Shai is gonna get announced on here as the MVP.
If they pick one of the other guys, this is really gonna suck.
Uh, Shams already tweeted it.
Being in the MVP conversation is a blessing.
It's… everything I wanted as a kid.
I thought that was the most important thing,
being the best player in the league. That's all that mattered.
We didn't really talk about MVP all sea…
Like, we didn't… That wasn't really a discussion we had in this house.
It kind of leaked online.
So we were kind of like, "Okay, it's real."
But you don't wanna, like, really believe it till the ceremony.
Shaq, would you announce? You can put your mic down whilst…
-Yes, sir. -Okay.
The Kia MVP belongs to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
from Oklahoma City Thunder.
It's unreal.
I mean, it's the best basketball player in the world.
I thought I told you Time and time again
This shit won't stop
I backend show by show I'm tryna triple and double the profit…
Fellas, I just wanna say, from the bottom of my heart,
this is not possible without you guys, and I… I know that.
I got some gifts for y'all.
Every day, buildin' my growth I'm chasing health and wealth, not clout
Bad bitches under my belt I cook like a chef…
Last year, I was joking around.
I was like, "If I win MVP, I'll get you a Rolex."
Fast-forward a year later,
they should probably get some Rolexes.
Shit!
Dang, I got MVP and a Rolex.
Dang!
This is my first one too.
This hard, boy!
It's nice to see, though, you know? That happiness and joy.
-Yeah! -Yes!
Yes, sir!
We need to feed him.
Your NBA Most Valuable Player,
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Okay. I should've wrote something down.
Um…
I would like to start this whole, I guess, speech
with just thanking my teammates.
And then the one and only Hailey Summers.
Um, thank…
Mmm.
Sorry, I'm so dramatic.
Uh, Hailey Summers,
thank you for everything you are for… for me, for our son, Ares.
You were the first person to show me what love really meant…
…uh, what love really meant, what sacrifice really meant.
Uh…
And I can't wait to spend the rest of this journey called life with you.
Being together from such a young age,
we've grown with each other, and we haven't tried to change each other.
You know, we just accept each other for who we are.
And it… it… I mean, it works out.
We love… I love everything about him, and he… he feels the same way.
-Ooh. -Crashed out.
Yo!
Yo, fam, I almost passed out.
-How's it going? -Look at this.
I had to lean on the thing. Holy… Ares, did you see me bawling my eyes out?
What's wrong?
Are you getting ready to go home?
At the end of the day, MVPs, they get remembered.
But champions, they get immortalized.
And that's what I'm playing for.
Man…
I'm nimble now. I… I can move and shit.
I was telling him, I'm like, "This is a moment right here."
I wanted Boston to win
'cause I wanted to be the team that beat Boston
um, because they were just… they're the number one team all year.
You know, when New York wins, it's like, "All right, well, you know, let's do it."
Like, this is a really good team. We gotta be ready.
Hey.
The Pacers-Knicks have a rivalry, and it's a good one.
The fans get super into it.
So I think the atmosphere is gonna be insane.
They're throwing their own mini parade.
Jumping on light poles.
They're ready to go.
Yo. You gonna hit 'em up with this?
If they choke a lead off.
Like, it wouldn't make sense to just do that.
Nah. Yeah, obviously, I'm saying, like… But if…
Like, let's say, you know,
let's say it's, like, five… Pacers five, we beat them in five.
And it's the end of the game. Just kinda…
-No. -No.
So it has to be, like, they choked the lead, and y'all came back.
Reggie Miller giving the choke sign to Spike Lee.
And Reggie Miller…
There was the Hicks vs the Knicks,
which, I think, Indy embraced.
I saw the collision course, Indiana and New York.
I'm like, "Oh God, this is not good."
I don't know if I can handle this.
This was gonna be very difficult
for both of us.
-Where are you from? -Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
I would never claim anywhere else in my fucking life.
Okay. That's what I wanted you to say. I didn't want you to say nothing else.
-You want me to say "from New York"? -I never wanted you to say that.
Rappers, I monkey flip 'em With the funky rhythm
I be kicking Musician inflicting composition
Of pain…
The Pacers don't have an NBA championship.
If Tyrese gets them a championship, he'll be forever beloved there.
Street clothes
Hand me a .9 and I'll defeat foes…
And good evening, everyone, from New York
and the start of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Yeah!
Let's go!
I believe that everything that we need is in our locker room right now,
and we have a very good chance of going all the way.
The family is in New York.
They are…
there to
witness this live.
Unfortunately for me, I can't go.
I could stay home and watch it.
But today, I am going down to Tom's Watch Bar.
I am going to watch it there amongst the people.
All right. All right.
I love playing in the Garden.
I enjoy kind of being the bad guy in that city.
It just, I think, goes with, uh, our rivalry
and the storied history of both franchises.
Let's go!
The winner of this series going to the NBA Finals
for the first time in a quarter of a century.
My heart!
Oh!
Defense!
Haliburton.
Knifing his way inside. Got it.
-What you wanna do? -He's wide open.
Okay. Okay.
Gotta be close to the rim. I'll meet him there.
Towns. Payne.
Karl-Anthony Towns.
That's a three. Time-out Indiana.
New York really dominating the boards right now.
Did you see that?
It looks capacity-filled in that shot.
14-0 run by New York since Brunson left with his fifth foul.
McBride inbound. Towns underneath. Got it to go!
Wow!
Why are they doing this to us, John?
Oh my God!
Hey, we got some urgency though.
Some urgency right now.
We got us some urgency.
It was ugly. I'm like, "Damn, what is going on?"
It was at 17 with four or five minutes to go in the fourth.
Nesmith hits the three.
But no lead is safe in the NBA, especially come playoff time.
Who you got? Who you got?
Down 14 with three minutes to go.
A lot of people might change the channel.
Like, a lot of people might think the game is over.
But if you've been paying attention,
it's never over with the Indiana Pacers.
Haliburton. His three is good!
The defense of Hart.
