Basketball, She Wrote

Thunder cap off historic season with championship

Sad end to a very fun season

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

The pressure that changed in Game 6, remained different. Not shying away from what worked, the Pacers kept meeting the Thunder at half-court and were able to keep them bottled up early ...

Pacers put the pressure on OKC, force Game 7 by dialing back their press

Indiana is one win away from an NBA Championship

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

Turns out, the series isn't over until it's actually over. For a team that somehow picked up a reputation as frontrunners, the Pacers have been incomparably eli...

Pacers comeback in series to force Game 7

Mandate of Heaven is back in play.

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

The opening featured a good bit of Tyrese Haliburton feeling out where his comfort zone was on ball, and to little effect, with a little bit of Aaron Nesmith grenade BLOB catches mixed in. A slow start on offense as they started 0-8 from the ...

Pacers take turn(over) for the worst, return to Indiana down 3-2

The basketball is (ahem) the most important part of basketball

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

As if racking up 22 turnovers, leading to 32 points for the Oklahoma City Thunder, wasn't bad enough, the Pacers also seemed to take a bad turn wit...

Thunder backcourt dominates, as OKC takes Game 5

Game 5! Hold onto your butts!

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

Early screen and roll for Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam. A made middy and a made triple come from it for the Pacers dynamic forward. The Pacers had great energy in their actions ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander out-clutches Pacers, as series changes with series of changes

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

After leading by as many as 10 points in Game 4, the Pacers were outscored 31-17 in the fourth quarter. For a team that was previously 9-1 in clutch games throughout the playoffs, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander out-clutched the Pace...

SGA steals Game 4 with 4th quarter explosion

By: Samson Folk | @samfolkk

Harkening back to the cozy confines of their winning basketball, the Thunder started double big. The Pacers forced the change at the outset of the series and the change in the middle. It was a boon (boon, baby??) offensive...

Pacers strike back in electric Game 3 win, storm to 2-1 lead over Thunder

Talking about the sights and scenes from Game 3

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

In what was a 116-107 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Pacers stood their ground, providing reason for the fans in attendance at Gainbridge Fieldhouse to...

Pacers find brilliance everywhere as they take Game 3

By: Samson Folk | @samfolkk

Walking around Indy prior to the game was like being inside of a beehive without any animosity. Simply walking among the buzz. Once inside the arena, with every second that ticked closer to game time, the buzz grew into a ...

Thunder keep Pacers off-balance in lopsided Game 2 loss

Indiana needs find a means to get downhill in order to avoid fighting another uphill battle in Game 3

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

In what was a lopsided 123-107 loss for the Indiana Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton struggled to find space to be ...

SGA dazzles as Thunder constrict Pacers in Game 2

Indiana couldn't create or take away space

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

Two teams overloading on the ball. Two teams hitting some catch and shoot triples. The pressure was on. For one, players were met high up court, and with bothersome, poki...

Tyrese Haliburton silences Thunder, pulls Pacers up to 1-0 series lead

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

Like a ray of sunlight streaming through a gap in the clouds, Tyrese Haliburton silenced the roaring Thunder, pulling off his latest miracle by pulling up to his preferred right for a game-winning two with 0.3 seconds left to...

Tyrese Haliburton steals Game 1 of Finals, as Pacers continue to perfect the heist

It happened again.

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

The Thunder abandoned the double big lineup immediately. Meaningful. No time wasted thinking about locker room politics or anything like that. Cut the fluff, go straight to the better lineups.

A wi...

The Definitive Pacers vs Thunder NBA Finals Preview

It's about to get weird

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

When it comes to the two teams that advanced to the NBA Finals, abnormal is the new normal. One team, helmed by arguably the most unconventional mover in the NBA, also defies conventiona...

Pacers run past Knicks in Game 6, advance to NBA Finals!!

Another round of Pacers basketball!

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

By loading up in transition against the New York Knicks in Game 6, the Pacers are now transitioning to the NBA Finals for the first time in a quarter century. Turns out, one...

The stars come out as the Pacers run to the Finals

The Pacers are going to the NBA Finals

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

I told you, I write WINS not tragedies.

The first play was for Sia...

Changing of the "guard" leads to Game 5 letdown for Pacers, resulting in 3-2 series

On what changed for Indiana's guards and may still need to change with regarding to guarding Karl-Anthony Towns

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

With a chance to advance to the NBA Finals, the Pacers let their guard down and vice versa. After amassing ...

Hapless Pacers drop Game 5 to Knicks

That basically says it all

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

The first quarter belonged to Jalen Brunson. Both teams come into every game looking for ways to unleash their star point guard on the other team and the Knicks were tremendous at funneling possessions to Brunson, and away from Tyrese Haliburton on ...

Tyrese Haliburton outpaces Knicks, pushes (Pace)rs up 3-1 in series

Indiana is on the brink of the NBA Finals

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

In what was a 130-121 win for the Indiana Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton didn't let the pressure get to him. Not only, figuratively, in rebounding from the 20-point lead tha...

Haliburton makes history as Pacers outlast Knicks in Game 4

One more win.

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

We were going fast, ladies and gentlemen. Everyone was out and running, but especially Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam, whose offense fueled basically everything that the Pacers did well on that en...

Look what the KAT dragged in: Pacers collapse in Game 3 loss to Knicks

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

Whether referring to it as a KATnap or asking what the KAT dragged in, the Pacers squandered a 20-point lead to the New York Knicks in what became a deflating 106-100 loss in Game 3, as they struggled to maintain their (ahem) "center" of attention, both in stopping Karl Anthony-Towns in t...

Pacers lose pace, offense in Game 3 loss

Well.

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

Everything is bigger in Indiana, or at least the Knicks starting lineup is. The Pacers zipped the ball around and forced the double bigs to step up and around the perimeter, but a bad run of shot making put ...

Pascal Siakam makes a mismatch out of Knicks, leads Pacers to 2-0 series lead

Breaking down the starring performance of Indiana's non-centralized star

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

Following Game 1, with the Pacers guarding Jalen Brunson by forcing him to guard, it seemed as though this might be a more muted series for Pasca...

Pascal Siakam dazzles to steal Game 2 in the Garden

Let’s rock

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

The Knicks opened by switching out on to Tyrese Haliburton first thing, meaning Karl-Anthony Towns would have to move his feet a lot. No more drop. So, the Pacers shifted to a lot of looks for their m...

Mission Improbable: Pacers pull off all-time stunner in Game 1 win over Knicks

Indiana "bounced" back in the clutch after trailing by as many as 17 points in the fourth quarter

By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper

The Indiana Pacers were down 108-92 when Rick Carlisle called a timeout with 7:22 to play in the fourth quarter....

Nesmith & Haliburton guide Pacers to heist of Game 1

Wow, again.

By: Samson Folk I @samfolkk

The Pacers started 10-of-11 from the floor. The Knicks struggled mightily to keep tabs on all of the motion, and Karl Anthony-Towns in particular was caught up in the mixer. Have to credit the Pacers for...