OKLAHOMA CITY – For a long stretch of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers, it looked like the Pacers were the team that would leave the arena regretting a blown chance.

The Pacers were committing turnovers on what seemed like every other possession – 20 turnovers in the first half alone.

An arena full of mostly Thunder fans – save for the full-time non-basketball operations Pacers employees who were flown out for the game – had nearly 48 minutes of game action to celebrate.

“This arena is madness … from a road perspective, the decibels were insane,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said.

When the game ended, nearly 18,000 Thunder fans left the arena disappointed.

The Thunder have regrets. They squandered an opportunity.

They failed to take full advantage of those Pacers turnovers and put the Pacers away. They failed to hold onto a 15-point lead early in the fourth quarter and a nine-point lead late in the fourth quarter.

They failed to take advantage of Gilgeous-Alexander’s 38-point game. They failed to win Game 1 Thursday, June 5.

The resilient Pacers defeated the Thunder 111-110, taking a 1-0 series lead on Tyrese Haliburton’s 21-foot jump shot with 0.3 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

“We got to learn from it, we got to improve like we would if we had won the game and get ourselves ready for Game 2. That’s really what it comes down to,’ Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said.

While the Thunder were disappointed, there was not any panic. Oklahoma City lost Game 1 to Denver in the Western Conference semifinals and won the series in seven games.

“The playoffs take you to the limit,” Daigneault said. “They put your back against the wall, in games, in series. If you make it this far, you have to endure to do that. It gives you rich experiences that you can draw on. …

“There’s a lot more games left in the series. We understand that. We got to get ourselves to zero, as we always do. That’s a habit that hopefully we’ve formed. These guys have made a habit of being able to get ourselves centered and play our best game in the next game.”

The Thunder have not lost consecutive games in the playoffs and lost two consecutive games just twice during the regular season.

They won 68 regular-season games and 12 playoff games. They know what is required.

They will look at the film. Of Indiana’s 25 turnovers, the Thunder had just 11 points off those turnovers. They shot just 39.8% from the field. Daigneault tinkered with the starting lineup, inserting Cason Wallace in place of Isaiah Hartenstein. Chet Holmgren had just six points and was not a factor.

“The series isn’t first to one, it’s first to four,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We have four more games to get, they have three. That’s just where we are. We got to understand that, and we got to get to four before they get to three, if we want to win the NBA championship.

“It’s that simple. It’s not rocket science. We lost Game 1. We have to be better.”

It’s a legitimate shame that Aaron Rodgers had to wait so long to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers – for no other reason than the entire country won’t get to see him face his most recent team, the New York Jets, on a prime-time pedestal during the 2025 NFL season.

Naturally, reunion/revenge games – apply your label of choice – are typically fun, and the league did slot Rodgers’ first matchup with his original team, the Green Bay Packers, into Week 8’s “Sunday Night Football” window. Yet nearly three years removed from his final appearance with the Pack, that contest could be more reunion adjacent.

But the Jets? The team that summarily cut Rodgers, according to him, after he flew across the country at his own expense for what turned out to be a very brief sit-down with new head coach Aaron Glenn in February? Not only will that Week 1 meeting be saturated in spice following the failed Rodgers experiment in New York, it will provide the initial exit polling of who won what will wind up being a de facto trade of quarterbacks after the NYJ signed Justin Fields, Pittsburgh’s opening day starter in 2024 and a player the Steelers tried to bring back this year, per reports.

In words rarely uttered or written, I’m guessing that, in the aftermath of this veritable swap, the Jets will come out looking like the better run organization than the Steelers.

Admittedly, it’s dangerous to draw conclusions from what occurs on NFL practices fields in May and June. However it’s natural to glean impressions, and the ones Fields has given off in Florham Park, N.J., lately have been almost universally positive.

“(H)e has this quiet confidence about himself. He leads by the way that he wants to lead, alright. His influence with the guys out there, I think you guys can see it. He can galvanize a group of men,” Glenn said earlier this week when asked about Fields’ progress.