Nesmith, three.
Defense!
Nesmith, three.
Good! Another one from outside.
Aaron hits a three. Okay. Hits another three.
Then hits another three.
Then hits another three. And you're like, "Oh my God, what is going on?"
And now it is a six-point game again.
Under a minute to go. Hart is right there.
Pressure by the Pacers.
Towns. Bridges.
Towns to the hole.
Go! Go!
Nesmith again. Three.
Got it! He's a flamethrower.
Aaron Nesmith is looking like Ray Allen out there from three.
Brings 'em back.
-Hey, you're under him. -He stepped on my fucking leg.
-Come on. Come on. Come on. -Yeah!
Come on. Come on. Come on. We're gonna win the game.
We have a five-point game with 29.9 in regulation.
Defense! Defense!
Nesmith. It's a three.
It's a two-point game!
It's a two-point game with 22 seconds to go.
They've hit six straight threes,
five of them by Nesmith on this run.
Chill out. Chill out.
So as the game goes on, the lead is just kind of coming down,
coming down, coming down.
They go to the free-throw line in a one-point game.
Go to the free-throw line. And we know the momentum is with us now.
Hey, who got a shooter? Who got a shooter?
I got shooter, Ben.
Oh!
And a missed free-throw right there.
They missed the free-throw.
Right away, I'm like, "Oh."
Like… "Uh-oh."
Now it's a one-possession game, and I got confidence I can make that shot.
Now all we're thinking is, "Let's just go get a bucket."
And again I'm thinking, "Do not settle. Be aggressive."
-Hey! -Two-point game.
Indiana with it.
-Haliburton. -No time-outs.
-Are you going for the game? -It's a two-point game!
Going for the game. On a roll.
Well taken. The backpedal.
A three for the win…
Oh! Oh!
No!
It felt like the world froze, and the ball was just in slow motion.
As it slowly dropped, I just kept thinking of New Year's Eve ball,
of the ball dropping on all those New Yorkers, right?
This is what the ball really looks like dropping through.
Boom.
He got it!
Oh my God!
That's right!
That did not happen!
It hit the back of the rim!
It popped high into the air!
Oh my God! Oh my God!
Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit.
They gotta make sure he got all the way behind the line.
Right.
He certainly got it off in plenty of time.
-Oh, I think that's a two. -That is a two.
We're here, go win it!
They do the whole choke celebration. Everybody go crazy.
And then for it not even to be a three,
we had to play overtime.
That's the, uh…
That's the main what-the-hell-y moment of the season.
Goes out on him. Toppin, setting the screen.
-Trying, flying inside to the hole! -And one!
It's Hart. Caught by Hart.
Out to Towns. To tie…
No!
Rebound, fought for, loose!
Bridges has got it! Clock is ticking.
Out of bounds!
Hey! Hey, I'm taking the ball out, and I'm flipping the ball to the defender.
We can do that as easily from here.
I'm taking the ball and flipping it to him. Trust me.
-But he's not on you. -No, the ball's here.
I think it's impossible to catch and get it off in under .3.
They're looking at me confused. I'm telling everybody,
"Nobody move. Let's not even take a chance of anybody getting an off-ball foul."
I'm flipping the ball to my defender, okay?
-We just gotta touch it. -Hey! Secure that ball.
Ball.
Game!
-Come on! -Let's go to the locker room.
Let's get the fuck out of here, man. Let's get the fuck…
You got me.
Bitch, hold on tight 'Cause I tweak In this bitch, start letting shit go
And I heard that she wanna show
Me who she be…
-Let's go! -Show me some mo'--
Well,
this is day one of 13 days.
You know, game 2 is gonna be another war.
All right.
Oh, you're not staying for Game 2? No. All right.
At the beginning of every series, it feels like,
"This is gonna be tough." Like, there's a lot to stop.
Every series, no matter who you're playing.
And here you see the two cousins battling here
in the Western Conference Final.
Playing against him, seeing Shai excel, growing up with him,
we would just practice shooting threes, free throws,
playing as if it was a real game,
and the crowd's going crazy for us.
SGA wins out.
The Oklahoma City Thunder wins handily.
My cousin was like, "You have one trophy. Let me get the other one."
And I was just like, "Yeah, no shot. Sorry, buddy. I need 'em both."
Shai, congratulations. You are the NBA MVP.
Finally.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, now you stuck. Now you don't know what to do. Now what?
I'mma chop your wrist off. It's gonna be with me.
Never seen one of these before.
Okay, guys, that's insane.
-Bro, what? -Whose idea was this?
You wanna sit here?
-What did he bark for? -Come sit here.
-'Cause no one's paying attention to him. -Let me get out of your way.
Sit right here.
Game 3, we go to Minnesota,
and they completely, like, flip the script.
Gilgeous-Alexander came down in a travel.
They have more turnovers than field goals made.
There's another steal for Gobert.
Now they're going, like, under ball screens.
Rudy Gobert and their bigs are, like, up a little bit more in the pick and roll,
trying to make us shoot.
And they beat us big. They beat us by 40. That was nasty.
One of those nights, bro. We can't even get a rebound that we have.
One of those nights.
We had the rebound and slipped out of bounds. Like, fuck.
Chalk it up. I can't lose two in a row. I don't care who we play against.
Oh, what a difference a game makes.
I remember when he lost in Minnesota.
He walked off the court, cool as hell.
And it was almost like he was saying, "It ain't over until I say it's over."
"And I'm gonna show you."
Now it's up to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder
and try to take back the momentum.
Then he went out there, and he did it.
Oklahoma City rebounds from a 42-point loss
and takes a commanding 3-1 lead in this Western Conference Final.
Yo! Yo. But we gotta help gaps.
He's shooting it or driving. Only him.
Oh my God!
I was shitty. Oh my God, I was shitty.
Bad loss.
Another 30-point-plus win.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are going back to the NBA Finals.
The Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks three games to two.
Vacuumed in by Haliburton.
