Tag: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Pacers vs. Thunder prediction, Game 3 odds, NBA Finals best bets: SGA stays hot, but Indy can keep it close
The 2025 NBA Finals shift to Indianapolis on Wednesday night as the Indiana Pacers host the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3. The series is tied, 1-1, after the teams split the first two games in OKC. The Thunder have been the far more dominant team in the series, and they’ve had the lead for…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s exploits make Clippers trade look worse
It screamed watershed moment, the forever luckless Clippers outfoxing the eternally exalted Lakers for the services of not one, but two superstars. The news stunned the NBA: In a matter of hours, the Clippers had traded for Paul George and signed Kawhi Leonard. Six years later, the deal for George is considered tragically lopsided, the…
NBA Finals: Pacers have one simple path to upsetting Thunder, and the math didn’t add up in Game 2
Miracle comebacks don’t happen for one reason alone. But if you were to point to a single number that most defined the Indiana Pacers‘ against-all-odds 111-110 Game 1 NBA Finals win, which required a 15-point fourth quarter rally, 18 would tell you a lot. That was the number of 3-pointers the Pacers hit, six more…
2025 NBA playoff bracket, scores, NBA Finals schedule as OKC evens up series with dominant Game 2 win
The Oklahoma City Thunder tied up the 2025 NBA Finals with a dominant 123-107 Game 2 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday. OKC bounced back from a stunning Game 1 loss, in which the Pacers erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit. Game 2 went much more smoothly, with the Thunder leading comfortably from the end…
2025 NBA Finals: Can Thunder bounce back in Game 2? Three keys for OKC after stunning loss to Pacers
The Oklahoma City Thunder were the better basketball team for about 45 minutes of Game 1 in the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers. Through the entire first half, the Thunder executed with elite precision, showing on the grandest of NBA stages why this team was heavily favored to be crowned champions. The defense was…
NBA Finals: Pacers found their offense after a disastrous start to Game 1, now it’s OKC’s turn to do the same
The Indiana Pacers spent several days leading up to the NBA Finals preparing for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s ultra-aggressive defense. None of that seemed to matter when they had to experience it for themselves. In the first half of Game 1 on Thursday, the Pacers turned the ball over 20 times. This was a historically…
Pacers stun Thunder: OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Mark Daigneault explain what went wrong in Game 1 collapse
The Oklahoma City Thunder led the Indiana Pacers by as many as 15 points in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. But Indiana never went away. During the final 2:38 of regulation, the Pacers used a 12-2 run to pull off a stunning 111-110 comeback win after Pacers…
NBA DFS: Top Thunder vs. Pacers DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy basketball picks for Game 1 on Thursday
A season which began in October has reached its conclusion with the 2025 NBA Finals beginning on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET. MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the many stars in the NBA DFS player pool, alongside Jalen Williams, Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam. However, any experienced daily Fantasy basketball player knows that an…