Indiana Pacers' Surprising NBA Finals Run: A Season Recap

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00:00one more time a hat tip to the indiana pacers a team we did not expect to be here really at any

00:06juncture of this nba season regular season when they got off to a dismal start in the first half

00:11of this year or even throughout this playoff run series underdogs against the cavaliers

00:17against the knicks in the eastern conference finals and of course a hefty underdog in this

00:22championship set plus 500 minus 700 on the other side for oklahoma city the second strongest favorite

00:31entering the nba finals since 2014 in the association our question drs was not could the

00:38pacers play spoiler and win a larry o'brien trophy but would we even see six games in this series

00:46we saw six and then we saw seven the indiana pacers won 10 games outright booked as an underdog in

00:53this playoff run tied for the most in a single postseason in nba history with the miami heat of

01:00the 2022-23 campaign and of course despite the pacers being gritty last night it will be remembered

01:07with a large what if of what happened in the first quarter with tyrese halliburton going down with an

01:13apparent achilles injury it would be and also what an unbelievable story if it was 103 to 91 the

01:19indiana pacers where halliburton dropped 29 points in a game number seven on the road to cement his

01:24legacy as one of the better clutch players in nba history already early in his nba career but it

01:30wasn't meant to be at that point and i guess the precedent there is oklahoma city was the better team

01:34and you're right ben when we lined up this series we were just hoping saying man you know what summer

01:38months are coming can we just enjoy an extra game at least give us five boy if you push it to

01:43six that would be absolutely amazing but if we could get a game number seven on a weekend date

01:47which was sunday that we can all watch that would be great and again the only thing that martin was

01:51the injury early to halliburton because the what ifs then start to happen but also you can't say to

01:56yourself well okay see there's an asterisk because tyrese halliburton was there no that's the way sports

02:00are players get injured you rise to the occasion you play games and you see who that winner and loser

02:04is and the winner clearly was the oklahoma city thunder but it would have been an unbelievable story to

02:09say boy i can't remember the last time where a team that got so little respect in the regular season

02:14as a decent ball club that won 50 games that was given relatively no chance to get through the eastern

02:18conference because the titans like the celtics were there and the cavaliers had such a good season and

02:23the ultra talented nicks they were an afterthought and to be an afterthought and almost win an nba

02:27championship there's a lot to look forward to and then you say hey we'll be back and ready to go next

02:32year but tyrese halliburton won't so there's so many things to ponder what could have happened but also

02:37you do want to give props to the pacers if anybody would have said to me forget about the regular

02:42season the moment the playoff started hey by the way i got a crystal ball the pacers are playing for

02:46an nba championship in a game number seven i said you are out of your mind but that's actually what

02:52happened