If Game 1 was a dream, Game 2 will be a gut punch.
After Tyrese Haliburton drilled that cold-blooded buzzer-beater to steal Game 1, the Indiana Pacers will be coming into Game 2 riding high. Confidence, swagger, belief — it was all there. For three quarters, it looked like they were about to do it again. Then came the fourth quarter. Then came the whistles. And then came the heartbreak.
Remember this is all just my dream , but it all seemed real.
The Pacers came out aggressive. Not reckless, not rushed — just determined. Haliburton was locked in early, dropping dimes and hitting deep threes off the dribble like it was open gym. Siakam looked comfortable in the mid-post, getting to his spots. Andrew Nembhard gave Josh Giddey fits. By halftime, Indiana had built a 61–53 lead and were playing their brand of basketball — fast, selfless, tough.
OKC looked a bit rattled. Holmgren picked up two early fouls. SGA wasn’t getting the same clean looks he had in Game 1. You could feel it: the Pacers had a chance to go up 2-0 on the road. And they knew it.
This is where it started to get weird.
Midway through the third, with the Pacers still holding a 6-point lead, Siakam drove baseline and appeared to draw contact from Holmgren. No whistle. OKC pushed the other way, and SGA finished through contact — and got the call. Three-point swing. Moments later, Myles Turner was whistled for his fourth foul — a brutal call on what looked like a clean vertical contest.
From there, the momentum shifted. The Thunder, to their credit, capitalized. Jalen Williams turned up the heat, hitting back-to-back threes. Isaiah Joe came in and sparked the bench with a couple of huge buckets. OKC outscored Indy 30–22 in the third, turning an 8-point deficit into a 1-point lead heading into the fourth.
But that was just the appetizer.
The final 12 minutes were pure basketball chaos. Lead changes, huge shots, wild sequences — it had everything. At one point, T.J. McConnell stole the ball, saved it falling out of bounds, and Haliburton drilled a transition three to give Indy a 96–93 lead with under five to play. Gainbridge Fieldhouse may be in Indiana, but the crowd in OKC sounded shook.
Then the whistles came — again.
Turner was called for an illegal screen that wiped out a potential dagger three. On the very next possession, Holmgren appeared to push off for a dunk. No call. The Pacers bench erupted. Rick Carlisle nearly got teed up. You could see the frustration building.
With 1:32 left, tied at 104, Haliburton drove the lane and clearly got bumped — no whistle. SGA came down, pulled up from 17 feet, and drained it. Thunder up two. Next possession, Nembhard lost the ball — after what sure looked like a reach from Lu Dort — and again, no call.
Then came the dagger.
SGA iso’d on Haliburton, spun into the lane, missed the floater — but Holmgren tipped it in. Turner had boxed him out, but was called for the foul. Replays showed minimal contact. Three-point play. Thunder up 5 with 34 seconds left.
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