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NBA Playoffs 2025

Stephen A. Smith on a set

Stephen A. Smith committed brutal slip-up during NBA Finals Game 5

Stephen A. Smith on Monday made a comment about Tyrese Haliburton that he surely wants back. The Indiana Pacers star looked hobbled in the first half of NBA Finals Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. …

NBA court logo

NBA Finals making cool change for Game 5

The NBA Finals are making a cool change ahead of Monday’s Game 5 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ABC is planning to air the pregame introductions for each team’s starting …

Adam Silver speaking

Fans all have same complaint about NBA Finals schedule

Many basketball fans are feeling like their holiday weekend is a little bit lacking. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are currently locked in a tough battle during this year’s NBA Finals (which are now tied 2-2). Oklahoma City …

Rick Carlisle in a suit

Rick Carlisle launches passionate defense of Scott Foster

NBA coaches often vent frustration with the officials to the media, but Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle took a very different approach during his media availability on Sunday. Carlisle launched a passionate defense of referee Scott Foster after …

Charles Barkley in a suit

Charles Barkley makes promise if Thunder win NBA title

Charles Barkley is promising to take a pretty bold step if the Oklahoma City Thunder win the NBA title. Appearing on NBATV’s postgame coverage prior to the Thunder’s Game 4 win over the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday, …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looks on

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivers great quote after taking over Game 4

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has not taken a single moment of the NBA Finals for granted. The 2025 NBA Finals have been a roller-coaster affair with both the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder trading punches at the highest level. On Friday, it was …

Stephen A Smith reports from the sideline

Stephen A. Smith responds after getting caught playing Solitaire during NBA Finals Game 4

Stephen A. Smith did not sound the least bit embarrassed after being caught playing on his phone during Friday’s NBA Finals game. Smith was in attendance for Game 4 between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder at Gainbridge Fieldhouse …

Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin looking on

Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin had one of the worst 30-second stretches in NBA Finals history

Indiana Pacers swingman Bennedict Mathurin had a final minute to forget Friday in Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle swapped out Aaron Nesmith for Mathurin as Indiana trailed 107-103 with 44 …

Pacers fans mock ‘Dumb and Dumber’ Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins

A couple of Indiana Pacers fans stood out during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday for the outfits they were wearing at the game. Two Pacers fans came dressed for the game between the Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder at Gainbridge …

Bill Simmons speaking

Bill Simmons eerily nailed his prediction about NBA Finals Game 3

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, …

Bennedict Mathurin looking on

Internet reacts to Bennedict Mathurin’s explosion in Game 3 win

Game 3 of the NBA Finals had a very unlikely hero. Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was the star during his team’s Finals game victory on Wednesday. Mathurin came off the bench to lead all scorers with 27 points on 9/12 shooting. The …

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looks on

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander taunted with 1-word chant by Pacers fans

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s reputation is preceding him at this point. The Oklahoma City Thunder star Gilgeous-Alexander was taunted by Indiana Pacers fans in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday. During the second quarter at Gainbridge …

Lu Dort elbowing Tyrese Haliburton

Lu Dort gets away with elbow to Tyrese Haliburton in Game 3 of Finals

Lu Dort pulled a Lu Dort during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday. The Oklahoma City Thunder swingman Dort got away with an elbow to the head area of Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton. During the first quarter of the game at Gainbridge …

Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton looking excited

Tyrese Haliburton addresses his notable limp after Game 2

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton sparked concerns when he visibly limped away from the podium following the team’s Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Ok. On Tuesday, Haliburton addressed whether …

Tyrese Haliburton in a Pacers jersey

Tyrese Haliburton gets called out by ESPN analyst

Despite a parade of clutch game-winning shots during the NBA Playoffs, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton still has his critics. ESPN’s Jay Williams had some sharp criticism of Haliburton for not starting quickly enough during the Indiana …

Lisa Salters reporting during an NFL game

Mike Breen shares update on ESPN reporter Lisa Salters

ESPN announcer Mike Breen offered an update on Lisa Salters, who was absent from her reporter duties during Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. Early in the third quarter, Breen revealed that Salters is away from the ESPN crew as her mother deals …

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