Jared Weiss

One of the best plays of the night was when Haliburton ran the double screen action with 3 minutes left up by five and instead of trying to slip it past Chet into the pocket to give Turner an open dunk, he whipped a cross-court pass to Nesmith over the top and hit him right on

This is a vintage Rick Carlisle win. The way he reconfigured Haliburton's pick & roll to kill the Hartenstein drop coverage was a chef's kiss Finals adjustment. Now they lead the NBA Finals 2-1. Here's my story on how they became a match made in heaven: https://t.co/JEmS2Q2zPR

Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA

Wrote before the game about how Rick Carlisle was going to mix things up to get Haliburton freed up to attack downhill in Game 3. The key was the Siakam center lineup while Hartenstein was out there, which kept the Thunder in drop on Haliburton. They ran an inverted PnR so Siakam

Can't believe that was the first time Aaron Nesmith fouled out in this playoff run. Honestly a miracle it took this long.

That coverage by Nembhard on the SGA-Chet pick and roll just now was genius. Instead of fighting to get back in front of SGA, he sat in the passing pocket behind him to take the early pass away to Chet. That took away the timing advantage OKC had and kept the Pacers out of

That wold be a no call back when Rick Carlisle was playing

Watching these midrangers all series makes me wonder if DeMar DeRozan would be a first-ballot hall of famer if he was on a better team the past 6 years.

Myles Turner and Chet Holmgren battling to determine who has the highest center of gravity

SGA just committed the smoothest travel of all time

OKC has to pull Hartenstein at this point or get him to guard up. I don't know why they aren't having him switch honestly. Would rather deal with the cross match for Turner in the post than give Haliburton these step up 3s.

Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA

Haliburton rejecting screens when Holmgren is guarding at the screen level. Taking the screen when Hartenstien is in drop. Indy has their PnR down right tonight.

Bennedict Mathurin is the TJ McConnell of Jalen Williamses

Haliburton rejecting screens when Holmgren is guarding at the screen level. Taking the screen when Hartenstien is in drop. Indy has their PnR down right tonight.

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Back-to-back rejects from Haliburton. One way to find success against the Thunder defense is getting the reject. https://t.co/gzpNtILF42

Wrote before the game about how Rick Carlisle was going to mix things up to get Haliburton freed up to attack downhill in Game 3. The key was the Siakam center lineup while Hartenstein was out there, which kept the Thunder in drop on Haliburton. They ran an inverted PnR so Siakam

Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA

Wrote about how the Pacers are trying to find ways to free up Tyrese Haliburton to get him to his floater game, and how the Thunder are shutting that down. Read on our @TheAthleticNBA NBA Finals live blog: https://t.co/A6WT5tqhoT

Turns out Carlisle playing Haliburton and Mathurin through the end of the blowout in Game 2 so they can find a rhythm was a pretty genius idea.

Siakam is one of the best players in the league at going up for a verticality contest with his hands back but moving straight toward the shooter and then looking incredulous that they called a foul. Credit to him though, he is one of the best at keeping his hands up on a contest.

The Pacers defenders have looked like they have never seen a crossover before this entire series. Every time SGA or J Dub goes for a crossover, the defender looks like he is bearing witness to this new move from the future every time.

Just to contextualize how undersized TJ McConnell is, a few months back I was talking to a player outside the Pacers locker room and this little ass dude in a hoodie walks up to us and talks shit real quick and walks off before I can see his face. I ask the guy if that was one of

Wiggins can’t strip McConnell when he’s got him stuck in a trap in the paint. Drives me nuts when defenders do that. You have the guy completely locked up with nowhere to go because he picked up his dribble and you bail him out?!