The Indiana Pacers got the win on Thursday night, but the margin of victory couldn’t have been tighter.
The Pacers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder by a single point, thanks to the masterful work of Tyrese Haliburton.
Speaking to ESPN after the game, Haliburton opened up about his team’s win and the many mistakes they made.
“If you look at all the numbers, it’s not the recipe to win,” Haliburton said. “We can’t turn the ball over that much. We have to do a better job of being in gaps, rebounding, all over the floor. But come May and June, it doesn’t matter how you get them, just get them.”
This was a huge comeback for the Pacers, who were not in control of the game for the vast majority of it.
In fact, it wasn’t until there were only 0.3 seconds left on the clock that the Pacers took the lead.
It has been decades since NBA fans saw Game 1 of the Finals end like this.
The Pacers were down by 15 points at the start of the fourth, and the Thunder were completely in control.
They created a whopping 24 turnovers, with 19 in the first half.
They started to get things together in the second half, but they still had a ton of problems, and it looked like any chance of victory was slipping away.
Now, Pacers fans are hopeful they can fix all of their mistakes in Game 2.
They are envisioning what the final score could have been had the Pacers been playing well all night.
They won by a single point, but perhaps they could have dominated more.
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