Galvanize a group of men. Rodgers certainly electrified the Jets’ fan base upon his arrival via trade two years ago. But his 2023 season was infamously short-circuited after four plays by an Achilles tear. And there was definitely no galvanizing apparent amid a 5-12 campaign in 2024, one that incrementally saw former coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas swept aside before the rest of the staff and then Rodgers were pink slipped.

And now?

As he typically does regardless of circumstances, Rodgers proceeded on his own timeline this spring − though, in fairness, he recently revealed that some people close to him are battling cancer, and that made him reluctant to immediately jump back into football. As the Steelers stood by and waited, the most notable thing that occurred with their otherwise pedestrian group of quarterbacks was longtime backup Mason Rudolph’s recent appearance at a Donald Trump rally in suburban Pittsburgh – one that forced the Steelers, whose Rooney family ownership has long leaned Democratic, to respond to enraged fans who were upset when Trump was presented with a team jersey.

Meanwhile, Fields, who was largely impressive while leading Pittsburgh to a 4-2 start in 2024 before coach Mike Tomlin’s decision – some would call it misguided, as I did then – to pivot to Russell Wilson, has been all business so far with the Jets. (Ironically enough, that’s probably for the best given Fields’ current boss, team owner Woody Johnson, was the American ambassador to the United Kingdom during Trump’s first term.) But let’s stick to football, right?

Again, it’s June. But Fields has looked spry this spring, something Rodgers hasn’t really been since leaving Wisconsin. How quickly we forget this is a guy who rushed for more than 1,100 yards with the flawed 2022 Chicago Bears, who made Fields a first-round pick the year before … and then did next to nothing to help him, usually a stratagem reserved for quarterbacks the Jets draft. Lately, Fields, 26, has been busy organizing team-building events with his new mates, several of whom initially deified four-time league MVP Rodgers but didn’t necessarily connect with him on a personal level. Importantly, on that very front, Fields has resumed vibing with star wideout Garrett Wilson, whom he played with at Ohio State. (Also, it’s fair to say Wilson, who’s now open to a long-term extension and wants to be “a Jet for life,” was quite clearly not galvanized by his former quarterback last season.)

“(Wilson) has been my guy for a long time now, so I really feel like we haven’t skipped a beat out on the practice field. It’s been great so far just being with him,” Fields said last week.

“(W)hen I came here it’s like we really didn’t miss a day. He’s been great.”

Whether the Jets will be great in 2025 or the near future remains to be seen. But Fields seems to be in the optimal spot. After getting benched for Russell Wilson, who initially soared then predictably sank the Steelers last season, Fields is now with a team that is showing him the love after showing him the money – even if two years and $40 million are bargain-bin bucks as it pertains to NFL quarterbacks. But he’s reunited with Garrett Wilson and working behind a heavily resourced offensive line, a luxury he’s rarely had during his four NFL seasons, and seems to have a chance to fully leverage his dual threat ability and potential.

“I think I can be great, and that’s been the goal for me my whole life, my whole career,” says Fields. “I think the sky’s the limit for this team, for this offense.

“I mean, we have all the guys we need, we have all the talent. So it’s really just going to come down to discipline and execution when the games come.”

And the first one comes Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. ET, when the Steelers – and Rodgers – travel to the Meadowlands.

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“(I)f Aaron decides to play, it probably just makes many – if not all – the Steelers games a little more interesting,” league scheduling czar Mike North said last month after the NFL released its 2025 docket, even as Rodgers remained in limbo.

“We tried to play it down the middle. If we knew for certain that Aaron was going to be the quarterback of the Steelers, we might’ve done something a little different in Week 1 with the Steelers game.’

Still, when the topic is “different,” there’s no doubt the Jets and Steelers both look vastly altered in 2025 – and that seemed inevitable some time ago for Gang Green, spanked 37-15 in Pittsburgh last October and falling to 2-5, when Russell Wilson made his Steelers debut. Fields didn’t play that night, and Rodgers was miserable (two interceptions).

Forging ahead, it’s hard to envision the Steelers, who clearly needed a quarterback, and Rodgers, who clearly needed a team, accomplishing much more than averting Tomlin’s first losing season. It’s reasonable to expect Rodgers, especially if he can remain healthy all season, to be a superior option to Wilson behind center – though it must be noted he has far less familiarity with the Steelers from schematic and personnel standpoints than he did with the Jets … and, aside from private throwing sessions with DK Metcalf, that’s hardly changed this spring.

