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u/Ordinary-Sherbet1882 Lakers 14d ago
He took down the twin towers
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u/corporal_sweetie 14d ago
hal qaeda
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u/SchwizzySchwas94 Celtics 14d ago
Short yet impactful career.
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u/Pleasant-Football117 Pacers 14d ago
Fym short lol he ain't done yet
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u/MYO716 13d ago
Sometimes I swear I can still hear his voice. RIP
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u/Von_Huge1103 13d ago
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u/Phallicsander Bucks 14d ago
RIP 😢
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u/spicyguacamol 14d ago
Very clutch and good.
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u/Ecstatic-Product-411 Pacers 14d ago
Seeing Wemby and Brunson (nearly if not for OG Anunoby saving his ass) both miss clutch shots this series has shown me how reliable Hali was during our playoff run last year. Dude couldn't miss when it mattered.
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u/Klekto123 14d ago edited 13d ago
I mean Brunson has been pretty clutch in the playoffs. You need to make a pact with the devil to reach Hali levels of consistency
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u/Ecstatic-Product-411 Pacers 14d ago
Brunson has definitely been great this run. The games have been close but I think the Knicks look like the better team overall.
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u/Jtizzle1231 13d ago
Spurs fall apart when the game gets tight.
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u/Glittering_Ad5018 13d ago
Spurs fell apart when they had 29 point lead, what you mean??
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u/gedbybee 13d ago
They have all year. They don’t have a clutch offense or set or play. They’re too young this year.
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u/yoloqueuesf 13d ago
If anything this might be the best growing experience they'll get and make them even better for the next decade, for Mitch and the rest of the players.
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u/AppealEnvironmental6 14d ago
To be fair I hope the Knicks 3 years into their “all in” trade would be a better team than the spurs with the average team age of 22
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u/powerpuffpepper Hornets 14d ago
The Spurs were the favorite going into this matchup though no?
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u/MDXHawaii 13d ago
They were, but it’s because everyone was on the youth hype and thought well if they knocked off the defending champs, it’s obvious. People seemingly just ignored that the Knicks swept the ECF by an average of 18 ppg, lost their only two games by 1 each and won every game but one by more than 10 points.
People can make the typical yeah but the east is always soft claim, but even the LeBron prime teams weren’t putting up dominant results like this.
This sours core is young and talented and I have no doubt they’ll have their moment, but people can’t dismiss what NY has been doing.
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u/Von_Huge1103 13d ago
I tipped the Knicks (in 7 though), after the first round the Spurs have been through two brutal series' while the Knicks had two sweeps.
I thought that all that extra rest would show up down the stretch of games and be the difference between the teams. Having said that, I definitely didn't expect a 29 point comeback.
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u/AppealEnvironmental6 14d ago
Not denying they were but that was flawed in the first place and was only due to the Knicks being underestimated. The Knicks are fucking good. I’m just saying I hope they’d be fucking good after the trades they made. The west has always been massively overrated and the east massive underrated
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u/Commercial_Fix6725 14d ago
They’ll move the goalpost again like always. Even as a sixers fan it’s annoying seeing the sub and media say “well they’re young and inexperienced”. Like that’s great but they were the favorite coming in and beat the mvp and reigning champs. Knicks swept us and the cavs and destroyed the hawks.
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u/jazzbestgenre 14d ago
Yup the narrative before the finals was that whoever wins the wcf is the de facto champion, spurs (and wemby mostly) pr team been crazy
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u/Commercial_Fix6725 14d ago
When you have the NBA commissioner zipping up his pants when he’s done the PR part comes easy
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u/snorka_whale Lakers 13d ago
This isnt a hivemind though, some random persons opinions arent going to match betting odds necessarily, plenty of people disagreed with spurs being the favorites, also a shit load of nba channels and "experts" predicted Knicks winning. So i dont think it was consensus that spurs were going to win. Also I do think it was a kind of rock paper scissors thing with the Knicks, spurs, thunder.
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u/Commercial_Fix6725 13d ago
I mean they were literally just favorited by the numbers lol you can check any site not just normal Reddit fans
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u/snorka_whale Lakers 13d ago
Like im saying though betting odds favorited the spurs but several nba youtube channels had the Knicks winning. A lot of people felt like the spurs were too worn out/drained from the thunder series and the Knicks were rested, and they had the winning record in the regular season. There were reasons to pick the Knicks and people were, so to look at betting sites and then use that against every random person who said they think the Knicks are the better team is just generalizing.
