Thunder defense forcing a Pacers turnover in 5 out of 7 straight possessions in the 4th quarter
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[Highlight] Alex Caruso tips the pass, dives for the loose ball, locates it after it bounces off his head, and recovers it while on the floor
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Richard Jefferson on JDub scoring 40 in Game 5 of the Finals: "I had a great view for Game 5 in 2016, when Kyrie went for 40, when LeBron went for 40, in a must win situation. To watch these two young men go out with these types of performances right now, it mirrors that"
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Brian Windhorst explains why he's watching Finals games from his computer, inside a spare locker room at OKC's home arena (video via @espn)
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[Goodwill] Pascal Siakam lost more than 30 pounds during his first Finals run in 2019 — “In '19, I was probably less than 200 pounds by the time I got to the Finals,” Siakam told Yahoo Sports Sunday afternoon before Pacers practice. “I mean I was this skinny. All the weight (cont.)"
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[Bontemps] Several sources said the busiest day of the offseason is going to be June 25, the first round of the draft. It is the one date on the calendar when all of these teams have the ability to maneuver their rosters and improve -- and possibly for the only time, given the constraints (cont.)
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[Bontemps] In speaking with several sources Sunday in the wake of the Bane deal, the universal belief is that any draft packages going to Phoenix in a Durant deal will likely dwarf the haul of draft picks coming to Memphis for Bane, who hasn't yet made an All-Star team.
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[Bontemps] More star trades, however, are not expected. Sources told ESPN that the Grizzlies are not looking to deal either of their two remaining franchise cornerstones [...] The belief is that [JJJ's] extension will get done, sources said.
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Bill Simmons shares the Boston draft story for Haliburton: "They wanted to trade up... At some point Danny was on the phone with somebody and misunderstood what they said. The guy said 'He's not gonna be there at 14', but Danny thought he said hes gonna be there at 14— so they didnt do the trade up"
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Bill Simmons on Pat McAfee's segment during the 4th quarter of last night's Finals game: "My big note is McAfee did this monologue with like 10 minutes left... it was the wrong timing... it was this massive part of the game, they actually had to stop the game and wait for the monologue to finish"
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didn't realize how absurd this Chet save was, watching it live. goes from the restricted area under the rim, to the farthest part of the corner — beats out McConnell to secure the ball, then has the coordination to dodgeball throw it off of him in a single motion
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had no idea Caruso could hit ISO jumpers like this
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[Highlight] Caruso correctly predicts Siakam's spinning pass attempt and leaves his man completely open to capitalize with the leaping two-handed tip steal
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[Collier] The Mavericks had Haliburton as the No.1 player on their 2020 draft board, based in large part on Voulgaris' analytics models. Sources told ESPN that the Mavericks dangled their two selections, No. 18 and No. 31, as well as... Jalen Brunson to every team until Haliburton went off the board
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[Highlight] Tyrese Haliburton turns it over 3* times (4th clip credited as a blocked shot) in 5 minutes
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J-Dub on watching the Finals growing up: "I just remember rushing out of practice, and we would all get on the group sofa and watch. It was usually the Lakers and Celtics growing up, but we would always watch whatever Finals game was going on. I remember a lot of those very distinctly..."
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J-Dub on watching the Finals growing up: "I just remember rushing out of practice, we would all get on the group sofa and watch. It was usually the Lakers and Celtics growing up... I remember a lot of those very distinctly— I always remember just being at the Boys and Girls club til like 12 o'clock"
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J-Dub on Alex Caruso's 2020 championship ring: "It was a big ring, so that was motivation. I think just the message, he had arguably one of the tougher rings, the Bubble ring. Just what goes into a season, when you look at that one, for them to win, and have all the ups and downs of that season..."
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Pascal Siakam shouted out Thomas Bryant in his speech tonight, for being "the best guy on the bench, cheering for everyone." Here's a moment from Game 5, when Bryant was the 1st to console TJ McConnell as TJ was visibly frustrated with himself during a timeout (via TNT OT)
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(@NBAPR) Pascal Siakam received five of the nine votes for Eastern Conference Finals MVP from a media panel covering the series. Tyrese Haliburton received the other four votes. Full votes:
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[Henderson] Michael Carter-Williams, the 2014 NBA Rookie of the Year, came out swinging in his boxing debut [...] Carter-Williams, 33, defeated Sam Khatib via unanimous decision in a three-round heavyweight contest at the Broad Street Brawl in New York on Thursday
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Mike D'Antoni: "We always said among ourselves, you can't out Shaq Shaq... so we had to figure out a way to beat him. And that was to speed the game up, take more 3s and spread them out, and then they give us a chance to win... He is actually the cause of the 3-point shot."
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Lowe: "Just something to watch for Indiana, everyone's like 'oh they never go into the tax'... they have a minority owner named Steven Rales... from what I've heard, if he ever would be able to get governing control of the team, he's much more willing to go into the tax than the Simon family"
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[Givony] Not only did we see the lowest number of early-entrant candidates (106) in a decade, but another dozen or so draftable prospects withdrew at the deadline, making this one of the shallowest second rounds we've seen in a few years. NBA teams have expressed surprise and concerns about— (cont.)
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Thunderous ovation for Sam Presti by the OKC crowd when Mark Daigneault shouts him out during the conference championship ceremony
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