Pacers overcome 15-point 4th quarter deficit on last second shot to stun Thunder in Game 1 of NBA Finals

The Indiana Pacers are starting to look similar a squad of destiny, if they didn't look similar 1 already.

Trailing by 15 successful the 4th quarter, the Pacers erased that shortage and pulled disconnected a immense upset successful Game 1 of the NBA Finals connected Thursday nighttime against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The 15-point pb aboriginal successful the 4th fourth was OKC's largest of the game. But aft the Pacers called a timeout, they went connected a 15-4 tally of their ain to get backmost to wrong four. The Thunder coiled up pulling distant a spot to pb by nine, but they responded with different run, this 1 10-2, to abruptly way by 1 with 48.1 seconds left.

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Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton (0) reacts aft a play against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 4th fourth successful crippled 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine Paycom Center.  (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

Gilgeous-Alexander missed a changeable with 11.0 seconds left, and Tyrese Haliburton responded with the game-winner with 0.3 seconds left. It was Indiana’s archetypal pb of the full game, arsenic astir of the crippled had been each Thunder.

Indiana came successful arsenic double-digit underdogs, and that looked to screen for the bulk of the contest. Instead, it's a 111-110 triumph for the Pacers, their archetypal successful the NBA Finals since 2000.

In the last 9:27, the Pacers outscored the Thunder, 32-16, and it was a 12-2 tally successful the last 2:38.

Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton (0) dribbles the shot against Oklahoma City Thunder defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) during the 3rd 4th successful crippled 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine Paycom Center.  (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

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It's yet different insane comeback for the Pacers this postseason – successful astir 1,500 playoff games since 1997, lone 4 times has a squad travel backmost to triumph aft trailing by seven-plus points successful the last infinitesimal of the 4th fourth oregon overtime – the Pacers person won 3 of those games this play alone. This 1 did not acceptable that criteria, but nonetheless, it's chalked up arsenic an unthinkable comeback.

"It ain't implicit til it's over," Haliburton, doing his champion Yogi Berra impression, said aft the game. "It ain't implicit until the timepiece hits zero."

Amazingly enough, nary Pacer had 20 points successful the game, portion MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a game-high 38 for the Thunder. But, six Pacers scored successful double-digits, and 5 had astatine slightest 14.

Indiana Pacers guardant Aaron Nesmith (23) and defender Tyrese Haliburton (0) observe aft a play against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 4th fourth successful crippled 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine Paycom Center.  (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

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Game 2 volition beryllium Sunday nighttime successful Oklahoma City.

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