1 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:08,049 [suspenseful music playing] 2 00:00:08,133 --> 00:00:12,012 [man] Shai is gonna get announced on here as the MVP. 3 00:00:12,095 --> 00:00:14,597 If they pick one of the other guys, this is really gonna suck. 4 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,349 [SGA] Uh, Shams already tweeted it. 5 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:18,810 [SGA] Being in the MVP conversation is a blessing. 6 00:00:18,893 --> 00:00:22,647 It's… everything I wanted as a kid. 7 00:00:22,731 --> 00:00:24,774 I thought that was the most important thing, 8 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:27,360 being the best player in the league. That's all that mattered. 9 00:00:28,153 --> 00:00:30,071 [Hailey] We didn't really talk about MVP all sea… 10 00:00:30,155 --> 00:00:33,992 Like, we didn't… That wasn't really a discussion we had in this house. 11 00:00:34,075 --> 00:00:36,703 It kind of leaked online. 12 00:00:36,786 --> 00:00:40,081 So we were kind of like, "Okay, it's real." 13 00:00:40,165 --> 00:00:43,585 But you don't wanna, like, really believe it till the ceremony. 14 00:00:43,668 --> 00:00:46,421 Shaq, would you announce? You can put your mic down whilst… 15 00:00:46,504 --> 00:00:47,797 -Yes, sir. -Okay. 16 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:51,217 [Shaq] The Kia MVP belongs to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 17 00:00:51,301 --> 00:00:53,178 from Oklahoma City Thunder. 18 00:00:54,345 --> 00:00:55,388 [Hailey] It's unreal. 19 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:58,058 I mean, it's the best basketball player in the world. 20 00:00:58,141 --> 00:01:00,435 ♪ I thought I told you Time and time again ♪ 21 00:01:00,518 --> 00:01:01,561 ♪ This shit won't stop ♪ 22 00:01:01,644 --> 00:01:04,439 ♪ I backend show by show I'm tryna triple and double the profit… ♪ 23 00:01:04,522 --> 00:01:07,150 [SGA] Fellas, I just wanna say, from the bottom of my heart, 24 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:10,195 this is not possible without you guys, and I… I know that. 25 00:01:10,278 --> 00:01:11,946 I got some gifts for y'all. 26 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:15,700 ♪ Every day, buildin' my growth I'm chasing health and wealth, not clout ♪ 27 00:01:15,784 --> 00:01:17,827 ♪ Bad bitches under my belt I cook like a chef… ♪ 28 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:19,370 [SGA] Last year, I was joking around. 29 00:01:19,454 --> 00:01:23,458 I was like, "If I win MVP, I'll get you a Rolex." 30 00:01:23,541 --> 00:01:24,918 Fast-forward a year later, 31 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,087 they should probably get some Rolexes. 32 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:28,463 Shit! 33 00:01:29,297 --> 00:01:31,883 Dang, I got MVP and a Rolex. 34 00:01:32,967 --> 00:01:33,843 Dang! 35 00:01:34,344 --> 00:01:36,304 This is my first one too. 36 00:01:37,013 --> 00:01:38,640 This hard, boy! 37 00:01:41,893 --> 00:01:45,563 It's nice to see, though, you know? That happiness and joy. 38 00:01:45,647 --> 00:01:47,273 -Yeah! -[Williams laughs] Yes! 39 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,442 [player] Yes, sir! 40 00:01:49,526 --> 00:01:51,861 -We need to feed him. -[SGA grunts] 41 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:54,656 [announcer] Your NBA Most Valuable Player, 42 00:01:54,739 --> 00:01:56,574 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. 43 00:02:02,413 --> 00:02:04,958 Okay. I should've wrote something down. 44 00:02:05,041 --> 00:02:06,000 Um… 45 00:02:07,252 --> 00:02:10,463 I would like to start this whole, I guess, speech 46 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:12,257 with just thanking my teammates. 47 00:02:12,882 --> 00:02:16,136 And then the one and only Hailey Summers. 48 00:02:16,219 --> 00:02:18,138 Um, thank… [choking up] 49 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,142 -[applause] -[SGA breathes deeply] 50 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:25,145 Mmm. 51 00:02:25,854 --> 00:02:27,564 Sorry, I'm so dramatic. 