Joe Wolfond

1 week ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

For a brief moment in the fourth quarter of Game 5 of the Finals, the Indiana Pacers looked like they might be Pacers-ing their way to another improbable comeback. A contest the Oklahoma City Thunder controlled from the opening tip and led by as many as 18 points was suddenly incredibly tight. An out-of-body T.J. McConnell experience slashed the deficit in the third quarter, and a Pascal Siakam barrage further ate into it early in the fourth.

1 week ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

Less than six minutes into Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder trailed by nine and their vaunted defense had already surrendered 24 points. They'd gone back to their double-big starting lineup with both Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein on the floor, and the Indiana Pacers had run circles around them. Things didn't improve much when Holmgren went to the bench. The Pacers were simply playing too quickly, too crisply, too confidently. They couldn't miss from long range.

2 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

Even though their remarkable Game 1 comeback win followed what's become a familiar playoff blueprint for them, the Indiana Pacers didn't really look like the Indiana Pacers in that contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their typically judicious offense turned the ball over an unthinkable 25 times. They couldn't get their deadly transition game in gear and were instead forced to grind out points in the halfcourt.

3 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

The Indiana Pacers did it again. Their latest death-defying act in a postseason full of great escapes saw them steal Game 1 of the Finals from the 68-win Oklahoma City Thunder despite turning the ball over 24 times, getting 17 fewer shooting possessions, trailing for nearly 47 minutes, and facing a fourth-quarter deficit as large as 15 points. The comeback was punctuated, once again, by a Tyrese Haliburton dagger that gave Indiana its first lead of the game with 0.3 seconds on the clock.

3 weeks ago | thescore.com | Joe Wolfond

The NBA campaign has finally reached its endgame, with the Finals set to tip off Thursday night. In one corner, we have an abnormally young, defensively impenetrable Oklahoma City Thunder team that's been historically dominant all season and boasts the league MVP. In the other corner, we have a swift, surging Indiana Pacers squad that's been on a magical run this postseason, powered by one of the most gifted and creative point guards in the game.