Not even the most stylish designer threads could have topped T.J. McConnell\u2019s pregame outfit for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Pacers guard showed up to Oklahoma City\u2019s Paycom Center repping the new WNBA jersey of his sister, Megan, who signed with the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And it was only fitting for Megan to return the favor. <\/p>\n
T.J. McConnell arrived at the Pacers\u2019 Game 1 NBA Finals win wearing his sister\u2019s WNBA jersey. NBA\/X<\/p>\n
Megan McConnell plays for the Phoenix Mercury. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
She arrived at the Mercury\u2019s game Thursday night against the Golden State Valkyries rocking her brother\u2019s Pacers jersey, although she was sidelined with an injury.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the gestures were a good luck charm for both McConnells, as the Mercury rolled to an 86-77 win and the Pacers captured a thrilling 111-110 triumph over the Thunder after a stunning fourth-quarter comeback.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The highlight was Tyrese Haliburton\u2019s go-ahead jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining, which gave Indiana its first lead of the game after trailing by double-digits most of the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan McConnell wore her brother\u2019s Pacers jersey on June 5, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n
But McConnell was a key piece in keeping the Pacers afloat early on. <\/p>\n
He tallied nine points and four assists in 17 minutes, including a particularly successful stint in the first half.<\/p>\n
T.J. McConnell in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Coming off the bench, the 33-year-old has played a major role in Indiana\u2019s run to the Finals as a high-energy guard with a knack for slashing through the defense and creating his own shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan, 23, will look to carve out her role on the Mercury as her WNBA career gets underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The guard played five seasons at Duquesne, averaging 18.4 points and 7.2 points in her senior season in 2024-25.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan McConnell signed with the Phoenix Mercury on June 3. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
She was in Indianapolis last Saturday to see T.J. and the Pacers close out the Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals before traveling to Phoenix to sign her contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The McConnells became the second active brother-sister duo between the NBA and WNBA, joining Amir and Nia Coffey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not a bad week for the McConnell family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not even the most stylish designer threads could have topped T.J. McConnell\u2019s pregame outfit for Game 1 of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,113,126,3866,6,1220,11,197,179,114,6908,66,458],"class_list":{"0":"post-81366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-indiana","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-indianapacers","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-finals","14":"tag-nba-playoffs","15":"tag-nba-playoffs-2025","16":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","17":"tag-pacers","18":"tag-phoenix-mercury","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114637901927513241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}