PostScript Sports

Backs against the wall, Haliburton’s calf compromised and momentum swung away Indiana had a Game 6 at home to keep their season alive. To the surprise of me and many they took Game 6 comfortably as they stifled the Thunder and SGA holding them to just 91 points in 108-91 victory.

With the news of Haliburton’s calf and a dismal performance where Jalen Williams and SGA looked to have found a new level and took control of the series in Game 5. Hope seemed to be dwindling on this Pacers team.

After a competitive first quarter the game looked similar to Game 4 as both teams traded blows and lead to a 28-25 Pacer lead. The Pacers then proceeded to just smother OKC for the next 24 minutes of basketball holding the Thunder to under 20 points in both the second and third quarter periods. Leading to a 90-60 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Offensively OKC struggled. The three pointer hasn’t been falling for them most of the playoffs and that again showed up as they shot 26.7% from behind the arc on 30 attempts. No player seemed to get it going and the hole they were in was just insurmountable to early to make a real comeback in the fourth.

The Pacers scored in waves and got help from everyone including 20 points off the bench from Obi Toppin and 12 from Bennedict Mathurin. This Pacers team did all Rick Carlisle and fans could hope for and that was force a Game 7.

Not a lot about this Pacers team has made sense this season. Starting the season off horribly and then becoming one of the hottest teams in the league from March on. This team has refused to layover in any game or any deficit. The crazy end of game comebacks have been the mark of this team and maybe they have one more in them for Sunday night.

In Game 7 of the Finals there isn’t much to say about what will be different or some new look that will get thrown out. It comes down to what OKC team is showing up? Though this team has shown to be the best team in the league all year it’s going to come down to a final 48 minutes. The questions now are: Can Shai take over the game and score and initiate enough offense on his own? Can the Thunder get a game where they get hot from three? Can an injured Haliburton spark this Pacers offense to keep up on the road? We’ll just have to see on Sunday.