As for Fields? He now seems to have a longer and more promising runway – one the Steelers might have had by keeping him in the saddle last season and allowing him to potentially flourish into the franchise quarterback they haven’t had since Ben Roethlisberger was at his peak. Yet how ironic would it be if Fields fills that same role for the long woebegone Jets, who have been effectively grounded since Hall of Famer Joe Namath was at his peak five decades ago? Not that Glenn wants to apply that kind of pressure.

“Listen, obviously he’s a talented player, and I’m happy that I have him as my quarterback,” the rookie HC said of Fields, who presented numerous problems when he was with the Bears and Glenn was in charge of the NFC North rival Detroit Lions’ defense.

“I really am,” continued Glenn, “because I think the sky’s the limit for this player, I really do. Listen, I’m not going to go out there and say that he’s the next Joe Namath or anything like that. But I will tell you what, man, he’s going to be a good player for us. And I’m excited with what he’s going to do for us this season.”

And it just might be significantly more than Rodgers manages in Western Pennsylvania, where extended buyer’s remorse remains a risk.

Seth Hernandez has not yet thrown a professional pitch. Yet he’s already getting pretty good at slowing the game down.

Hernandez will hear that phrase a lot over the next, say, decade or two, as he progresses from prep baseball phenomenon to first-round draft pick and, in just a few weeks, the projected future ace of a major league franchise.

But things are already coming quickly.

Thursday, Hernandez fulfilled a longtime goal when he was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year, joining a group that in the four decades of the honor has gone on to combine for four MVPs, 42 All-Star appearances and 27 first-round draft selections.

Come July 13, Hernandez will join that group.

With a 100-mph fastball and a mature three-pitch mix, Hernandez is by far the best prep pitcher in this draft and remains on the periphery of consideration for the No. 1 overall pick. With significant volatility among the projected top 10 – thanks to prep stars like Hernandez, his Corona High School teammate Billy Carlson and Oklahoma prep shortstops Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits along with a bevy of elite college arms – Hernandez could go anywhere in the first dozen names called.

He’s already going through the ringer of interviews and visits with clubs, as they probe his hobbies (golfing, though not particularly well) and off-field demeanor (chill, it seems). All while his decorated high school career came to a dramatic end and graduation looms.

“It’s a game,” Hernandez told USA TODAY Sports after All-Star and World Series champion Dexter Fowler surprised him with the Gatorade honor, “and you just got to be able to take in the special moments because not everybody’s privileged to do this stuff.

“And really just taking it day by day. The draft is something super special and it’s going be a surreal moment, but I know that it’s just going to be the starting point and something new and a new chapter in my life. “So it’s going to be exciting.”

It’s already been an exciting couple years for Hernandez.

His Corona Panthers put together an epic two-year run, beginning in 2024 when they won the National High School Invitational in Cary, North Carolina and capped a 30-3 season with a CIF-Southern Section Division I championship. Their 5-0 victory over Harvard-Westlake – the powerhouse that’s produced Lucas Giolito, Max Fried, Jack Flaherty and Pete Crow-Armstrong – made them the first team in history to claim bot the NHSI and the crown at the highest level of California baseball.

How does one top that?

Well, Hernandez could be the first of three Panthers to come off the board in round one. Shortstop Carlson is also pegged to go in the first dozen or so picks, while infielder Brady Ebel should land in the first two rounds.

The trio did all right this year, too, going 28-3 before falling in the Division I semifinals to St. John Bosco. And Hernandez certainly did his part.

He gave up just one earned run all season before Bosco’s 3-0 semifinal victory. Hernandez finished with a 105-7 strikeout-walk ratio.

“It was awesome. They’re going to be my brothers for life,” Hernandez said of his teammates. “Obviously, we didn’t take it home this year, but we did take it home last year. And the group that we had this year was super special. Once in a generation type of team. And it was great just because we gelled so well together and really just brothers – not only on the field, but off the field as well.

