MrBator

Amazing finish. After looking like the wrong side for the entire game until there was only three minutes to go, the Thunder locked up a Pacers team that got scared in the 4th quarter. The Pacers had been 6-6 from the line in the 4th, but when the pressure was REALLY on, they suddenly missed 3 of their last 4 to go along with all the errant jumpers.

That was a bigtime win for the young Thunder, and finally they squeaked out a road cover. This series now SHOULD belong to them.

Pacers got smothered in the 4th, and totally suffocated when it mattered most. No one wanted to shoot the ball. They all knew their jumper’s weren’t going to go in. Then they choked at the line, too. 

We all know who the real league MVP was this season. Same guy as the last four seasons.

That is now twelve straight Pacers games that has seen the home team leading at the half. They closed with a 15-6 run to keep that trend going.

I got on the Pacers +210. Got the price I wanted all day.

Except that it's a gross exaggeration to say that everyone is on the Pacers when that is not the case.

I'm on the Pacers +4.5 -110 and +200 in the 1st half and +6.5 -110 for the game. I intend to get on the moneyline later.

Oh, I didn't reaiize you guys know each other.

A win tonight would be their tenth this postseason as an underdog, tying the NBA record.

The longer the game goes, the more time the Thunder must keep it together mentally, and that's been an issue for them in the playoffs, so I'd prefer the Pacers for the full game. 

If I had money on the Thunder to win this series, I'd be trembling after observing the certainty and arrogance of this OP. How can he still not be concerned after witnessing two huge failures by his team in the first three games?

What's it gonna take for him to realize that the Thunder team we've seen in these playoffs is not the asskicking machine we watched for 82 regular season games?

Something hasn't been right with this Thunder team in these playoffs. Yes, they've recorded eight blowouts at home, but in their other eleven games? 0-11 ATS!

The Pacers were 29-11 at home in the regular season and have gone 7-2 at home in the playoffs.

A 36-13 home team getting 6 points. That sounds even better than a 35-13 home team getting 5.5 points.

That's true. The Thunder are 0-8 ATS on the road while the Bucks, Cavs, and Knicks each managed to cover the spread in at least one of their road games.

It's actually eleven games in a row if you go back to Games 4 and 5 against Cleveland. The Pacers led 80-39 at home in Game 4 and the Cavs led 56-52 at home in Game 5.

The Thunder are a perfect 5-0 SU & ATS in the 1st halves following a loss in these playoffs but I believe that tomorrow they will drop to 5-1. 

They won those 1st halves by impressive scores of 87-56, 42-36, 60-46, 65-57, and 59-41, but on Friday night I would not bank on this to happen again. I think the second youngest team to ever reach The Finals is already a beaten team.

Zach Agnos’ ERA in his last 6 appearances is 21.20.

Is that bad?

Just missed nailing the final score. The defense of Karl-Anthony Towns allowed a couple too many layups and alley oop dunks.

Still a great call on the Pacers and their team total!

And that’s when we knew the Knicks were the play.