2025 NBA Season

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For being 4-0, this is tough. Just take a Thunder vs Nuggets, this should be a very obvious series, butthe  Thunder almost lost the series. So for me, I am not expecting 4-0 in favor of OKC here, let's say even OKC will win this finals, I believe Indiana will able to win some.

The chances of the Thunder winning the title are certainly greater. However, I also think the Pacers won't be an easy opponent for them, and the series won't be 4-0. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pacers win the first game rather than the Thunder.

That’s what I’m thinking too, it feels like the Pacers still aren’t getting the respect they deserve, even after beating top teams to reach the NBA Finals.

OKC might be the best team based on record, but coaching experience will be a big factor in this series. Both teams also have players with championship experience, Caruso for OKC and Siakam for the Pacers.

Game 1 officially starts tomorrow, and I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a close one.
A great opening to what should be an exciting series.

[dimonstration]

Here’s the stats comparison of SGA and Haliburton side by side.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
▪️ 29.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 6.9 APG
▪️ 1.6 SPG
▪️ 58.0 TS%

Tyrese Haliburton
▪️ 18.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 9.8 APG
▪️ 1.4 SPG
▪️ 58.2 TS%

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists.  I excited on this matchup especially on how they will lockdown each other.

[Distraction]

Bookmakers are really merciless.    Thunder are @1.22 and Pacers are @4.10 for Game 1. Pacers are even given the odds of 6 for winning the series...

There is no meaning in betting on Thunder here truthfully. It's just a big risk to take with not much gain.

Instead, what about giving Pacers a chance? To win the series I mean. Throwing some money on it would be nice.

[ultrloa]

For being 4-0, this is tough. Just take a Thunder vs Nuggets, this should be a very obvious series, butthe  Thunder almost lost the series. So for me, I am not expecting 4-0 in favor of OKC here, let's say even OKC will win this finals, I believe Indiana will able to win some.

The chances of the Thunder winning the title are certainly greater. However, I also think the Pacers won't be an easy opponent for them, and the series won't be 4-0. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pacers win the first game rather than the Thunder.

That’s what I’m thinking too, it feels like the Pacers still aren’t getting the respect they deserve, even after beating top teams to reach the NBA Finals.

OKC might be the best team based on record, but coaching experience will be a big factor in this series. Both teams also have players with championship experience, Caruso for OKC and Siakam for the Pacers.

Game 1 officially starts tomorrow, and I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a close one.
A great opening to what should be an exciting series.

Records they get from regular season doesn't mean anything since in Finals everything is different. Many think about that OKC have high chance to win. But they should not think that Pacers is easy opponent since as we can see they are beating up those strong teams on east. No one expect about this result but somehow they manage to beat those unexpected things and here they are fighting to get their very first championship this season.

This will be a tough game for both of teams and for sure fans would love to see the actions they see on their game tomorrow.

Excited about what's going to happen on game 1.

[Russlenat]

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists. 

This is a very important factor that will help the Pacers stay competitive. It’s hard to stop a player who’s focused on passing and creating plays for his teammates, he won’t get easily exhausted since he’s not taking a lot of shots himself. As long as he does his job well, I believe the Pacers have a strong chance of upsetting the heavily favored OKC. Tomorrow is the perfect time to place a bet on the Pacers to win, the moneyline odds are very attractive right now.

[btc_angela]

Here’s the stats comparison of SGA and Haliburton side by side.

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists.  I excited on this matchup especially on how they will lockdown each other.

Just to be fair, there are no comparison as both played in different position, although there are stats, it could be very different as this the NBA finals already. Each one has it's strength and weaknesses. I think the main factor here is not this two, but how the bench are going to help them in both ends of the floor.

We have seen players like Caruso and Nembhard played defense, so that will be one key factor.

And then we will see the center position which will be very important as well in controlling the boards. But I think OKC has the advantage with two of their big man. We also have to look at the numbers on three point range as this is also very crucial.

[Volgastallion]

Here’s the stats comparison of SGA and Haliburton side by side.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
▪️ 29.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 6.9 APG
▪️ 1.6 SPG
▪️ 58.0 TS%

Tyrese Haliburton
▪️ 18.8 PPG
▪️ 5.7 RPG
▪️ 9.8 APG
▪️ 1.4 SPG
▪️ 58.2 TS%

Tyrese main arsenal is his capability to create a play through his assists.  I excited on this matchup especially on how they will lockdown each other.

