 2 out of 9 for six points.
Indiana hit 47.6 percent up to 39.8 percent of Oklahoma City from the floor.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Indiana was barely hanging.
Passes below 13, missed three consecutive shots on one possession.
After the last of them, Pacers TJ McConal was innbounding under Indiana’s basket and quickly took the ball to the midcourt.
Instead of a team partner to get an inbound, Williams ran on the ball, grabbed it on the run and a thunderous stinging to expand the lead for the game-high 15 points of Oklahoma City. The score was 94-79 with the remaining 9:42.
But Indiana was not going to go away.
Pacors scored 15–4 runs to stay within the striking distance, and then they proceeded late.
Oklahoma City scored just one field goal in the last four minutes, inaugurating the pacers returning.
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