00:00So, after opening the series as minus 800 favorites, the Oklahoma City Thunder are headed towards a Game 7 at home against the Indiana Pacers.
00:08We're going to Game 7, baby! Game 7! Game 7!
00:15Let's take a look at what happened here and what we know about what could go down in Game 7.
00:19After starting 0 of 8 from the floor the first 3.58 of the game, the Pacers went on a 22-7 run and made 8 of their 10 field goal attempts over the course of the next 3 minutes and 47 seconds.
00:30Despite worries of not being able to play in Game 6, Tyrese Halliburton was a team-high plus 25 in just 23 minutes.
00:36The real heroes of the game came off the bench. After coming to the game dressed like he's headed to his 9-5 office job, TJ McConnell had 12 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals off the bench, igniting the initial Pacers run in the first half.
00:50This makes TJ McConnell the first bench player in NBA history to have 60-plus points, 25-plus assists, and 15-plus rebounds in the NBA Finals.
00:59Not to mention, his 9 rebounds in the game were more than Isaiah Hartenstein, Chet Holmgren, and Myles Turner, all who are roughly about a foot taller than him.
01:07Describe the impact that TJ McConnell had on this game.
01:11I don't even have the words. He's a great white hope. You know, that's what we call him.
01:15On the other hand, Jalen Williams was a whopping minus 40 in Game 6, which is now the lowest plus-minus in a Finals game in the play-by-play era.
01:22Oh, and of course, this happened.
01:32In addition, SGA had 8 turnovers and only 2 assists, tying for the most turnovers ever in a Game 6 of a Finals.
01:39With all that being said, let's take a look ahead to Game 7 to see if we can predict what happens.
01:43Last time OKC played a Game 7 was, of course, against the Nuggets in the second round, where they blew them out by 30 points.
01:49The Thunder have a plus-247 point differential at home this playoffs, which is the best ever.
01:54And they've had a minus-67 point differential on the road, so they definitely love playing at home.
01:59The all-time NBA Finals home team record in a Game 7 is 15-4.
02:04And the betting line just opened up with OKC favored by 8.5 points, so the Pacers will definitely have their work cut out for them here.
02:10Last time the road team won, of course, that was in 2016 when LeBron and the Cavs came back from 3-1 down to defeat the Warriors.
02:16And last thing, if you guys remember way back in October, Netflix chose to follow Tyrese Halliburton and Shea Gilgis-Alexander for starting 5 this year.
02:25So it's going to be really interesting what we see once this series is released, probably in the fall.
02:29So what do you guys think? Can the Pacers pull it off?
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