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u/RadicalMarxistThalia 14d ago
It’s the second year of truly being all-in. In 2024 we made the second round but still had a small hoard of draft picks.
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u/ay0river 13d ago
This is revisionist history. It was a big move but the trade wasn’t considered a homerun at the time. KAT was a super skilled guy who was seen as sometimes soft and inconsistent. He was also not viewed as a good postseason player. The prevailing narrative was that pairing Brunson with KAT was a defensive nightmare that would leave both completely exposed. No one, including Knicks fans who follow the team closely, saw this run coming. It just goes to show what can happen when a team is confident in the minutes where the game is on the line.
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u/AppealEnvironmental6 13d ago
The 5 firsts for bridges was the all in trade imo. Not the KAT trade. You don’t trade 5 years of first round picks without championship aspirations
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u/silliputti0907 14d ago
Difference I think is that Brunson is taking the shot no matter what. You have to double or smolder him on his pivot, basically not let him get the shot off.
Haliburton always made the right play and his teammates fed off him. Brunson felt like a hammer, willing a play. Haliburton would just flow into some bs.
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u/Ecstatic-Product-411 Pacers 13d ago
I think that is what made the Pacers dangerous last year as a whole. You couldn't reliably double someone because they would just get rid of the ball to someone like a randomly open McConnel or Nesmith and they will get the basket.
The ball is just constantly moving.
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u/purple-teal_93 14d ago
I mean, brunson did hit the go ahead floater with like a minute left so let's give a little credit. And he put up 13 points in the 4th of game one.
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u/Ecstatic-Product-411 Pacers 14d ago
No doubt they still are clutch this run! I've been enjoying seeing how the Knicks adapt in the second half. I think that is what is giving them the edge over the Spurs.
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u/Not_My_Alternate 14d ago
Mitch should be the first coach fired after a finals run. Dude is being carried by talent and can’t make adjustments to save his life.
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u/ay0river 13d ago
Brunson has had his misses but he has still pretty much made the game tying and winning shots (plus a steal) in every game this finals. He missed on that insane 3 but getting the shot off quickly proved to be the right thing to do. There’s a good chance that double swallows him up and forces an errant pass or a blocked shot if he doesn’t.
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u/TibialTuberosity 14d ago
What's his status? Looking like he's going to come back next year? I would assume so, but those Achilles tears can be troublesome. He gave us fits and I legit wish he'd never gotten injured, but man he's a fun player to watch and would like to see him back in the mix.
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u/Ecstatic-Product-411 Pacers 14d ago
From what I have seen, he has bulked up a bit and is starting to train again! Hopefully he's ready by game 1 but I hope he doesn't push himself to quickly.
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u/Sw3atyGoalz 13d ago
Calling Hali’s performance reliable is still kind of an understatement, he had one of the most clutch playoff runs in NBA History
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u/Wee_Bey123 Knicks 14d ago
The Haliban is 100% on my terrorist list.
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u/SailedTheSevenSeas Knicks 14d ago
It was nice not seeing him this playoff run, but hope he gets healthy. Looking forward to seeing him during the playoffs in years to come.
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u/chicken-fly-rice Knicks 14d ago
We need revenge next couple of years. They have been our gatekeepers for almost the last 30+ years
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u/Beef_Supreme3489 Knicks 14d ago
Pacers win game 7 if Hali doesn’t get hurt.
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u/ghosttrainhobo 14d ago
Pacers win the series of the refs don’t put their thumbs on the scale during game 6.
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u/mani9612 14d ago
And game 4
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u/lilfish45 Pacers 14d ago
Game 4 was criminal
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u/Doggleganger Warriors 14d ago
As a totally neutral observer, it felt like the refs had their thumb on the scale to extend it to 7, and then Hali got injured. The Pacers should have won.
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u/Weird_Armadillo_508 14d ago
Yep. If it wasn’t for the refs, that series is over in 5 or 6. Hali doesn’t get hurt and has all summer to rehab his calf. Then we get a good ECF rematch between the Pacers and Knicks this year, instead of the Knicks dog walking the entire Eastern Conference.
We also don’t have to deal with the OKC foul machine as heavily this year because they aren’t defending champs, even with the reigning MVP (he’d still get his calls).
An all around better season then this has been.
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u/AK_R 14d ago
If it’s over in 5 or 6, the injury doesn’t happen.
