NBA Finals
INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time in nine years, there will be a Game 7 in the NBA Finals, and with it, a chance for the Indiana Pacers to pull off one of the greatest championship series upsets of all time.
Pascal Siakam produced maybe the most timely double-double of his career, given the stakes, Tyrese Haliburton fought through a strained right calf, and the Pacers kept their playoff identity as the comeback kings intact in a dominant, 108-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6.
“One game — this is what it’s all about,” said Rick Carlisle, the Pacers coach who is on the verge of winning his second championship as a coach of a heavy underdog, following his 2011 title with the Dallas Mavericks.
“This is what you dream about growing up, this kind of opportunity,” Carlisle said. “(Oklahoma City) is a very difficult place to play, we know that. The opportunity to play a game like this is a great honor and a great privilege.”
