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The Minnesota Twins are looking to keep in step with the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central standings to the best of their ability, and center fielder Byron Buxton is certainly doing his part. On Wednesday, Buxton entered flow state; during the Twins’ 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers, Buxton had a tour de force […]

Fresh off a disheartening 123-107 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2, it looked like the Indiana Pacers were in trouble. It seemed as though OKC has them figured out. But the Pacers have been punching above their weight class all playoffs long, and in Game 3, they were the better team, especially […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been famously active on X (formerly Twitter) ever since the Indiana Pacers knocked the Milwaukee Bucks out of championship contention nearly two months ago. Antetokounmpo has taken his sweet time during his offseason resting and answering fans’ questions. But on Wednesday, the Bucks star seemed to be in a very nostalgic mood, […]

In Game 2, many pundits believed that there was a restoration of order after the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated proceedings against the Indiana Pacers, taking a 123-107 victory. The Thunder have been dominant all season long, and everyone knew that they were going to come out strong after suffering a heartbreaking Game 1 defeat. But […]

On Wednesday night, the Indiana Pacers took a major step towards their push for the 2025 NBA championship. After suffering a difficult 123-107 defeat in Game 2, the Pacers bounced back in a huge way, running away from the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 thanks to an 18-9 run in the final few minutes […]

The Indiana Pacers have now gone up 2-1 in the 2025 NBA Finals — a scenario that not too many expected as they believed that the Oklahoma City Thunder would simply steamroll the opposition en route to winning the NBA championship. In Game 3, many stepped up for the Pacers, with Tyrese Haliburton putting up […]

The Indiana Pacers are already the best story of the 2025 NBA playoffs, and yet they’re not quite done yet writing the ending to what has been a Cinderella-esque run already. In Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Pacers once again showed that they’re the kings of the clutch, as they pulled away from […]

Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals went back and forth, with the Oklahoma City Thunder preventing the Indiana Pacers from building much of a cushion (and vice versa) heading into the fourth quarter. Late in the proceedings, however, the Pacers managed to pull away as the Thunder’s offense ground to a screeching halt, with […]

Bennedict Mathurin’s first playoff run has had plenty of ups and downs. The third-year guard out of Arizona has not been a prominent member of the Indiana Pacers’ rotation through the first three rounds, with head coach Rick Carlisle typically giving him around 10 to 15 minutes a night. But against the Oklahoma City Thunder, […]

Myles Turner was not having a very good Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals for the Indiana Pacers; he was missing open threes and was even missing bunnies at the rim. He ended up with just nine points on 3-11 shooting; this is the sort of shooting inefficiency that usually spells doom against a […]

Caitlin Clark was in attendance for Game 3 of the Indiana Pacers‘ 2025 NBA Finals clash against the Oklahoma City Thunder and it looks like she has brought them some good luck yet again. The Pacers, after struggling for much of Game 2 en route to a 123-107 defeat, took a 116-107 victory in Game […]

With the 2025 NBA Finals headed to Indianapolis for the first time in 25 years, the Indiana Pacers have a golden opportunity to regain momentum after suffering a 123-107 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2. Pacers fans are a passionate and loud bunch, and Gainbridge Fieldhouse is going to be rocking for […]

The Phoenix Suns have mortgaged their future in recent seasons, and the end result has not been pretty. The franchise has been on the downturn over the past few seasons; they do not have control over their own first-round pick until 2031 and all they have to show for over the past two seasons is […]

Both the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics have to deal with a certain degree of flux heading into the 2025 offseason. The Mavericks, as everyone knows so well, are still dealing with the aftermath of their decision to trade away Luka Doncic for a package headlined by Anthony Davis, and they are also reeling from […]

The Los Angeles Clippers continue to draw the short end of the stick nearly six years after pulling off a fateful trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder for Paul George. Not only are the Thunder, led by MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (the man the Clippers traded to OKC in July 2019), the favorite to win the […]

The Indiana Pacers may have lost Game 2 of the 2025 NBA Finals, 123-107, after falling into another slow start in the first half against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but they have proven time and time again in this year’s playoffs that this sort of loss does not faze them in the slightest. They know […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have evened up the 2025 NBA Finals after taking a 123-107 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 on Sunday night. They began to pull away towards the end of the first quarter, with Chet Holmgren seizing the momentum in OKC’s favor after scoring seven straight points — setting the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have built their championship-level identity on the defensive end of the court; they forced turnovers at a historically great rate and swallowed up the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves in the previous two rounds to make it all the way to the NBA Finals. One player in particular, Alex Caruso, has […]

Tyrese Haliburton was not at his best during the Indiana Pacers’ 123-107 Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Haliburton, after being the hero of Game 1, felt invisible in the first half of Game 2, scoring just three points on 1-of-5 shooting from the field as the Pacers went down […]

