Rishabh Bhatnagar

2 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Aayaan Sayadee |Rishabh Bhatnagar

Okay, let’s be real; who saw this coming? The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. In the freakin’ NBA Finals. This ain’t just another Warriors-Celtics rerun. Nope. We’ve got two squads hungry for their first-ever chip in franchise history (well, OKC technically has that old-school Seattle one, but you get the point). And the energy? Unreal. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s cooking. Tyrese Haliburton’s on a mission. And fans from both sides? Already going nuts.

3 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Ishan Athawle |Rishabh Bhatnagar

Ohana means family. And family means everything. We’ve seen the love LeBron and Savannah James get on the internet. Well, Stephen and Ayesha Curry are not too far off. Steph’s on-court professionalism and Ayesha’s lovable personality light sparks in the eyes of everyone who follows them. But seeing the Curry family doing well on the ‘gram just gets everyone’s eyes pumping. And that reaction’s not limited to just us fans – it extends to Ayesha herself.

3 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Ishan Athawle |Rishabh Bhatnagar

It’s hard to hate Nikola Jokic. If anything, people just feel sorry for him. His loyalty to the Nuggets is unparalleled, which might be why he’s refusing to leave for more success elsewhere. But all of that is just arbitrary. What’s not is his supreme skill that puts him in the stature of the greats. In fact, he’s so good that Mike Miller compared him to the all-time great himself, LeBron James. James and Jokic are the definition of a one-man army.

3 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Shweta Das |Rishabh Bhatnagar

After eliminating the Knicks from the championship race, the Pacers have finally made it to the NBA Finals. Winning the title this season would mark their first in franchise history. Naturally, Coach Carlisle has been very cautious not to take their winning streak for granted, “This group has been special, pulled off some very special things…So we don’t take it for granted at all.”Well, considering that it is not his first rodeo, we can understand why he will have his eyes on the big prize.

3 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Ved Vaze |Rishabh Bhatnagar

There’s a special kind of chaos in the NBA. One minute you’re the league’s breakout darling, and the next? You’re running on fumes while fans on Reddit start wondering if you swapped bodies with Ricky Rubio. Tyrese Haliburton knows that chaos intimately. And now, we finally know why his start to the season felt more like a warm-up lap in Shaq’s rec league than an All-NBA campaign. Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle just pulled the curtain back on what really happened with Haliburton’s sluggish opening.