“With the team we had this year, it’s kind of hard to look back and say it was a failure just because our team was so special. 
And like I said, it was once in a generation type of thing. No hard feelings.”

Oh, and Hernandez slammed seven home runs and drove in 30, leaving a strong impression on Fowler, the 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series champ.

“I’ve watched his videos and he’s got a nice swing on him. I didn’t know!” says Fowler. “Is this the next Shohei? What are we doing?”

Quipped Hernandez: “I’m not stealing 50 bags.”

Nope, not when he’s expected to receive a bonus in the high seven figures. Hernandez, who committed to Vanderbilt, first drew the strong attention of scouts as a high school sophomore, when he hit 96 mph on the radar gun at an Area Code Games event at Dodger Stadium.

He has improved his pitchability as his frame filled out, and pushed his fastball to triple digits.

Come mid-July, that progress will pay off, and soon after, Hernandez will be a professional. Things will change, as a game becomes a business. With that, Fowler had some words of advice to keep Hernandez grounded.

“My parents always asked me, ‘When do you think you’ll be done playing?’” says Fowler, who played his last game in 2021 and retired with 1,306 hits and a .358 on-base percentage over 14 seasons. “I said, ‘When I stop having fun.’ When it becomes a job, I’m going to be done.

“So keep this same attitude, keep this same energy. It’ll take take you where you need to go.”

We’re just one step away from college baseball’s elite determining this season’s national champion. Well, OK, technically we’re two steps away, but you get the idea.

This weekend, the remaining 16 teams will square off in best-of-three super regionals, with the eight winners headed to Nebraska and the sport’s ultimate destination, the College World Series.

Here’s a breakdown of all eight pairings with game times and TV channels to help you plan your weekend viewing. Keep in mind, of course, that weather might cause delays at some locales, and the schedules later in the weekend will hinge on which and how many series require third and deciding contests.

Miami (Fla.) (34-25) at Louisville (38-21)

Game 1: Friday, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Game 2: Saturday, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN

This is an all-ACC series, though the Cardinals and Hurricanes happened to be among the teams that missed each other in the regular season thanks to league expansion. The offensive sparks for Louisville are often provided by the outfield duo of Lucas Moore, who is hitting .366 with 48 stolen bases, and Zion Rose, who has 12 homers and a team-high 61 RBI. Miami was not the most consistent squad during the season and was somewhat fortunate to land on the right side of the bubble, but 3B Daniel Cuvet had an all-conference campaign and there are good options out of the bullpen.

No. 9 Florida State (41-14) at No. 8 Oregon State (45-13-1)

Game 1: Friday, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Game 2: Saturday, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

These regular postseason participants from opposite coasts provide one of the more intriguing matchups of the super regional lineup. The Beavers’ potent batting order, led by Aiva Arquette and Gavin Turley with 18 homers each, must try to solve Jamie Arnold and the Seminoles’ accomplished pitching staff. The series might come down to how well Oregon State’s arms can stop the Seminoles.

Arizona (42-18) at No. 5 North Carolina (45-13)

Game 1: Friday, noon ET, ESPN2

Game 2: Saturday, noon ET, ESPN2

Like most ACC schools, UNC is still seeking its first baseball title. But these Tar Heels might be the ones to deliver, thanks to a deep pitching staff anchored by Jake Knapp and sizzling-hot Gavin Gallaher pacing a high-octane lineup at the plate. The Wildcats’ primary catalyst is Mason White, the team’s best hitter who is also among the nation’s leaders in triples with eight.

No. 13 Coastal Carolina (51-11) at No. 4 Auburn (41-18)

Game 1: Friday, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

Game 2: Saturday, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN2

The Coastal Carolina program would seem to be in good hands under first-year coach Kevin Schnall, who had big shoes to fill succeeding retired legend Gary Gilmore. The Chanticleers’ biggest strength is their pitching depth, sporting the best team ERA (3.22) of all the super regional participants. Auburn leads the SEC in doubles with 129, a good way to keep pressure on opposing pitchers with a steady stream of runners in scoring position.