Takes it the other way, but down into the hole.
It's Haliburton to Toppin.
And for the first time in 25 years,
they're going to the NBA Finals.
In that moment, I was like, "Okay, nice."
But to do all this, get to all this, and then, like, fall short,
be back at zero with nothing under my belt would be insane to me.
-Hey. -Touch that, bro.
Hold on. Let me get you aura farming. Hold it.
Aura farming!
-Come on now. -You're acting like it's yours.
-I'm gonna put it in my pocket. -Shit.
Yeah, put it in your pocket.
Come on.
Where's Kendra?
Kendra!
Amal. Amal. Look at Amal.
Come on in. Everybody come on in.
First of all, congratulations.
Eastern Conference champions is a big deal.
But there's a lot of work to do.
Um, this will be my sixth time in the NBA Finals.
This is one of the greatest stages in all of sports.
Some things that come with it are different.
Tomorrow will be an off day. All right, enjoy the day off.
-Pacers, one, two, three. Pacers! -Pacers!
Welcome back to The Metal Store Thunder Forecast.
Gideon Hamilton here inside Paycom Center
as we get you set for the Thunder and the Pacers,
the NBA Finals tonight.
So we've got strawberries, grapes, apples.
Healthy stuff, you know?
Shai, when are you gonna cut your hair, actually?
-Like, fully? -Yeah.
When I'm 30.
For me, I was gonna be ready to play, whether we play the next day,
two weeks from now, a month from now.
Playing the NBA Finals,
if you're not ready to play, I don't know. So the way I saw it was like,
"I'll play tomorrow. Please let me play tomorrow."
There was a point where I got 30 and thought it was a good game.
Now if I have 30, it's a bad game.
Wait, you think 30 points is a bad game?
If I have 30, it's… I mean, it's below my average.
It's not a bad game.
All these things people dream of,
somebody has to become those things. Somebody has to be the next doctor.
Somebody has to be the next Bill Gates.
Somebody has to be the next Michael Jordan.
So, like, why not try to be those things?
I want to introduce them to Tyrese Haliburton,
the aggressive Tyrese Haliburton.
There we go. I like the aggressive. I like the aggressive part.
The good news is that they called me,
and they said to come back to the arena.
I didn't know where I was gonna be.
I am going to root for my child.
I am going to enjoy my child.
I'm not going on the court.
That, I won't do.
Let's go!
I have my camera.
Who wants to use my Canon? Where are you going?
-Huh? With me? -Come on.
Oh, my… by myself?
People don't know how we've gotten here. They know that'll fuel us.
And honestly, I expect OKC to understand that as well.
They're not gonna take us lightly by any means.
As we get set for Game 1,
they've had thunderstorms in this building all season long.
They are also as close to their dream as we are.
And no team's going out without a fight.
So I knew regardless, no matter what the world says,
it's gonna be a dogfight.
Whatever comes, comes. Take it for what it is, and let's go.
-Yeah. -Let's work.
-Let's do it. -Greatest stage in the world, baby.
Come on, Loud City!
It's Finals!
We need that Finals energy!
Hey, stay together, stay right here. We're where we belong.
Let's go, baby. Win on three. One, two, three.
Win!
Welcome once again to the NBA Finals. Downtown Oklahoma City.
The Paycom Center, home of the Thunder, packed and ready to go.
Gilgeous-Alexander driving into the lane at the goal.
He put it up off the glass and in.
You see Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
with his little lefty layup.
They came out in the first game
and really punched us in the face.
They were making us miss shots, making us turn the ball over.
Our strategy for beating the Pacers is if you're guarding the ball,
keep the ball in front of us.
Or if you're guarding your man off the ball, keep him in front of you.
Make them play over the top of you.
The first half, it just felt like it was impossible.
Like, there was no openings. Like, they were everywhere.
We were, like, throwing the ball into the stands, traveling…
Gorgeous move from SGA.
Game 1 versus OKC, we knew it was an uphill battle.
The Pacers were getting spanked in Game 1.
Let's admit it. They were getting spanked.
Foul.
That's six turnovers now for Indiana.
Good ball denial.
Stolen by Williams. Bad pass.
A turnover that cost them as Jalen Williams throws it down.
Yeah!
There's still time, but the clock now is becoming
a bit of an issue with 2:52 to play.
Since 1971,
teams that are trailing by nine points with three minutes to go in the Finals
have been 0 in 182 games.
Twenty more shots.
Making at least five of them.
Haliburton.
The other way.
Haliburton trying to get involved.
Layup. Bank shot's good.
We know they have this comeback ability.
We know that,
you know, when the pressure rises and when it's time to win big games,
that we have a lot of faith in each other and in ourselves.
Toppin, three-pointer. Puts it in.
Obi Toppin, his fifth three-pointer!
It just felt like we were slowly walking them down. We all felt it.
When they're coming back, you know they've done
an insane job of doing that this whole postseason.
-Get off. -Under a minute.
Defense! Defense! Defense!
Nembhard on Wallace. Step-back, three-pointer.
Short, rebound, the follow. Siakam puts it in.
Hey, hey, you're in, and you're at the rim.
No tips! No tips! Come on.
I had a shot to go up three,
and I missed it.
Gilgeous-Alexander spins, pulls up, jumper.
Off the mark, won't go. Rebound, Nesmith.
We get the rebound. I know the momentum of the game.
I know Coach is not calling a time-out. There's no chance.
The Pacers with a chance to win it. Final seconds, no fouls to give.
They get the rebound, come down, don't call a time-out.
He gets to his right hand. He loves his right hand.
That's where he goes.
What the helly?
What the helly? What the helly?
It felt like slow motion. Like, the ball's in the air forever.
I'm just like, "It's going in."
My new watch on Presi'…
It's good! With three-tenths of a second remaining.
I didn't know how to react, so I just yell.
Tyrese Haliburton does it again!
Their first lead of the game.
Milwaukee, Cleveland, the Knicks.
Oh my God, he's doing this against OKC?