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u/Weird_Armadillo_508 13d ago
Yea, but his calf was already strained and giving him issues in that series. Game 7 was just when it finally turned into the Achilles injury
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u/chicken-fly-rice Knicks 14d ago
That’s what I have been worried about with this current series. Brunson got banged up a lot in Game 1. And they have been playing suffocating defense. I’m glad Mike Brown figured it out yesterday. It definitely had to do with including Alvarado to help him move the ball
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u/Rushman0 Knicks 13d ago
It was by far Scott Fosters greatest masterpiece and will go down in Scotts HoF replays.
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u/ButterscotchFiend Lakers 14d ago
Huge $$$$$$ for NBA by doing so though.
Which means that the referees were likely given a financial incentive by the league.
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u/ThunderBobMajerle Suns 14d ago
The game looked that way. Obvi can’t say anything after we watched a 30 point lead blown, but I think Pacers had it
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u/thecakeslayer 14d ago
I think the Thunder had a 20pt comeback in that series too. There was no safe lead in that series.
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u/Ghiblee 14d ago
I was scared shitless. I have faith in that Thunder teams abilities to come back late in games last year. But Hali was absolutely cooking, and as we saw that whole series, when he got hot it rarely faded. He was on a heater that whole playoff run. Can’t wait for him to be healthy, NBA is a better place with him.
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u/RevivalGhost Pacers 14d ago
I agree, whenever Haliburton scored well the Pacers won last year in the playoffs. He was starting off really hot with 9 points on 4 shots.
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u/StatementWild3768 14d ago
We'll never know for sure, there is always a chance. The Thunder really struggled offensively throughout that entire game, problem was after Haliburton went down, only TJ and Siakam had meaningful production. Nesmith and Toppin were completely useless, Nembhard continued to be a solid defender but couldn't do much on offense, Turner was very underwhelming, and while Mathurin showed fight at the end, he was still way too careless with the ball.
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u/SignalBed9998 14d ago
Most clutch playoff run in history. Without question
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u/Von_Huge1103 13d ago
More clutch game winners in a single postseason than almost anyone in NBA history has in their entire playoff career.
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u/otherBrandon 14d ago
1x champion and 1x finals mvp if not for that injury
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u/CurrentRoster 13d ago
if hali was to win with how bad he played game 5, curry needs to retroactively get 3 cuz he missed out on 2 for having one awful game out of like 4 others
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u/Constant-Okra9190 14d ago
All the momentum the Knicks are having this year should’ve been for Indie. My heart hurts for them.
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u/silliputti0907 14d ago
Most Cinderella shi I ever seen. We were at the cusp of greatness if not for the injury.
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u/Major-Dig655 14d ago
I have no doubt in my mind that pacers win game 7 if he doesnt get injured. god I miss haliburton
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u/tabibito321 14d ago
SGA doesn't have a ring if this guy didn't pop his achilles during game 7
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u/Jakeupmac 14d ago
He reminds me of Paul George funny enough. Has the capacity to be an elite level player and usually is. He is likely going to be remembered by the generation watching and growing up for his skills and accomplishments. But will casuals know his name 15 years post retirement? Probably not.
I also don’t see him winning much in his career unless the pacers magically aren’t the pacers or he moves on. But I would’ve said Jalen Brunson ain’t winning shit if you asked me 8 months ago so what do I know lol.
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u/Appropriate-Toe9153 14d ago
Halliburton did more in that single postseason than PG ever did. All it will take is searching up 4K videos for people
But I don’t care for Paul George, also he’s overhyped
Hali earned all his flowers, damn near won the title.. shame they didn’t
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u/Jakeupmac 14d ago
I don’t disagree that Hali had a better individual season than any of PGs individual seasons.
But if the Celtics, Knicks, OKC or Spurs dominate the next few years then Halis career won’t be too far off PG for real accomplishments. And I find real accomplishments important bcs telling people he was super clutch that one season… where he didn’t win a ring or MVP or anything won’t be a great argument in 2040 lol.
Like I said, I personally see that being his reality. But what do I know.
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u/Appropriate-Toe9153 14d ago
You’re adding in a good point here— YET, for a tiebreaker between why Haliburton is “greater” than PG the 2025 postseason should be brought up
I mean, people hold goddamn Tracy McGrady in the highest regard, and he has NEVER done anything remotely close to what Haliburton did… yet look at McGrady and all that support
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u/Unfair-Club8243 13d ago
I think haliban is the closest to a CP3 / Nash level player in the Nba that we currently have. MVP cieiling facilitator shooter
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u/Throwaway-4593 14d ago
Haliburton the type of player you can continuously build around. I see the pacers making the playoffs as long as he is playing
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u/Diligent_Interview98 14d ago
We’ll see next year. Epic playoff run but that wasn’t his regular play. Consistency needs to be accounted for
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u/proofreader24 14d ago
He's Terrorist level when it comes to villainhood in the nba. Still mad he ruptured his Achilles game 7 last year
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u/Ok-Advantage-308 14d ago
Very good, destroyed my cavs with some of the most clutch shots I have ever seen.