Texas-San Antonio (47-13) at No. 15 UCLA (45-16)

Game 1: Saturday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPNU

Game 2: Sunday, 3 p.m. ET, TBD

It seems fitting that the Roadrunners have scored more total runs, 528, than any other squad still alive in the field. Heading the UTSA hit parade is Drew Detlefsen with a team-high 70 RBI. The first challenge for the road team figures to be Bruins righty Michael Barnett, who sports an 11-1 record with 70 strikeouts to just 18 walks.

Murray State (42-14) at Duke (40-19)

Game 1: Saturday, 1 p.m. ET, ESPNU

Game 2: Sunday, noon ET, TBD

It’s no big secret how the Racers got here as a No. 4 seed in its regional. Murray State pounds out 8.8 runs a game, and even managed to surpass that lofty average against the likes of Ole Miss and Georgia Tech in the postseason. It’s fair to wonder if the Racers have enough arms to keep Duke’s lineup that also puts up over eight runs per contest at bay. The long list of dangerous hitters in this series includes Murray State outfielder Dan Tauken and Blue Devils third baseman Ben Miller.

West Virginia (44-14) at No. 6 LSU (46-15)

Game 1: Saturday, 2 p.m. ET, ESPN

Game 2: Sunday, 6 p.m. ET, ESPN2

LSU had to work a little harder than expected to prevent Little Rock from becoming the second No. 4 seed to win a regional this year. The Tigers will likely have an equally hard time dispatching the Mountaineers, the comeback kids of the tournament after late rallies to beat Clemson and Kentucky. Jared Jones (20 HR, 69 RBI) is the latest in the long line of LSU sluggers to emerge. At some point he’ll likely encounter Reese Bassinger, the workhorse of the WVU bullpen.

No. 14 Tennessee (46-17) at No. 3 Arkansas (46-13)

Game 1: Saturday, 5 p.m. ET, ESPN

Game 2: Sunday, 3 p.m. ET, ESPN

One could certainly make the case that this is the marquee matchup of the round of 16, pitting the defending national champion against the highest remaining seed in this year’s field. It’s also a rematch of the final regular-season series of the SEC campaign, which also took place in Fayetteville just a few weeks ago. The Razorbacks took the latter two contests of that set, including a game two win in which they slapped around Volunteers lefty ace Liam Doyle. Tennessee also has plenty of offensive pop, of course, but Arkansas ranks in the top 15 nationally in both scoring and team ERA thanks to guys like Wehiwa Aloy and Zach Root.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Discouraged and encouraged.

Angry and optimistic.

Those were the emotions the Indiana Pacers felt throughout Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Discouraged and angry about their inability to protect the basketball, which led to 20 first-half turnovers.

“They are a menace defensively,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said.

Discouraged and angry that sloppy play allowed the Thunder to take a 15-point lead early in the fourth quarter.

But encouraged and optimistic that they were really never out of the game and encouraged and optimistic that they were within a possession of tying or taking the lead late in the fourth quarter.

The Pacers led once in Game 1. When it mattered most.

Tyrese Haliburton’s 21-foot jump shot with 0.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter gave the Pacers a 111-110 victory Thursday, June 5, and a 1-0 series lead.

It left the Thunder and their fans stunned.

“The common denominator is them,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “That’s a really good team. Credit them for not only tonight but their run. They’ve had so many games like that that have seemed improbable. They just play with a great spirit, they keep coming, they made plays, made shots. They deserved to win by a point.’

It left Carlisle once again marveling at his team’s ability to just keep playing and see what the score is when the final horn sounds and marveling at Haliburton’s ability to make gigantic plays with the game on the line.

Game 1 was the Pacers’ fifth comeback victory from a deficit of 15 or more points in the 2025 NBA playoffs, the most by a team in a single postseason since 1998.

“We just said, ‘Hey, let’s just keep chipping away at the rock. Got to keep pounding the rock and just chip away and hang in,’ ” Carlisle said. “We had a lot of experience in these kinds of games, and our guys have a real good feel for what it’s all about, giving ourselves a chance, and we got fortunate but made plays.”

Teams and players make their own fortune, and the Pacers did that.