Like, you've gotta be kidding me.
By now, this is normal.
That is what Tyrese Haliburton has been doing
all postseason with 0.3.
No hesitation in those big moments.
They were winning for 0.3 seconds the whole night,
and… that's all it took.
And Indiana takes Game 1, shocking the Thunder here at OKC.
The comeback kids do it again.
-Yes, sir! Yes, sir! -Yes, sir! Yes, sir!
The Pacers, they're a really good team.
Like, really good players, play the right way.
I just felt like we were the better team and had to act and play like it in Game 2.
Bring it back.
We're focusing on the same things as Game 1,
but we just have to do it for 48 minutes instead of doing it for, like, 45 minutes.
We stopped doing what we're supposed to for five minutes,
and they took advantage of it. That's how we saw it.
If you lose both games at home
and completely give up home-court advantage,
you dig yourself a pretty deep hole.
Now, it's not impossible to dig out of, but it's not ideal.
This Thunder team, apparently they've recovered
from the gut punch in Game 1,
and now the response from the league's MVP and his OKC teammates.
We gotta take it right now. We gotta take this thing.
Let's put a whole 48 minutes together.
Let's go, baby. 48 minutes. Win on three. One, two, three.
-Win! -Let's go, baby.
I hate to say this, but you're almost going into Game 2
like you're playing with house money.
Let's get 'em.
Your job in the playoffs is to go get one on the road.
Getting one is what your job is, but getting two, now, that's a bonus.
Obviously, there's crazy energy. I just take one deep breath.
Five seconds in, five seconds out, just to, like, bring myself back to zero
before all the adrenaline and energy
and emotions get super high in the building.
Gilgeous-Alexander, jumper. Got it.
Hey, my fault, gang. I gotta get a stop.
I was really frustrated with myself. They got a couple steals in there.
I had some really dumb turnovers.
-Hey! -Stolen by SGA.
One man to beat. It's Toppin. Gets inside.
Rolled my ankle a little bit.
I kind of like, for a slight second, like, turned my ankle.
Yeah, Game 2 just fucking…
Damn. It never stops, huh?
Game 2 was bad.
SGA on the drive. Pulls back, jump shot, got it.
Shai's splendor on full display here in Game 2.
The NBA Finals are tied at one game apiece.
It's still a race in the first to four, so, uh,
we're going to our home court tied 1-1.
We definitely wanted to play better tonight.
I think our processes need to be a lot better for us to be successful here.
I had a limp after the game. I was struggling to walk.
I was walking, but it was just a limp.
It's, like… it's fine.
Okay.
After Game 2, I feel good. We needed the game.
Just didn't wanna go down 0-2 and go into Indiana.
It's gonna be a tough place to win, in Indiana.
Playing in Indiana,
it's a lot different than playing anywhere else
because we're Hoosiers.
Hoosiers do things one way, and that's all out.
Boy, do they have Pacer fever in Indianapolis.
First Finals home game in 25 years.
Let's go, Pacers! Let's go!
I hadn't had a good game in the series yet,
so Game 3 was kind of the game for me to, like, really get going.
It was obvious if I wasn't aggressive, we weren't gonna have a chance to win.
Here comes Haliburton. Open court, drives inside, throws it up.
Toppin gets it and finishes.
We've gotta get better ones down here so we give ourselves a chance to get back.
We're good. Here we go, Blue.
Shai's a quiet leader.
Take your time. For sure. We gotta be poised.
Here we go. Box out your goal.
Tyrese is a loud leader.
But the one thing both of them are at the end of the game, they're killers.
They will shut you down.
Defense!
Stolen by Haliburton.
And Tyrese Haliburton puts them up four again.
Come on!
They have, like, a crazy run in the fourth quarter.
Can't get it. Toppin on the follow!
There's moments where I could've been a bit more aggressive, I would say.
Indiana, a hard place to win a game.
And they are celebrating here in Indianapolis.
The Pacers' dream of their first NBA title very much alive.
Oh yeah. Wave that flag. Wave that flag.
-Hey, boss. -Two down, two to go.
Two down, two to go.
-What's up, man? You good? -Yes, sir.
-Yes, 'cers! -Yes, 'cers!
Tonight's the dud. I told him, tonight's the dud.
-Every series, he has one dud. -I already had it. Game 2 was a dud.
-No, that was an "eh" game. -Game 2 was a dud!
-No, Game 2 was a dud. -He's not locked in.
He's not going down to OKC and splitting it. 2-2, man.
Folks say, and Stephen A., Pacers in five.
I let you in so I can be pissed.
And then tonight I'll be pissed and have a good game.
How many games did you come back from?
-4-1. -4-1. And then how many you win?
-You won four series? -I can get this series 3-1.
-Then we come back four in a row? -Ooh!
I think tonight's winner will win the series.
I think if the Indiana Pacers win tonight, there's no way on earth
that we're gonna look at the Thunder
and think that they can beat this team three straight.
Get to this chicken right now though.
Welcome to Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
We now have a compelling series, and tonight we have a very pivotal game.
Blood in my eye, dog And I can't see
I'm tryin' to be What I'm destined to be
And they're tryin' to take My life away
-All right? Go be great. -Got you.
In the Finals, I don't think there could be more pressure
than I put on myself.
We have to win Game 4. And if we don't, I'm gonna be devastated.
Let's go, Pacers!
Siakam. Gets it out to Haliburton, gets inside!
Oh, what a gorgeous move!
Oh!
Game 4. They have control of the game the most part.
Nembhard in pursuit. Everywhere SGA goes, Nembhard right there.
Great defense. Shot clock winding down. Deflected by Toppin.
We're in a time-out. Like, we're on the road. They're up.
If they win this game, they win this next five minutes,
they go up 3-1.
Everything we do, we want some physicality right now.
-Together on three. 1, 2, 3! -Together!
Gilgeous-Alexander gets away from the defense. Side step.
Going in the paint…
Come on!
Ah!
We knew, like,
our season was on the line.
