NBA Finals Game Six: Oklahoma City's Chances to CLose the Deal

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00:00Game six of the NBA Finals at the Fieldhouse in Indiana, of course Oklahoma City with a chance

00:07to wrap things up. Why don't we start today with head coach Rick Carlisle. Of course they are

00:13going to need everything they got. Halliburton it sounds like is going to play. How effective

00:18he's going to be is a whole other story. But Carlisle knows that they are going to need

00:24the Fieldhouse crowd behind them tonight. Here he is.

00:27We've been in this position before. We were in this position last year in the New York

00:31Series. We were down 3-2. And we were coming back home. And so what we need to do is buckle

00:39down, stand strong, where we should, and I anticipate one of the best crowds in the history

00:47of Gainbridge Fieldhouse. And we've got to find a way. And the ultimate is to get to a

00:56game seven. That's the ultimate privilege. It's the ultimate experience in sports. But

01:04we've got to take care of home court tomorrow to do that.

01:06Okay, tomorrow is today. It's tonight. And it's at 830 on ABC. And I'll tell you what,

01:12you know, I'm not concerned about what Halliburton can give me because we've already seen what he

01:18can do on that calf. He can do nothing. He had zero points from the floor. He had all his points

01:26at the line. He had, what, four points in the game? Over six from the floor. His shot was short because

01:32he couldn't get off the ground. He was turning the ball over. He couldn't get to his spots. He

01:37couldn't get space. He couldn't do his legendary step back shot, which is, you know, step in,

01:44big step back, and then the teardrop three that he shoots. He couldn't even get that going because

01:50he can't have that big step because his calf keeps giving out. And then you listen to the

01:57broadcasters tell you he, you can't even tell that he's injured the way he's moving around on the court,

02:02which I think they're, I think Breen, Richard, and Doris are tripping because I could tell that he

02:09was injured. He was limping. And, you know, I don't, he obviously he could run, but not effectively.

02:15He had no speed. He had no burst. He had no step. He had no game. So in my opinion, I really believe

02:23Siakam, Matherin, Turner, McConnell, Naismith, Nebhard, all, and Obi-Wan Kenobi,

02:32all have to have more productivity from each one of them. I don't think he can get more than 18

02:39from McConnell ever. In fact, I think he's 10 to 18, but I think Toppin has to have a big game.

02:45I know Matherin has to have a big game. I know Siakam has to have a big game and Turner was kind

02:50of bad as well. He's got to shoot the ball better because he hasn't shot the ball well in a few games

02:55now. If they expect to win tonight, they got to have everybody do better because I don't think

03:01Halliburton's carrying them tonight in any capacity. He might have a decent game maybe,

03:06but I doubt it. Yeah, look, it's very rare, especially at home. His numbers is 12 and a

03:12half for Halliburton tonight for points. 12 and a half points is his number. And he's usually at that

03:1919 and a half number, right? When we're talking about props. Yeah, especially at home. It's usually

03:26a little bit more at home and McConnell's 10 and a half tonight. So you, well, you need more out of

03:31McConnell. That's what the sports books think of his calf injury. Okay. No doubt.