We already know Shai Gilgeous Alexander is the MVP because of that numbers, but not all in NBA has to be this statistics i mean Haliburton and other players make a lot of other things in the game that are not so easy to track.
If you ask me i can see Haliburton being the MVP finals for example, or even Paskal Siakam a man who is key in deceissive games.

[xLays]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

It reminds me of the Celtics vs. Mavs everyone thought Jayson Tatum would win Finals MVP, but it ended up going to Jaylen Brown which surprised a lot of people including me that placed bet on Tatum to win finals MVP.

So what do you think if the Pacers win the title, who’s getting Finals MVP?

[OgNasty]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

It reminds me of the Celtics vs. Mavs everyone thought Jayson Tatum would win Finals MVP, but it ended up going to Jaylen Brown which surprised a lot of people including me that placed bet on Tatum to win finals MVP.

So what do you think if the Pacers win the title, who’s getting Finals MVP?

I really don’t want to see the Oklahoma City Thunder win this year’s NBA Championship. Something about that team I just don’t like. I would rather see the Pacers win and I think in order for them to do that, Myles Turner is going to have to play at an MVP level. I wouldn’t mind seeing Pascal Siakam get the MVP.

[batang_bitcoin]

All the blame will go mostly to the coach and other teams will do this casually now. That's why it's going to be the next trend for the coaches and they have to prepare for it and saw it coming if the team performs well but still didn't ended up with a better place at the end of the season. Or even not at the end of season, if the management is dissatisfied with the performance of the team. They'll just go mostly to the coach and won't discuss matters but have them fired quickly.

Yup, they needed to be well prepared as even how good they think their performances if the managements are not satisfied with how the season ends up, you are not secure and they are always open in replacing you, team that composed of players who play inside the court while the coaching staff are the one who are in-charge combining players who have a good chemistries they both need each other to win the game, but at the end of the day it's the managements that will assess the performances of the whole squad, they are the one that will decide whether they will keep them or they need to change it up.

Yup, we've seen it all. That it's always the management that makes decision after all of the ball games.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Pascal Siakam get the MVP.

If Pascal plays the same level, I guess that he's really the key player of the Pacers. If he plays well on a game, the team seems to be following him up as well. But we all know this is a team effort but he's just underrated at all whenever the team is recognized on how good they've played.

[blockman]

We already know Shai Gilgeous Alexander is the MVP because of that numbers, but not all in NBA has to be this statistics i mean Haliburton and other players make a lot of other things in the game that are not so easy to track.
If you ask me i can see Haliburton being the MVP finals for example, or even Paskal Siakam a man who is key in deceissive games.

If the Pacers wins the NBA finals, it's very likely that the MVP finals can be given to Haliburton if he grind that well. But because there's also Paskal that has done well enough for the team, he is also a front runner for the Pacers. I don't think that these talks about MVPs as of the moment is important even to these players. What they want to do is to make sure that they're going to get the NBA finals, this is what they are aiming for and whoever gets the NBA finals MVP is just a bonus and for sure that all of us will say that he's a deserving player awarded to that title.

[Sanitough]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

Regardless of who wins between Siakam and Hali, I think both of them are fine either way. Individual awards aren’t the priority here, what really matters is winning the championship. That’s the kind of achievement that makes history.

Being part of the team that accomplishes that will already cement their legacy, people won’t forget it.
So, Game 1 later, huh? I love the energy here, looks like we’re all hyped for the start of the NBA Finals..

[avp2306]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

Regardless of who wins between Siakam and Hali, I think both of them are fine either way. Individual awards aren’t the priority here, what really matters is winning the championship. That’s the kind of achievement that makes history.

Being part of the team that accomplishes that will already cement their legacy, people won’t forget it.
So, Game 1 later, huh? I love the energy here, looks like we’re all hyped for the start of the NBA Finals..

Exactly because if they do stat padding to possibly win the MVP title in this season for sure this will create trouble for their team especially that we know OKC is well balance team and willing to share the ball to each other.

Better for Pacers to play as a team to and won't think about getting those individual awards.