Everything we worked for the whole season, if we wanted to, like, continue playing,
we had to show up.
We have to win this game, or the season is over.
If you're the MVP, if you are who you say you are,
your team is down 2-1 in the Finals,
you're on the road,
what do you do?
What do you do?
I just tell myself, like, try to win this coverage.
Haliburton, step-back. Three-pointer blocked by SGA.
Try to win this closeout, try to win this boxout,
try to win… try to win every possession.
Holmgren gets it to SGA.
His drive, hesitation, banker is good.
These are the signature moments in the pursuit of a title.
One team, a chance to go up three games to one,
the other team to even it up and regain home-court advantage.
Gilgeous-Alexander hits a three.
Clutch bomb from SGA.
Defense! Defense! Defense!
The Thunder, a chance to take the lead.
Gilgeous-Alexander on the drive, pulls back.
Baseline jumper is good.
OKC with their first lead of the second half.
Oklahoma City Thunder with a spectacular fourth-quarter performance.
The Oklahoma City Thunder absolutely stole
game number four of the NBA Finals.
SGA has a legacy fourth quarter and a legacy game.
And that'll do it.
OKC with a thunderbolt here in the fourth,
once again showing their resilience.
We all right. Come on. We all right. Come on.
Gotta go win one on the road. We all right. Come on.
Uh, that game definitely… definitely haunts me a little bit.
After that game, you just felt shitty 'cause it was like,
when you're in control of a game for the majority of it,
you feel like you gave it away.
That's frustrating 'cause when you give a game away
and then you gotta win a game on the road.
I got clothes on?
All right, y'all good. Oh shit, it's gonna be a different show.
All right, enough, y'all.
Enough.
You gotta handle that business. It's a three-game series now.
Fuck, man!
They gave y'all Game 1. Y'all gave them tonight.
It's back to even, you know what I mean?
-Shai… was frying in the fourth. -In the fourth.
You know, he finally got going. He was down on himself.
Bro, he made some crazy shots today.
Damn, bro.
Whoever wins this series,
every game is gonna come down to the margins.
Who's gonna win the rebound battle? Who's gonna win the turnover battle?
Who's gonna play harder? Like, those are the three most important things.
How does it feel when you got no food?
We go home tied 2-2, brand-new series.
We must put our imprint on this game,
kind of shift the momentum back in the series.
Here we go!
We are ready for the next chapter, Game 5.
Once again, as expected, a very physical start.
We went out there, we played the right way from the jump.
Williams running ahead of the pack. Throws it down.
Now if you're Indiana,
you are one of the fastest teams, but you gotta slow down.
Haliburton falls down. Ooh!
That right leg has been bothering him.
And that fall exacerbated it.
I was really concerned. Like, I think that was, like,
the most scared I've ever been.
Haliburton on the bench.
No points, 0-4 from the field.
At the lead of the game, injured his right leg.
You can't count out Indiana, but if he's not right,
it's gonna be very difficult for them to come back again.
The Oklahoma City Thunder now one win away from an NBA title.
It's three games to two.
I was really concerned about my leg.
Now we have to, like, do a whole meeting with all the Pacers brass,
the staff, the coaches.
Everybody's on the same page.
Like, I'm gonna play as long as I can pass the necessary test to play.
OKC!
Thank you.
We have one more.
The only thing that sucks is if you guys just held on to Game 1,
this would've been it.
Yeah, but you can say the same about them for Game 4.
-Yeah. -It's all…
For me, it feels easier to just, like, be more focused.
It's, like, 'cause we're so close,
and, like, the feeling of not getting it is scarier than the feeling of getting it.
So it's, like, you don't wanna get too ahead of yourself.
We have one more game, and we have to play it like it's our last.
-Is that shit going on now? -No, I was going through the game.
Hey, what's up? You all right?
-What a game, boy. -Way to get it done.
This is my father-in-law.
-Miles. -How you doing?
It feels really good to have the support that I had in the playoffs.
Just knowing my closest people around me supporting me,
no matter what the schedule looks like, gives me a little push in the back.
This is our first time being down in a series in these playoffs.
But we were in the same predicament last year against New York,
so, you know, this whole group has been here before.
I think in Game 5, I was a little consumed with worrying about my leg
and worrying about, you know, what that meant
and all these things, but honestly, I…
I've got the scans, I met with the doctors. I know the risks,
but… I mean, shit.
It's the NBA Finals.
I would regret for the rest of my life not giving myself a chance.
Can the Pacers win with a compromised Haliburton?
No, they can't.
They can't win the series with a compromised Haliburton.
We had contemplated him needing to be benched,
use Game 6 to rest him so he could be ready for Game 7.
That's what a lot of us were saying.
With those losses in Games 4 and 5 now,
how do they bounce back here now as they get ready for Game 6?
The Pacers adding the wrinkle to it
with the big question mark about Tyrese Haliburton and his health.
The Indiana Pacers officially with their backs against the wall.
It has been a magnificent season
for these Indiana Pacers.
They do not want it to end on their home floor
in front of these great fans tonight.
Once the game started, like, all that pain and stuff is out the window
once the game starts. You're not thinking about that.
You're trying to put all your focus on the game.
Haliburton's gonna try.
Gets one to go. Tyrese Haliburton from downtown.
He comes out there and plays lights out. It was like I guess we were wrong!
Haliburton. Step-back. Three-pointer.
It's good.
His second three-pointer of the game. The lead back up to six.
As far as I'm concerned, he looks 100% healthy.
Back screen hard.
Stay with it. Stay with it.
They are dismantling OKC.
Indiana right now the aggressor.
Defense! Defense!
Double team. McConnell comes up with a steal.
Nembhard on the ball.
They wanted to keep their season alive,
and that's all that was on their mind.
And they behaved like it, and we didn't.
Red!
What?!
Jalen Williams. Sixteen points. Throws it away.
Haliburton comes up with it. Cross court. Siakam for the slam!
