NBA Finals
OKLAHOMA CITY — Go ahead and join in on the silly chant if you so please.
“Freee-throoow merrrchaaant …” the Indiana Pacers faithful will likely boom at Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander when these NBA Finals relocate for Game 3 on Wednesday.
Or, if history repeats itself, keep engaging in those silly online discussions about how the reigning MVP just isn’t aesthetically pleasing enough to watch to warrant all the hype that surrounds him.
Those are fool’s errands, to be sure. But for the vast majority of this season, in which the 26-year-old has been playing his way into the NBA annals, dazzling with his smooth style and misdirection magic while carrying this Thunder team that evened the finals with a 123-107 win in Game 2 on Sunday night, they’ve been happening nonetheless.