Being part of the team and contribute for championship is already a big achievement and excited to watch the game see the result on game 1.

[EFS]

Less than an hour left until the finals begin. I'm curious to see how the first game will go. It will give us an idea about the series. Will the Pacers and Thunder stand out as teams again, or will individual performances take the spotlight? What will SGA do, how will Haliburton and Siakam play. We'll find out soon. I'm not expecting a very high-scoring game.

[Fredomago]

Most of us are picking the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the championship this season. And if that happens, the top candidate for Finals MVP would definitely be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander no doubt about that.
But if the Pacers end up winning the championship this series do you think Pascal Siakam would be the Finals MVP like what happened in ECF? Or would it be Tyrese Haliburton?

Regardless of who wins between Siakam and Hali, I think both of them are fine either way. Individual awards aren’t the priority here, what really matters is winning the championship. That’s the kind of achievement that makes history.

Being part of the team that accomplishes that will already cement their legacy, people won’t forget it.
So, Game 1 later, huh? I love the energy here, looks like we’re all hyped for the start of the NBA Finals..

Yup, it's more than the individual award, championship title will cement their names and careers, though Siakam already got one but having another one adds up to his achievements, let see if how they'll be able catch up with the OKC they are down double digits and still got time early 3rd quarter anything can happen they just need to work together and try to keep that distance..

[ajanwalker]

It was a classic Indiana game. A terrible first half and a great comeback story. OKC ended the first half leading 57-45 but Indiana won the game 110-111 with a last-second basket and took home advantage. I thought OKC would win the final 4-2 but I think I'm wrong. Indiana came out strong. It was only one game but Indiana put up a great fight. I don't know how many comebacks they've had this year.

[Fundamentals Of]

The comeback story in the NBA is not yet done. Pacers is of course the main actor in this comeback saga. They were down almost all throughout the game. They didn't lose hope and energy. They remained strong until the end. They remained accurate with their threes. I was just a bit worried with Siakam's free throws. But all is good now. Haliburton is now a much bigger star with his long jump shot that was the game changer. You can't just underestimate the Pacers.

[danherbias07]

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That was their first lead of the game and also the game-winning shot. Tyrese Haliburton did it again. Like what Richard Jefferson said on the commentators table, it is 48 48-minute team. They will play hard until the last minute, and they proved it tonight. The Pacers did not give up, even though it's starting to look like a blowout game with OKC getting a lead as high as 15 points.

Almost everyone chipped in. Myles, Nembhard, OB, Siakam, and others through defensive pressure. They won it as a team, and that was one hell of a game.

I placed a bet in the first quarter while the score was 29-20, with OKC leading.



And yes, I did scream until I almost lost my voice when Hali made that shot.

[OgNasty]

It was a classic Indiana game. A terrible first half and a great comeback story. OKC ended the first half leading 57-45 but Indiana won the game 110-111 with a last-second basket and took home advantage. I thought OKC would win the final 4-2 but I think I'm wrong. Indiana came out strong. It was only one game but Indiana put up a great fight. I don't know how many comebacks they've had this year.

After the first quarter I thought it might get ugly for Indiana. Pulling out a one point victory was a bit of a surprise. I honestly hope Indiana wins this series and I’d like to see someone other than Haliburton win the Finals MVP. Hard to believe there are only a couple of games left in the 2025 NBA season…

[yahoo62278]

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That was their first lead of the game and also the game-winning shot. Tyrese Haliburton did it again. Like what Richard Jefferson said on the commentators table, it is 48 48-minute team. They will play hard until the last minute, and they proved it tonight. The Pacers did not give up, even though it's starting to look like a blowout game with OKC getting a lead as high as 15 points.

Almost everyone chipped in. Myles, Nembhard, OB, Siakam, and others through defensive pressure. They won it as a team, and that was one hell of a game.

I placed a bet in the first quarter while the score was 29-20, with OKC leading.



And yes, I did scream until I almost lost my voice when Hali made that shot.

Pacers have won game 1 of every series in these playoffs, was basically a lock bet. Should have emptied the bank account for that. I didn't think they were playing very well at all in the 1st half but we get to the 4th quarter and only down 9 I think, that made me feel like we were in this game bigtime. Especially after 20 turnovers in the 1st half.

Nice win man.