Saw Pascal running, and, you know,
I put some extra… extra flair on it.
By the time I had spun and looked back, like, Pascal was, like, right there.
It was one of the coolest basketball moments I've been a part of.
This is a bludgeoning here in Game 6.
-Twenty-point game. -Tyrese loving it.
Just an incredible, dominant performance from the Indiana Pacers.
The magic carpet ride for the Pacers is not over.
They'll play for an NBA title on Sunday night in Game 7.
One game for all the marbles.
Game 7, baby!
Game 7!
You go into these games, and there can't be any real expectation.
It's one game. Like, one…
This is… this is the Super Bowl.
Like, if we were to lose a Game 7 in the NBA Finals,
I would think about that game… forever.
It's one game for everything you ever dreamed of.
If you win it, you get everything. If you lose it, you get nothing.
My favorite player is SGA.
Thunder up!
-Thunder up! -Thunder up!
We out here Game 7, first time.
They didn't think we was gonna do it when Kevin Durant and Westbrook left,
but look at us now.
Pacers in seven. You already know the vibes.
Thunder in seven!
OKC! OKC! OKC! OKC! OKC! OKC!
Super proud. Super proud.
It makes me feel like, "Okay, we did something right," me and his mom.
Let's have a drink, relax. Know what I mean?
Chill out. Let's go with the flow, bro.
I'm just proud that, you know, we have this opportunity.
It doesn't come a dime a dozen, so we're not gonna waste it.
The way I saw it was it's one of two things that can happen.
We're gonna be champions, or they're gonna be champions.
And I'm gonna have a great summer or the worst summer of my life.
It was that simple.
I know you're tired. We're gonna go see Dada.
You wanna go see Dada?
It's almost over.
No more stress soon. And I don't think I've ever seen Shai,
like, want something so bad.
It's all straight ahead as we continue to count down
towards Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Couldn't sleep last night. I couldn't eat last night.
I literally got, like, butterflies, which is weird.
You haven't felt--
I can't remember the last time I had butterflies.
-Probably high school times? -When I met Jade, of course.
I feel like it's very high emotions.
I've like gone through a wave of feeling nervous, anxious.
And my emotions are so high.
But Ty deserves it.
Hey, Jade, get that ring for a ring.
Sounds nice.
Say fuck it. We're wearing it.
Perfect!
The buzzer goes off, and you're already on your knee proposing.
That's her expectation.
Back then, I said, "Did you pack the ring?"
-She said, "Did you pack it?" -He's putting it in his tights.
I mean, it's not… it's not an actual agreement,
but Drew has made a running joke that if Tyrese gets a ring, I get a ring.
So I'm like, "Hell yeah, I'm rooting for myself, too,
'cause I want a ring too."
Hey, man, be aggressive, man.
I'll see you.
-Be aggressive. Be aggressive! -I gotcha.
Hey, when do we all…
Be aggressive! Be… be aggressive!
And the way he feels is that if he can walk, he's gonna play.
Well, absolutely.
You know what I mean? You play until you can't anymore.
And the only person to tell you that you can't anymore is who?
God.
Period. Next.
Mentally and emotionally, this is the most difficult thing
you will ever endure.
Yes, it's a one-game situation,
but the biggest task is, can you stay present?
Up by six, down by six, it's about the next play.
Nine months ago, 30 teams gathered for the '24-'25 season.
Only two remain.
And tonight, we finally decide a champion.
Once we got out there, the ball dropped, everything went away,
and it was just basketball all over again.
Gilgeous-Alexander from right at him. Baseline jumper's good.
And all I could think about was
we win when I shoot 15 to 20 times,
when I get over 20 points…
"Be aggressive." All I'm thinking of going into the game is, "Be aggressive."
If set the tone there, if I'm aggressive, I miss my shots, and we lose,
I can live with that. You know, do whatever I gotta do to win.
Haliburton gets inside. Shot blocked!
With my first shot, I went in for a layup. Shai beat that shit.
And I was like, "Fuck it."
Haliburton. Lines up a long three-pointer.
Got it!
Made the first 3, made the second.
Haliburton launches another one. Puts it in!
Missed the next shot. Got the rebound. I shot it again.
Mathurin right there to pick it up. Haliburton tries again.
Haliburton hits again!
Haliburton arguably had his best start
to a game in this series.
It was me and Shai one-on-one on the left wing, and I was gonna check,
heat check a deep one, and then I tried to attack,
and I didn't like it, so I swung it.
I knew the ball would get rotated back. When it gets back, I'm just gonna attack.
And I caught the ball.
I went to shot fake,
and so when I shot faked, Shai bit on it a little bit.
He kind of leaned forward.
And then as I was going down, I was like, "Fuck."
I knew what it was, and, um…
Yeah.
Haliburton falls down. He looks hurt.
Here comes SGA the other way.
Inside, and Williams throws it down.
I look, and seeing he was on the floor, I was like, "Oh shit, no way."
Then I seen him screaming.
No! No!
That sprained calf…
I couldn't imagine, like, being in that situation, and, like,
he was probably feeling the same way I was feeling before that game.
This is the biggest game of his career.
He's in pain, so emotional.
All I could think about… I knew what it was.
I knew my game was done.
I wanted to walk off. I was like, "Kobe walked off."
So Kobe Bryant cannot continue.
So I can walk off. Like, it's possible.
So I was like, "Get me up. I'm gonna walk out."
It felt like…
like just dead weight at the end of my leg.
-You need help, bro? -No. No, bro.
I think that's when I got… became, like, overcome with emotion
just 'cause, like, that's, like, when the reality really set in.
It's okay.
It's not what we wanted, but it's only a game.
You brought them to the Finals.
To Game 7.
They can still win this.
And then you'll come back better next year.
It's not over yet.
What's the score?
25-22.
And we're losing?
-We're down? -Three. We're down three.
-They're gonna win this for you. -We gotta win this.
They will. God's plan.
I know.
-I just wanna watch. -Okay.
Hey, we're tied up right now.
