NBA Scout Says Pacers Made Thunder ‘Crack’ Late in Game 1: ‘That’s a Young-Team Moment’

NBA scout says Pacers made Thunder ‘crack’ late in Game 1: ‘That’s a young-team moment’

The Oklahoma City Thunder headed into their NBA Finals matchup with the Indiana Pacers as the favorites to win the title, and for much of Thursday’s Game 1, they looked like a team poised to take a 1-0 series lead in the championship series. At the halftime break, the Pacers were down 12 points after throwing the ball away left and right in the first half. They committed 19 turnovers in the first two quarters. Thunder defensive star Lu Dort had …

Obi Toppin, Myles Turner shake off early turnovers to push Pacers to victory in Game 1

In the first half of Game 1 against the OKC Thunder, the Indiana Pacers looked rattled like the nerves were hitting them hard in what was the first NBA Finals game for most of the roster. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t,” Tyrese Haliburton said of feeling the nerves early in his first NBA Finals game. “I felt like I was a little jittery in the first quarter. Getting off the ball quick. Flying off ball screens with no real setup. I felt that mys…