Thunder's Defense Overwhelms Pacers: NBA Finals Game Five Recap

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00:00Halliburton, last night we bet it, Scott, and I nearly lost because he left the game,

00:04but he's had three or more turnovers in every game in the series, all right?

00:09Like, they're a turnover machine, you're right.

00:11Matherin is reckless late in games, Nembar turns the ball over.

00:15Halliburton was horrible.

00:17But I think it's a lot, it's a little bit of the Sam Darnold seeing go stuff, Scott.

00:22I saw Halliburton talk after, like, game one about how, and game two,

00:27and about how he's never seen a defense like the Oklahoma City Thunder in his life before,

00:31and he goes, you know, you start to think that they're there even when they're not there

00:35because they're so long, and the fact is, let's give credit to the Thunder, Scott.

00:40They literally are, like, the best defensive team in, what, the last 20 years?

00:44Like, nobody plays defense like these dudes, and they're all, like, seven-footers,

00:47they all have these massive wingspans, SGA is, but you know what I'm saying,

00:52they've got a bunch of big dudes, and even dudes that aren't that big,

00:55like, Caruso doesn't quit on plays, man, like, you know what I mean?

00:58Lou Dort, like, the guy is just, like, he's like a prison guard just checking you,

01:04like, what do you got there?

01:05Oh, yeah, what do you got in your pocket there?

01:06Dort's your chamber.

01:07Yeah, exactly.

01:09He doesn't score, but trust me, when other dudes have the ball,

01:12they're like, oh, God, Dorton's in front of me.

01:14Like, it's relentless.

01:16They don't give up on plays, and it's getting to the Pacers.

01:19It is, Scott.

01:20There's no doubt about it.

01:21Turnovers were the key there, but I'm not going to sort of, like,

01:24yeah, the Pacers were reckless, but I think it's a lot to do with Oklahoma City

01:29and just the defense that they play.

01:31And how did they get back from 20 down to two?

01:35I don't know.

01:36It was a two-point game.

01:37They were in it.

01:38And then they never scored again.

01:41It was embarrassing.

01:42And would you play Halliburton when he was 0-4?

01:45He never scored in the first half after he got injured,

01:48and he went 0-6 in the game.

01:50And you kept him in when you got a guy, McConnell, who's lighting it up.

01:54Yeah, and that's rare that McConnell was giving you something offensive like that.

01:57I probably would have just rolled the dice with McConnell as well

02:01and, you know, tried to take it a little bit further

02:03and then brought Halliburton in late in the game.

02:06Because that's the whole thing.

02:06People can talk about, oh, Halliburton got hurt.

02:09As you said, Scott, the fact of the matter is, bro,

02:11he had zero points before he got hurt.

02:13I know.

02:13There are these games where he's a non-factor.

02:17And I talked about it a couple of games ago,

02:19and I brought it up on the air, and they were playing,

02:21and it was one they won the other night.

02:23You know, these games are so spread out,

02:25it's hard to remember what days they are.

02:27I don't remember last night's game.

02:29Last week, the last game.

02:31Yeah, whatever it was.

02:32Like, they play.

02:33It kills the flow of the NBA.

02:34It's a fun series, but it's so separated, like, so drawn out.

02:38But I brought up, I said, you know, Siakam will be the MVP if they win.

02:43And people are, oh, no, no, no, no.

02:45Halliburton will be the MVP.

02:47Okay, look at the odds now.

02:48Siakam's 12 to 1.

02:50Halliburton's 30 to 1, Scott.

02:51The oddsmakers are giving up on Halliburton.

02:53Yeah, I had the over with Siakam last night.

02:55He was 19 and a half.

02:56Yeah, over 19 and a half.

02:57He had 23, whatever it was.

02:59So he should have 20-plus every game.

03:02The guy, they got to give him the ball and let him do his thing.

03:05Well, the thing with Siakam, he's so consistent.

03:08So, listen, I think you and I have been sort of spelling this out the same way,

03:13maybe difference with the point spreads a little bit here and there.

03:15But I think the Pacers have one more left in them, Scott.

03:19I think they're resilient enough.

03:20They're not going to roll over.

03:22You just said it.

03:23But despite all the effing mistakes that they made and on the road,

03:27let's be real, too.

03:28The Oklahoma City Thunder, they get, like, incredible Hulk strength at home.

03:32They're now 10-2 straight up at home.

03:35So they've actually lost twice, okay.

03:37And both times, it was like a miracle buzzer shot.

03:39So they've lost at the buzzer twice on their home court.

03:42So that's the only way you're going to get them.

03:44And give credit to the Pacers.

03:45They came back, and then Oklahoma City just did not run.

03:48I mean, it was 95-93.

03:50The next thing you knew, it was, like, 110-97.

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