We're tied right now.
I don't even know how to sit comfortably. My heel…
Let's turn the chair. Stand up a second. You can see the TV better.
Sit back down. Sit here.
-Go get that ice for his foot. -Yes, absolutely. Let's wrap him up.
Yeah, this way. Turn it.
-You good now? -It's cool.
Okay.
Whatever position you need to be in, just be comfortable, okay?
Yeah.
-Can I pray with you? -Please.
I don't even know how to…
…how to, like, put it into words. I mean, it's, um…
it's devastating. It's, uh…
I mean, it sucks.
I think having to, like, accept that has been really hard for me
because, um, like, the way the game was starting and flowing,
I knew what it was going to be for me personally and for our group.
I mean, I just became like every sports fan at that point.
Like, I had no control over the outcome of the game.
Make it worth it, at least.
Make it worth it. Please.
All right, Lisa, do not count out these Indiana Pacers.
OKC! OKC!
We're gonna win this game.
Kick back. He's still open.
-That's nasty. -Get in there.
I'd be lying if I said it was easy for me to watch.
I mean, I was sitting back there. I was… I was really hoping that we got it done.
We're right there. Let's go, boys.
-Yeah? -Let's go, boys.
We had the lead at halftime, and, um…
I think that my, like, biggest regret from this whole situation
is that I didn't…
I didn't
talk to the guys at halftime. Like, I didn't give a speech.
That was, like, the opportunity for my, like… my Rudy speech, right,
or Hoosier speech, to a sense.
The Indiana Pacers,
watching their star go down with an Achilles injury,
have a lead here in Game 7 of the NBA Finals without him.
At halftime, we were just like, "Look, guys, be aware of the situation."
Every game where it was, "All right, it's do or die for these guys," we showed up.
Indiana Pacers, just naturally, they have more pop. They have more fight.
This is their last-pitch effort. And they're giving it everything.
We were gonna have to put pressure on them, whatever it looked like.
Shooting, driving, making plays.
SGA pulls up.
Elbow jumper. Got it.
Nembhard. Mathurin.
No!
One man to beat. Williams gets inside.
Mathurin got a piece of it. Williams still banks it home.
That's 13 now for the Pacers.
The spin. The pass.
Williams, open three.
That one bounces in.
Our guys fought their asses off, but they just made more plays than we did.
Gilgeous-Alexander. Holmgren with the flush!
I mean, I give the Pacers a valiant effort, but you just knew.
I mean, OKC's too good, man. Come on, you need everything.
Caruso and SGA play catch.
Seven out of 24. Three-pointer, SGA.
Puts it in.
He's got 25, and the lead has ballooned to 16.
I don't think I really, like, thought we were really gonna lose
until, like, the middle of the fourth, like, when it kind of got ugly there.
At Holmgren. Stops. Back up top.
Nesmith, got blocked!
Gilgeous-Alexander. Siakam picks it up, his turnaround.
In and out. Rebound, Holmgren.
Honestly, with the Indiana Pacers,
it wasn't until I subbed out the game, and we were up 16 with 40 seconds left,
I was like, "Now they can't come back."
You can see the emotion already coming from their bench,
losing their hero.
And the emotions on the opposite end
are pouring out of the Thunder.
So much expected all season long.
One of the greatest regular seasons in NBA history.
Sixty-eight wins, and now on the verge
of an NBA championship.
All right, man. Love you. I love you.
The Thunder have taken the NBA by storm.
For the first time, the NBA champion resides in Oklahoma City.
The storybook season is complete.
And I was just, like, trying to soak everything up.
I was trying to just, like, be in the moment and, like, cherish the feeling.
As I was doing that, it almost felt like a dream,
and I was, like, asleep, about to wake up.
Whoo-hoo!
Yo, man, hold that. Man, hold that.
Wait!
This was the culmination of one of the greatest regular seasons
we've ever seen in NBA history.
Tyrese.
-I'm so sorry. -No, it's all right.
Congratulations, bro. Yeah, of course.
My heart dropped for him.
I couldn't imagine playing the biggest game of my life
and that happening. It's so unfortunate.
It's not fair. Um, but competition isn't fair sometimes.
Yeah, I appreciate it, bro. I appreciate it. Congratulations, bro.
-It's all love. -Appreciate you.
The respect from your peers means… means more than anything.
As much as we're all competitors and we all wanna one-up each other
and be the best, this is a brotherhood. That… that love and respect means a lot.
-Big fella held it down. -Yeah!
-Congratulations, brother. -Appreciate it, Rodney.
-Got her done. -Oh yeah.
Rodney, don't come to work for the next year. You good!
-For the next year?! -It's all me, Rodney!
Yes, sir!
How you poppin'?
You can try every bitch but me
We don't take light shots Get heavy in the spot
Goin' up off a pint of Hennessey
Man, fuck what it is Bitch, fuck what it ain't
Go on ahead, run, get your auntie
You can ask anybody 'Cause I've been body body
Read about it, tweet about it That's tea
Bitch, I mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop it up
Mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop Mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop
Leading scorer in the league, top number one seed,
top defense, league MVP,
champion, NBA Finals MVP.
Yes, that's an all-time great season.
One of the great seasons that we have ever seen.
It is the best season by a guard in the NBA start to finish
since Michael Jordan's prime. That's the kind of company he's in,
and then you talk about winning the scoring title,
the MVP, the Finals MVP, you know, leading the Thunder to a championship.
Shai is one of the all-time greats,
and he deserves every speck of praise that he gets.
Congrats. Congrats.
-You got one. -You did it!
Yo, are you going to Oak Room with the guys?
-Not right now. -Huh?
-Not right now. I'm lit. -You're lit right now?!
Congrats!
Yeah…
Champs. Champs.
Ah, my tummy!
Hey, Netflix, I can't lie, I've never drank alcohol before,
and I am four tequila shots deep.
-How many shots you in? -She was a fairy.