Thanks in large part to another monster scoring effort from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Oklahoma City Thunder have evened up the 2025 NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers courtesy of a 123-107 win in Game 2 on Sunday night. Gilgeous-Alexander put up 34 points, five rebounds, and eight assists while shooting 11-21 from the field and […]

The hero of the Indiana Pacers’ epic Game 1 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals, Tyrese Haliburton was finally getting the recognition he deserves for being one of the fastest-rising superstars in the NBA. However, Haliburton did not have quite the same magic in Game 2. He was quiet in […]

Coming off another incredible comeback win in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the public’s perception of the Indiana Pacers being this year’s team of destiny only grew stronger. After all, what would explain their fourth bonkers comeback of this year’s playoffs and against an Oklahoma City Thunder team that has won 80 games thus […]

Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals may have been universally regarded as a barnburner, but nearly every fan was in agreement that ESPN’s presentation of the NBA’s biggest matchup of the season was not the best. The series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers had the feel and look of a regular-season […]

The 2024-25 season did not quite go according to plan for the Orlando Magic. They were not able to get into much of a rhythm on the season, dealing with various injuries to their three best players in Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, and Jalen Suggs — with Suggs’ injury ending his season prematurely. In the […]

The first two seasons of Scoot Henderson has had plenty of highs and lows; since being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the second overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, Henderson hasn’t quite established himself yet as the team’s starting point guard, with the team opting to roll with Anfernee Simons at the […]

In the history of the Dallas Mavericks franchise, former head coach Don Nelson was instrumental in establishing them as a consistent playoff team in the early 2000s. Nelson helped unlock Dirk Nowitzki and helped shape him into the greatest player in franchise history. Being one of the best offensive innovators in league history, Nelson is […]

On Friday night, the New York Yankees came out of the gates hot in the first game of their three-game weekend set against the Boston Red Sox and weathered an early-game injury problem that forced Anthony Volpe exit. They took a 9-6 victory after scoring five runs in the first inning without looking back, and […]

The Los Angeles Angels have an opportunity to pick up some ground on the teams above them in the AL West standings, as they began a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners, the team sitting in second in the division. And it was as good of a start to the three-game series as the Angels […]

The New York Yankees defeated their sworn rival Boston Red Sox on Friday night, 9-6, taking advantage of a five-run first inning which kept Boston at bay for the duration of the game. While the Yankees’ win on Friday was smooth-sailing for the most part, it did not come without its fair share of trouble. […]

The New York Knicks entered the 2024-25 season with a championship or bust mentality. And after falling short in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals, the dominoes have started to fall — beginning with head coach Tom Thibodeau, who was relieved of his duties earlier this week (forcing New York to eat the remaining $30 million […]

The New York Knicks made a drastic change earlier this week when they decided that Tom Thibodeau, after leading the team to four winning seasons in the five years he was in charge, was not the right man for the head coaching job moving forward. They justified this move by saying that, for them to […]

All things considered, the 2024-25 season was a successful one for the New York Knicks. This historic, storied franchise may have one of the biggest and loudest fanbases in the entire association, but they have been stuck in the doldrums over the past 20 or so years; in fact, since the turn of the century […]

Luka Doncic’s physical condition was put under the microscope when his alleged poor conditioning was used as the justification behind the Dallas Mavericks’ decision to trade him away despite him being their (former) franchise player. In particular, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison did not believe that Doncic was going to stay healthy, believing that his […]

One year later, and the Edmonton Oilers find themselves having the opportunity to avenge their loss in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final against the very same team that beat them, the Florida Panthers. That series went to seven and the Oilers heartbreakingly suffered a one-goal defeat (2-1) in Game 7. But they are not looking […]

The stage is set for this year’s edition of the NBA Finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder will be hosting the Indiana Pacers in Games 1 and 2, and the expectation is that Paycom Center will be rocking — with thousands of fans wearing the white shirt to up the intimidating aura in their home turf. […]

In the aftermath of their Eastern Conference Finals loss to the Indiana Pacers, the New York Knicks front office decided to go a different direction on the coaching front, relieving Tom Thibodeau of his duties after five years at the helm. Knicks president Leon Rose justified this decision by essentially saying that they do not […]

The 2025 NBA Finals tips off in less than 24 hours, and the Indiana Pacers will be raring to take the momentum they’ve built over the past three rounds into their impending clash against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Not too many expected the Pacers to make it this far, but they have overcome adversity in […]

The Indiana Pacers are facing long odds once more in their quest to win the 2025 NBA Finals. The journey keeps on getting tougher and tougher for this Pacers squad, as they will be facing an Oklahoma City Thunder squad that’s won 80 games thus far this season, regular season and playoffs combined. This Thunder […]

Most view the Indiana Pacers as the heavy underdog heading into their 2025 NBA Finals clash against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and perhaps for good reason. The Thunder have scarcely struggled in this year’s playoffs; they may have been pushed to the brink by the Denver Nuggets, but the Nuggets have perhaps the most difficult […]