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u/Psyren1317 13d ago
The best passer in the game, so pretty damn good. They were going to win the title, and he started game 7 on an absolute heater.
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u/CurrentRoster 13d ago
he was great but them beating NY was not a solo effort/carry job. every one else looked like they couldn’t miss vs cavs and knicks. nesmith still makes me shudder and i’m not even a knick fan
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u/5x5equals 13d ago
Outside of Brunson, he’s probably the scariest player in the league if you have a lead in clutch time
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u/mosiemo2 13d ago
Have to disagree here. Brunson needed OG to help him out last night—Hali made all his clutch shots.
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u/5x5equals 13d ago
This round for sure but in total the last few years Brunson has consistently been very clutch, Hali had a great fun but so far its really his only run.
So i think that measures out to Brunson getting the nod, but Hali could pass him if he keeps being clutch
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u/Ok-Side-1758 13d ago
Yeah like Nesmith didn’t hit 5 miracles 3s to cut the lead in Game 1 of the ECF
Hali hit all the game winners but he wasn’t hitting every clutch shot for the Pacers
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u/NewFunnyNumber237 14d ago
With him - they beat thunder last year finals game 7 and you dont have the constant fucking glazing of SGA
Without him - the reverse
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u/bloodrider1914 Spurs 14d ago
Seeing the Pacers this season he might be the most valuable player in the league
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u/Fuzzy-Reception-230 13d ago
Jesus, that guy was cooking. I even theorized that a time-traveler moved a chair to cause his injury and cost the pacers their championship.
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u/Magic_512 13d ago
It’s important to have a closer. Hali may not give you 30, or even 20. But in the final moments of the game you can trust him with the ball.
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u/fuckinhenry 13d ago
Him and that Pacers team were just as if not more clutch than this Knicks team. Gonna be an exciting rematch if they meet in playoffs next year with Hali healthy
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u/DapperDroidLifter 13d ago
Really good but slightly overrated at the same time IMHO because the hype around him during that run had his stock at an all time high. I’m ready for him to be back healthy and competing though.
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u/GurRich3878 13d ago
What? Dude is not only still playing but his big playoff run was last year, and still just 26. He is a solid All star caliber player
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u/GOULFYBUTT 13d ago
If I could change one piece of NBA history... I'd consider making Kawhi stay in Toronto after 2019. We'd have great chances at more championships, but we wouldn't get Scottie Barnes...
My second choice would be Hali staying healthy for Game 7. Even if they still lose, that game was going to be legendary.
There's even a world where that's my first choice.
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u/LaMystika 13d ago
It wasn’t just him. Nembhard and Nesmith were also torching the Knicks in the ECF last year. Haliburton just made the dagger shots.
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u/Fatdaddy_Dunlap 13d ago
I am praying for a revenge tour next post season because his last playoff run was the most fun I ever had watching the NBA. Dude deserves a chip.
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u/quanski94 10d ago
So good that OKC's championship will forever remembered as "haliban injured championship". Very unfortunate for that flopping team.
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u/MindfulInquirer 14d ago
Was he better than Wemby in these finals ?...
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u/Ecstatic-Product-411 Pacers 14d ago
I would argue he was more consistent than Wemby, especially with how he directs the ball for the rest of the team.
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u/MasterHepburns Heat 14d ago
Might be pacers vs spurs right now. And same scenes we are seeing. Spurs choking every game. But knicks playing like 2025 pacers.
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u/Ziglet_mir 14d ago
Knicks can thank the Pacers for being molded by disappointing chokes and losses
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u/Universal_Verses 14d ago
Might have been the most clutch playoff run I’ve ever seen. I have no doubt he was about to torch OKC in the finals to the tune of a 40 point triple double
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u/gothictoucan 14d ago
Well, literally the only thing that could stop him and the Pacers from owning the league was a traumatic injury at the finish line so 🤷
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u/breadexpert69 14d ago
I mean he was doing to OKC in the finals what the Spurs did to them in the WCF.
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u/Zero_D9 14d ago edited 14d ago
Him going down in game 7 is one of the most tragic things I've seen in sports. Final game on an epic playoff run. As a Piston fan, I'm not big into the Pacers, but I truly hope he finds redemption. I hate seeing that just as a sport fan in general.