They had the rhythm And I had the rhyme
So then a hit of that one more time
It feels good…
MVP! MVP!
It feels good…
Ooh, shit. See? I might be the best thing in the world.
-You might be, bro. -Yo! This might be my world.
You might be, bro.
Guess what, guys?
Oklahoma City Thunder is the best team in the basketball world.
I hope y'all understand that. I hope y'all know that. Um…
And we're not going nowhere. So good luck.
Stop by…
They've estimated there are going to be 600,000 people
down here for the parade
and the celebrations afterward. Packed in. Nobody's working today.
I'm telling you, if you are at work, you are watching this coverage for sure.
We're celebrating history, you know. First championship for the city.
First championship for your boy.
Yes, sir!
So when I leave
You'll be dancin' on my grave
I wanna be king until I am
A man is just a man, I understand
In my view
Nothing's ever given away
I believe
To advance, then you must pay
I believe…
Yo, I haven't run that hard all year, buddy!
Let's just walk. Let's just walk. Yeah.
I'm about to put my feet up, so I might as well walk now.
The best fans in the world showed out once again.
-Ooh, shit. -Damn, baby!
Whoo!
This is it. This is the pad for the last three days.
I cannot wait to go home.
Bros, I haven't moved.
When I leave, I move. When I get up to go pee, Jade helps me up.
I get my crutches and go to the bathroom.
Otherwise, right here, this is where I spend my day.
Now that, you know, I've had to accept that this happened to me,
the most difficult thing has been, like, alone time.
Like, uh, you know, having to sit there and, like, sit in my own thoughts.
It feels like it was all right there. You know, like, it was, like,
a arm's distance away. Like, I was, like…
I was in the middle of grabbing it, you know,
and it just felt like it was all, like, ripped away, like, in an instant.
Like, one possession.
For the most part, the… the ugly crying is gone.
I'll be able to chalk this up
as, like, one of the biggest heartbreaks of my life,
and I think it's gonna always be that way, you know.
-Do you have that pain med? -Mm-hmm.
Where's your water bottle at?
Jade is obviously having to take care of me through this,
so her wife duties are going up even more without… without a ring yet.
Do you wanna watch Love Island?
Sure.
As time goes on, it'll give me more time to reflect on the year.
The time's just not now.
And, like, they're the blueprint.
Like, they love each other.
-I love that. -Honeymoon phase for 20 years.
I don't think we'll ever see another playoff run like this.
He's only 25, so there's a lot more chapters to be written,
but, man, this was a huge chapter in his book.
We got a long summer. It's the longest summer I've…
I've had in years.
Oh, you got enough people in here. I'm gonna finish it up for you, all right?
Which leg you want me to cut off?
-You'll be all right. -I'm gonna be all right.
I wish I could take your place, but the fact that I need both my legs.
Get out of here, man. Get out of here.
Mileage is real. Wear and tear is real. Fatigue is real.
You know, torn meniscus.
I also developed some cysts in my knee
that I had to get a bunch of pain injections for.
-Marker. -Yeah.
Right here.
I'm looking forward to next season. It's a lot of motivation
that has been sparked inside of me even more from losing,
you know, in a way that winning and being at the mountaintop can't.
It's back to manifesting the ultimate goal,
and that's getting back on top.
And I won't stop
until I get there.
How do you feel standing? Are you lightheaded, dizzy, nauseous?
No.
Guys…
Welcome to Allens Boots.
What's the vibe? What's the go-to?
Somebody like me, my first pair of these mothers, what should I get?
-You said you're a 17, or…? -Yeah, 17.
How about an NBA blockbuster?
The Suns are trading Kevin Durant to the Rockets.
Breaking news! You got traded!
All right, everyone, quiet down. Seems like there is a news report.
KD has been traded to the Houston Rockets!
Once the Suns decided they wanted to trade me,
they asked me what teams I'd be willing to go to,
and I gave them a few.
That was an expiring contract that I had more leverage in.
I was able to use it and get to Houston.
The perfect world, we win a couple championships,
I get my jersey retired here.
Just live and be a part of the community there
and a part of the organization.
Thank you so much.
Calm down
Girl, this your body
Put my heart for lockdown For lockdown…
The plan is to, you know, try to win a championship.
James Harden, he's agreed to a two-year, $81.5 million contract
to return to the Clippers.
So James Harden, Kawhi Leonard locked in again for next season.
The Clippers have an eye on contending now and in the future.
This is so cute.
Damn nice.
We'll be having a boy.
She's excited, so I'm excited. Everything is going well.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
I see this fine girl for my party
She wear yellow…
Oh my God.
Oh my God!
Stop! I know!
The engagement is still happening. I…
I'm gonna have to figure out the correct way to maneuver my leg
and get on a knee and…
-Do you need help? -No.
I've been practicing for this.
Oh.
Jade Jones, I've, uh, been waiting for this moment for a long time,
been planning this for a long time.
I love you more than anything in this world.
Uh…
Would you do me the honor of marrying me?
Yes! Of course.
It fits perfect!
I think the… I guess the positive behind this
is that by the time that I plan the wedding and everything,
I'll be able to dance at the wedding.
Am I getting married?!
-You're getting married. -What?!
As I reach my house I say make I rest small
Make I rest small
As me I wake up, na she dey my mind
Na she dey my mind…
Thank you so much.
Day one, day two, I no fit focus…
Oh yes, home at last. Home at last.
I can't wait to not move.
This year, I've had so much fun with the people that I love the most,
and that has been the thing I've been most excited and happy about.
OKC! OKC!
Getting it done, achieving my goals that, like, seemed so out of reach.
Why not do it over and over again?
-OKC! -OKC! OKC!
Yeah!
Calm down, calm down
Girl, this your body Put my heart for lockdown
For lockdown
Girl, you sweet like Fanta, Fanta
If I tell you say I love you No dey form yanga
Oh yango
No tell me no, no, no, no Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Baby, come give me Your lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, love
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
You got me like whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Shawty, come gimme me Your lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, love
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa