NBA TV crew REACTS to Pacers vs Thunder Game 5 Highlights

NBA TV crew REACTS to Pacers vs Thunder Game 5 Highlights

PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV. A LOUD CITY LIVING UP TO THAT NAME HERE IN GAME FIVE IN OKC. TYRESE HALIBURTON NOT RIGHT. SHAI GILGEOUS ALEXANDER. JUST ANOTHER ONE OF HIS NIGHTS. CHET HOLMGREN DRIVING EARLY. THE REVERSE GETTING THAT TO FALL. THIS SHOT WAS INCREDIBLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE LIKE HOW DOES HE EVEN REALLY SEE THE RIM. GREAT CONTEST BY MYLES TURNER. BETTER FINISH BY THE BIG FELLA. AND IT WAS GOOD BALL MOVEMENT EARLY FOR THE THUNDER SMITTY. YEAH IT WAS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE. HARTENSTEIN DOES A NICE JOB AS A PLAYMAKER. AND BOY JAYSON WILLIAMS LIKE HE WAS JUMPING AN EXTRA INCH ON HIS VERTICAL TONIGHT. AND THEN THE THREES ALSO DROPPING. THEY HIT FOUR OF THEM IN THE FIRST QUARTER. TOOK A TEN POINT LEAD. AND THIS IS WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TYRESE HALIBURTON SMITTY IN THESE PLAYS IN PARTICULAR YOU COULD TELL JUST DIDN’T HAVE IT. IT DIDN’T LOOK RIGHT. AND YOU CAN TELL THE WAY HE GOT UP. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM HE IS STRUGGLED BECAUSE OF THE INJURY. I THOUGHT HE TOOK SOME SHOTS. AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS AT THE BEGINNING HE WASN’T AGGRESSIVE. BUT AT HALFTIME I DIDN’T THINK, JUST LIKE BRENDAN, WE WERE WATCHING. HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE SECOND HALF. AARON WIGGINS JUST ONE POINT IN THE LAST TWO GAMES HAD 14 IN THIS ONE. SHANNON. AND ANYTIME YOU CAN GO DEEP TO YOUR BENCH AND THEY GIVE YOU PRODUCTIVE MINUTES ON BOTH ENDS OF THE FLOOR, IT’S JUST ANOTHER PIECE THAT’S GOING TO HELP YOU WIN THE GAME. HE CAME IN GOT THEM SPACING, GAVE THEM ENERGY AND GAVE THEIR STARTERS A GOOD BREAK. WATCH THIS. PLAY THE DEFENSE INSIDE THE DENIAL. THEY’RE JUST ALL OVER IT WITH BLOCKS AND STEALS. YOU READY FOR THOSE NUMBERS BRENDAN. CHECK IT OUT. GIVE THEM TO ME. IT LOOKS CRAZY. 15 STEALS IN 12 BLOCKS FOR THE THUNDER. THAT’S INCREDIBLE. AND THEN WHEN YOU FIGURE IN, THEY’RE ALSO KNOCKING DOWN THEIR THREES. THIS GAME. THAT WAS JUST A RECIPE FOR DISASTER FOR THE INDIANA PACERS. WE MOVE TO THE SECOND HALF. PASCAL SIAKAM YOU KNOW HE STRUGGLED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. HERE HE GETS IT GOING TO START THE SECOND HALF. BUT IT WAS TJ TOM IN THE THIRD. HE HAD 13 POINTS. WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 18 SCORING AND ASSISTING. WHERE’D HE GO TO SCHOOL SHANNON. YOU KNOW THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PUT THAT BOY ON A SPIN CYCLE. WELL THE U OF A, HE WAS GETTING AN A ON A REPORT CARD IN THAT THIRD QUARTER. TJ THAT’S MY TJ MADE IT A SIX POINT GAME. ANDREW NEMBHARD. NO. PASCAL SIAKAM GETTING THE OFFENSIVE REBOUND. BIG SHOT RIGHT HERE. BOY HE HAD 12 POINTS IN THE FIRST FOUR MINUTES OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. THEN SGA THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. SWING. SWING. THAT’S WHAT THE GAME IS ALL ABOUT. TWO FEET IN THE PAINT. AND WHEN THE NEXT GUY GETS IT, BE UNSELFISH. MAKE THE EXTRA PASS. WE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THESE TURNOVERS 22 FOR THE PACERS FOR 32 POINTS. I JUST DON’T THINK THEY FELT COMFORTABLE AT ALL THIS GAME. AND OKC JUST SUCH A GOOD JOB OF PLAYING INSIDE THE LANES AND PUTTING THEIR PLAYERS WITH OR DRIBBLING THE BALL UNDER DURESS. SO A NEW PLAYOFF CAREER HIGH FOR JALEN WILLIAMS. SPECIAL THANKS AGAIN TO HIM STOPPING BY THE SET. BUT THIS IS THE UNSTOPPABLE FLOW THAT HE HAD. THIS