Clairvoyant Bill has struck yet again.
Bill Simmons of The Ringer is going viral this week over his incredible prediction about the NBA Finals coming to fruition. After Game 1 of the series between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder, Simmons predicted on his podcast that Pacers forward Bennedict Mathurin was going to have a big game at some point in the Finals.
Simmons even went so far as to suggest that Mathurin would have one of “those games where he scored 27 points in 22 minutes.”
In Game 3 of the Finals on Wednesday, Simmons’ prediction eerily came to exact (exact!) fruition. Mathurin ended up scoring exactly 27 points in exactly 22 minutes off the bench to lead all scorers in Indiana’s 116-107 victory.
Here is the full clip of Simmons’ prediction.
Bill Simmons after game 1: "I'm wondering are we going to hear from [Mathurin] in this series… you know when Mathurin will have those games where he scored 27 points in 22 minutes, I feel like he's gonna have one of those"
— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) June 12, 2025
Guess what?
Mathurin had 27 points in 22 minutes… pic.twitter.com/YwRWZlxS3L
Mathurin’s huge performance largely came out of nowhere, especially considering that he finished Game 1 with five points on 1/5 shooting. Even the Internet was in total disbelief over Mathurin’s Game 3 explosion.
But unbelievably enough, Simmons called the big game from Mathurin almost a full week before it happened, right down to the exact points and minutes total too. Simmons does have a strong history of getting his predictions right, but those are usually based on good insider information. Predicting 27 in 22 minutes from Mathurin based on vibes alone was simply some genie-like magic there from Simmons.