The Thunder led 108-99 with 2:52 remaining the fourth quarter. They made just one basket the rest of the game as the Pacers made play after play.

Andrew Nembhard made a 3-pointer that cut Oklahoma City’s lead to 108-105 at the 1:59 mark and his two free throws with 1:22 to go kept it a three-point game at 110-107. Pascal Siakam made it 110-109, and the Pacers forced NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander into a miss with 11.1 seconds remaining.

Aaron Nesmith collected the rebound and gave the ball to Haliburton, setting up the winning shot.

‘I’m obviously confident in my ability and feel like if I can get to that spot, I feel very comfortable in there,’ Haliburton said. ‘Just it’s a shot I’ve worked on a million times and I’ll work on it a million times more. Just have confidence in that shot.’

It was the fourth time in the playoffs that Haliburton made a shot that won a game or sent a game to overtime.

“We never think the game is over,” Haliburton said. “Never.”

(This story was updated with additional information.)

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The Indiana Pacers are starting to make this a habit.

The team, once again, pulled off an improbable fourth quarter comeback in the postseason to steal a game from its opponent. This time it came on the road against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Thursday, June 5.

Indiana is on a remarkable run, proving that it is never fully out of games. But games like these are sometimes best quantified in numbers, and this was no exception.

Here are 17 crazy stats from Indiana’s wild Game 1 comeback over the Oklahoma City Thunder:

For the first time in almost 15 months — Tuesday, March 12, 2024 — the Thunder lost at home to an Eastern Conference team. Their opponent that night? The Indiana Pacers.
The Pacers committed 25 turnovers and still won. Their turnover differential of -19 is the worst for a team in an NBA Finals victory, and it clears the second-worst team — the 1974 Bucks — by seven.
The Pacers also set the record for worst turnover differential in a playoff victory, surpassing the -15 set by the Grizzlies in 2012 in a first-round game against the Clippers.
The 15-point, fourth quarter comeback tied for the fourth-largest in an NBA Finals since 1971.
The last two fourth quarter comebacks of at least 15 points in NBA Finals games have been by teams coached by Rick Carlisle: Thursday night’s Pacers victory and Thursday, June 2, 2011, when Carlisle’s Mavericks toppled the Heat.
This postseason, when the Pacers have faced deficits of at least 15 points, their record is 5-3 (.625).
Indiana’s record this postseason in clutch games is 8-1 (.889).
The Pacers took their first lead — on Tyrese Haliburton’s 21-foot jumper — with 0.3 seconds left. It marks the latest into any Finals game since 1971 that a team had taken its first lead of the game.
The comeback marked Indiana’s fifth comeback from a deficit of at least 15 points in the 2025 playoffs, most by a team in a single postseason since 1998.
Since 1971, teams that had trailed by at least nine points inside the final 3 minutes of NBA Finals games had been 0-182. After Game 1, that mark is now 1-182 (.005).
Thunder guard and NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 38 points are third-most for a player making his NBA Finals debut behind Allen Iverson’s 48 (2001) and George Mikan’s 42 (1949).
During the regular season and playoffs, Tyrese Haliburton is 13-of-15 on shots inside the final two minutes (including overtime) to tie or take a lead. That gives him a shooting percentage of 86.7% on such tries.
Because six of those 13 made field goals were 3-pointers, he has scored 32 points across those 15 shot tries to give him a ridiculous 2.13 points per attempt.
He has been on such a tear that his points per shot attempt on such tries actually went down from what it was entering Game 1 (2.14) because his Game 1 winners wasn’t a 3-pointer.
When breaking those numbers down to account for the added value of 3-pointers, Haliburton is shooting a preposterous 106.7% effective field goal percentage. That figure also went down from what it was (107.1%) entering the night.
Haliburton is now tied for second with former Pacers legend Reggie Miller with five field goals to tie or take a lead inside the final 5.0 seconds in an NBA playoff game since 1997. Haliburton has hit four of those this postseason, alone. LeBron James leads all players with eight.
Haliburton now has hit a game-winning or game-tying shot in the final seconds of each of Indiana’s four postseason series this year.

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