WAS NASTY. YOU TALKING ABOUT GET TO YOUR SPOT AND. HA HA HA. OOH WEE. LOOKING LIKE A YOUNG STEVE SMITH. EXACTLY. GOOD DEFENSE, BETTER OFFENSE. AND J-DUB HAD ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS. 120 TO 109. WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE INDIANA PACERS, 14 ZERO WHEN THEY SCORE 110 IN THE PLAYOFFS, ZERO SEVEN WHEN THEY’RE BENEATH 110, SCORED A 109 IN THIS ONE. HERE IS THUNDER HEAD COACH MARK DON OHL. MARK I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU RANK THIS GAME FOR DUBS CAREER AS LONG AS YOU’VE BEEN COACHING HIM, BUT WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM HIM AND WHAT DID YOU THINK ALLOWED HIM TO GET OUT AND RUN AND PLAY WITH THE FORCE? HE KIND OF DID GREAT FORCE. I MEAN, THAT’S THE WORD. AND WE’VE USED THAT WORD WITH HIM IN HIS DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEN HE’S AT HIS BEST, HE’S HE’S PLAYING WITH THAT TYPE OF FORCE. AND THAT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE BY HIM JUST THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE GAME. I MEAN, HE REALLY WAS ON THE GAS THE ENTIRE NIGHT, APPLIED A TON OF PRESSURE, THOUGHT HE MADE A LOT OF THE RIGHT PLAYS. AND WE’RE GOING TO NEED A SIMILAR TYPE OF APPROACH IN GAME SIX FROM HIM. JOE ON THE RIGHT, JOE MACEDO, THE OKLAHOMAN. MARK, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE CROWD TONIGHT? YEAH. UNREAL. I MEAN, THEY’VE BEEN UNREAL FOREVER, BUT THEY JUST PUT THE WIND AT OUR BACK, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A REASON TO. WE HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE TYPE OF TOGETHERNESS AND COMPETITIVENESS AND SPIRIT THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO, WHICH I THOUGHT WE DID TONIGHT. BUT IT’S AN UNBELIEVABLE LIFT FOR US TO BE HOME. I’M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR EACH OTHER OUT THERE? I MEAN, YOU’RE BARKING INSTRUCTIONS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. JUST WHAT’S THAT LIKE? YEAH, LESS THAN THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT ENOUGH. WE’RE GETTING GETTING THIS STUFF IN. HEY, MARK CARLSON WITH THE OKLAHOMAN. YOU GUYS ARE TRADING PUNCHES THERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH THEM. AND THEN YOU GO UP EIGHT AFTER J-DUB HITS A SHOT. THEN YOU HAD THE FOUR STEALS IN A ROW. JUST WALK ME THROUGH THOSE DEFENSIVE POSSESSIONS FOR YOUR GUYS. AND HOW FITTING IT WAS TO SEE THE GAME REALLY SECURED WITH YOUR DEFENSE. YEAH, I THOUGHT OUR DEFENSE TONIGHT WAS REALLY GOOD. I THOUGHT OUR CONVERSION OFF OF OUR DEFENSE WAS HIT OR MISS. WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MOMENTS. WE HAD SOME MOMENTS THAT I WISH WE COULD HAVE BACK. YOU KNOW, THE SECOND CHANCE POINTS WERE A MAJOR PROBLEM. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF CRASHING TO THE GLASS. THEY BEAT US IN THE PAINT TONIGHT. SO THAT WAS IT WASN’T A PERFECT GAME AT ALL. AND THERE’S A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH. BUT I THOUGHT OUR IMPROVEMENT FROM GAME FOUR TO GAME FIVE WAS CRITICAL. AND WE’RE GOING TO NEED A SIMILAR TYPE OF APPROACH. YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO TAKE THE HUMILITY TO UNDERSTAND THERE’S STILL A LOT WE CAN GET BETTER AT IF WE WANT TO GO ON THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WIN A GAME. NICK IN THE MIDDLE, MARK, YOU JUST MENTIONED IMPROVEMENT. THE OFFENSIVE PROCESS. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT? THE 24 ASSISTS TEN BY SHAY. AND YOU KNOW JUST THE SHEER WAY THAT YOU SCORED ON THAT END. YEAH I THOUGHT WE TOOK A STEP FORWARD THERE. YOU KNOW WE TOOK SOME STEPS FORWARDS TONIGHT. WE TOOK SOME STEPS BACKWARDS. THAT’S NATURAL. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT IN EVERYTHING. BUT OFFENSIVELY WE DEFINITELY TOOK SOME STEPS FORWARD IN TERMS OF OUR APPROACH. AND DEFENSIVELY YOU KNOW I THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTY GOOD. YOU KNOW I THOUGHT MCCONNELL REALLY CHANGED THE GAME IN THE THIRD. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS BLATANT. AND SO YOU KNOW WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB THERE. WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB ON THE GLASS. LATE GAME DEFENSIVE TRANSITION. YOU KNOW THEY KEPT THE PRESSURE ON US THERE. SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR GROWTH. BUT I THOUGHT WE TOOK SOME STEPS FORWARD ON THE OTHER END ON THE RIGHT. HEY COACH VINCE GILL WITH YAHOO SPORTS. COMING INTO THE SEASON THE THOUGHT WAS THAT EITHER DUB OR CHET WAS GOING TO HAVE TO STEP FORWARD TO BE THE SECOND GUY NEXT TO SHAY TO GET YOU GUYS TO THIS LEVEL. WAS THERE ANYTHING BEFORE THE SEASON OR DURING THE SEASON WHERE YOU WERE SORT OF FOND ABOUT J DUB, OR WAS IT SOMETHING THAT EVOLVED THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS THAT SORT OF LEADS UP TO TONIGHT IN THIS SERIES? YEAH, RESPECTFULLY, WE DON’T LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SECOND GUY, FIRST GUY, THIRD GUY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE’RE JUST TRYING TO HELP EVERY GUY GROW AND IMPROVE AND TACKLE THE NEXT THING IN FRONT OF THEM AND DUBS A THIRD YEAR PLAYER. THAT’S A THIRD YEAR PLAYER. CASON WALLACE SECOND YEAR PLAYER. I MEAN, WE’RE JUST TRYING TO HELP THOSE GUYS TAKE STEPS FORWARD WHEREVER THEY ARE AT A GIVEN MOMENT. THAT’S EVERYBODY ON THE ROSTER. THAT’S CARUSO AND KENRICH WILLIAMS AND THAT’S ALL THE WAY ON DOWN. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT AND WHEN THE GUYS COMMIT TO THAT, THEY IMPROVE. AND I THINK TONIGHT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT DUB GOT IN THE GAME TONIGHT ARE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY IN THE SEASON. HE WASN’T HAVING GAMES LIKE THIS IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. SO HIS FOCUS ON THE IMPROVEMENT, I THINK LED TO HIM BEING THE PLAYER HE IS RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS AND COMING OF AGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. REMEMBER THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER, THE YOUNGEST TEAM TO REACH THE NBA FINALS SINCE THE BLAZERS IN 1977? YOU SEE, THE LAST TWO GAMES, THE THREE POINT SHOOTING, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE ASSIST SMITTY IN GAMES FOUR AND ONE, THEY COMBINED TO HAVE 24 ASSISTS TONIGHT. THEY HAD 24 ASSISTS AND IT WAS CLEAR THEY HAD TEN OF THOSE IN THE FIRST QUARTER THAT THE BALL WAS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED. THAT THAT WAS A POINT OF EMPHASIS IN THE GAME PLAN AND IT REALLY PAID OFF. I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, CHRIS, I THINK FIRST ON THE OFFENSIVE END, THEY WERE PLAYING WITH FORCE, GETTING DOWNHILL. AND THEN I THINK ALSO FOR THEM IS THEY PUT DEFENSIVE PRESSURE ON THE PACERS AND THEY GOT OUT TO GET SOME FAST BREAK POINTS, BUT THEY ARE SHARING IT BECAUSE THEY JUST PLAY THE RIGHT WAY. AND THAT’S LED BY THEIR MVP. A GUY CAN GO OUT AND GET 31 POINTS AND STILL GET YOU TEN ASSISTS AND BLOCKED FOUR SHOTS. HE SETS THE TONE FOR THEM AND HE DID IT ALL NIGHT AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM WAS IN ATTACK MODE. ALSO LOOK AT WHAT SGA WAS ABLE TO DO AS FAR AS GETTING TO THE FREE THROW LINE. DIDN’T GET TO THE FREE THROW LINE AS MUCH THE LAST GAME THIS GAME GOT THERE 14 TIMES AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO HIM AND J DUB SET THE TEMPO. THEY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS GAME. THEY CAME OUT WITH THE RIGHT FOCUS, THE RIGHT MINDSET, AND THEIR TEAMMATES ACTED ACCORDINGLY. THEY FOLLOWED THEIR LEAD AND THEN ON THE DEFENSIVE END, THIS TEAM WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR THE PACERS. GO AHEAD. NO CHANTING. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN RIGHT AS A BIG WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DRIBBLE HANDOFFS AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE. AND YOU SEE AS THE SERIES PROGRESSES HE’S BECOMING MORE INVOLVED HELPING TO DISTRIBUTE WHAT THIS OFFENSE AND THE PHYSICALITY. HE CAN MOVE THEM PUPPIES. HE’S AN UNDERRATED PASSER. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY HE DIDN’T GIVE YOU A LOT LIKE SCORING WISE TODAY. BUT LIKE THE EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES THE TIP BALLS, THE JUST BEING BIG YOU KNOW SETTING HE’S ONE OF THE BEST SCREEN SETTERS I’VE EVER SEEN. IF SGA WANTS TO GET A BUCKET THEY’RE LIKE, COME ON OVER HERE. HE’S GOING TO GET YOU SOMETHING. AND TO ME, THAT PHYSICALITY FOR FOR INDIANA IT SLOWS THEM DOWN. RIGHT. AND I FEEL LIKE AND THIS IS NEW I THOUGHT TODAY THEY REALLY ATTACKED NESMITH. I THOUGHT THEY WENT AT HIM BOTH J-DUB AND AND SGA, AND THEY WENT AT HIM IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS, WHETHER THAT’S SCREEN AND ROLL, BECAUSE THE OTHER GUYS DON’T WANT TO SWITCH, RIGHT? THE OTHER GUYS DON’T WANT TO SWITCH WITH HIM. SO FOR ME, THEY FOUND THAT PHYSICALITY IN THAT FRONT GROUP. AND ALSO IT TAKES A LITTLE PRESSURE OFF OF THAT. YOU KNOW HE DON’T HAVE TO GUARD THE BIG MAN LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE’D BE GETTING TIRED SOMETIMES MAN. YOU GOT TO GIVE. YOU KNOW I’M PROUD OF YOU FOR USING YOUR S.A.T. WORD. MYRIAD OF WAYS I SEE YOU GROWING WITH YOUR GLASSES ON. I’VE BEEN DOING THIS. I NEED YOU GROWING BECAUSE GLASSES. YEAH. HEY, SO GOOD. SO. SO, SMITTY, LOOK, I LOOK AT THE PACERS AND WHO THEY ARE, THEIR IDENTITY AND TAKING CARE OF THE BASKETBALL. WE TALKED ABOUT HALIBURTON 5 TO 1. ASSIST TO TURNOVER RATIO. THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFFS. BUT HERE AGAINST THE THUNDER THAT’S DOWN TO 2 TO 1 WHICH IS STILL REALLY GOOD RIGHT. BUT 19 TURNOVERS A GAME. THE PACERS ARE GIVING UP. AND THAT WAS DOWN TO 12 IN THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFFS A HUGE JUMP. YOU GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE THUNDER FOR FORCING IT. YEAH IT IS I THINK WE FORGET THEY WERE THE BEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. DEFENSIVELY. THEY WERE NUMBER ONE DEFENSIVE RATINGS I THINK ALSO WE ALL KNOW INDIANA HAS TO PLAY WITH PACE. THEY HAVE TO GET UP AND DOWN. THEY HAVE TO KNOCK DOWN THREES. WELL DEFENSIVELY OKC IS SLOWING THEM DOWN. THEY’RE SLOWING THEMSELVES DOWN WITH THE TURNOVERS. AND ALSO SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO LOOK AT IT GETTING IT OUT OF THE NET. YOU CAN’T RUN. AND THEN CHANNING SAID WHEN YOU LOOK AT OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING YOU HAD HARTENSTEIN WITH SIX. YOU HAD OTHER GUYS GETTING FIVE WITH CHET HOLMGREN. AND ALSO LU DORT HAD FIVE OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS. THAT IS SLOWING DOWN THE PACERS

Indiana Pacers vs Oklahoma City Thunder – Full Game 5 Highlights | June 16, 2025 | 2025 NBA Finals

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