NBA Finals
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Indiana Pacers were never even supposed to reach the NBA Finals. That’s how the vast majority of prognosticators and fans saw it.
That spot atop the Eastern Conference was supposed to belong to the defending champs in Boston or the Cleveland Cavaliers squad that won 64 games in the regular season. But by the time Game 1 had ended, when Tyrese Haliburton silenced the Oklahoma City Thunder’s “Loud City” crowd with a midrange game-winner from the right side with 0.3 seconds left, there was suddenly hope that they might be able to win the whole thing.
It was there for all to see in the hallways of Paycom Center after the game.
As the Pacers celebrated en route to their locker room, their longtime president of basketball operations, Kevin Pritchard, spotted ESPN analyst and former Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers amid the mass of people.