52 00:02:28,606 --> 00:02:30,400 Uh, Hailey Summers, 53 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:34,112 thank you for everything you are for… for me, for our son, Ares. 54 00:02:35,113 --> 00:02:38,283 You were the first person to show me what love really meant… 55 00:02:38,783 --> 00:02:39,742 [exhales] 56 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,163 [breathes deeply] 57 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,458 …uh, what love really meant, what sacrifice really meant. 58 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:49,252 [sniffles] 59 00:02:50,587 --> 00:02:51,421 Uh… 60 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,885 And I can't wait to spend the rest of this journey called life with you. 61 00:02:57,385 --> 00:02:59,137 [Hailey] Being together from such a young age, 62 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:02,932 we've grown with each other, and we haven't tried to change each other. 63 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:06,019 You know, we just accept each other for who we are. 64 00:03:06,102 --> 00:03:08,354 And it… it… I mean, it works out. 65 00:03:08,438 --> 00:03:12,942 We love… I love everything about him, and he… he feels the same way. 66 00:03:13,443 --> 00:03:14,944 -Ooh. -[woman] Crashed out. 67 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:16,196 Yo! [laughs] 68 00:03:16,279 --> 00:03:19,032 Yo, fam, I almost passed out. 69 00:03:19,115 --> 00:03:20,575 -How's it going? -[SGA] Look at this. 70 00:03:21,117 --> 00:03:24,621 I had to lean on the thing. Holy… Ares, did you see me bawling my eyes out? 71 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:26,581 -[Ares cries] -[SGA] What's wrong? 72 00:03:26,664 --> 00:03:28,166 Are you getting ready to go home? 73 00:03:28,249 --> 00:03:31,294 [SGA] At the end of the day, MVPs, they get remembered. 74 00:03:31,377 --> 00:03:34,505 But champions, they get immortalized. 75 00:03:35,089 --> 00:03:36,549 And that's what I'm playing for. 76 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:38,635 [cheering] 77 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:52,065 [Haliburton] Man… 78 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:55,151 I'm nimble now. I… I can move and shit. 79 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:58,529 [man] I was telling him, I'm like, "This is a moment right here." 80 00:03:58,613 --> 00:04:00,448 [Haliburton] I wanted Boston to win 81 00:04:00,531 --> 00:04:03,534 'cause I wanted to be the team that beat Boston 82 00:04:03,618 --> 00:04:08,623 um, because they were just… they're the number one team all year. 83 00:04:09,207 --> 00:04:12,543 You know, when New York wins, it's like, "All right, well, you know, let's do it." 84 00:04:12,627 --> 00:04:14,671 Like, this is a really good team. We gotta be ready. 85 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:17,799 Hey. 86 00:04:17,882 --> 00:04:20,843 The Pacers-Knicks have a rivalry, and it's a good one. 87 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:22,720 The fans get super into it. 88 00:04:22,804 --> 00:04:25,056 So I think the atmosphere is gonna be insane. 89 00:04:25,139 --> 00:04:26,099 -[cheering] -[horns honk] 90 00:04:26,182 --> 00:04:28,268 [Haliburton] They're throwing their own mini parade. 91 00:04:29,686 --> 00:04:31,354 Jumping on light poles. 92 00:04:33,147 --> 00:04:34,440 They're ready to go. 93 00:04:34,524 --> 00:04:36,150 [man] Yo. You gonna hit 'em up with this? 94 00:04:37,527 --> 00:04:39,320 If they choke a lead off. 95 00:04:39,404 --> 00:04:41,656 Like, it wouldn't make sense to just do that. 96 00:04:41,739 --> 00:04:44,742 Nah. Yeah, obviously, I'm saying, like… But if… 97 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:46,494 Like, let's say, you know, 98 00:04:46,995 --> 00:04:50,707 let's say it's, like, five… Pacers five, we beat them in five. 99 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,709 And it's the end of the game. Just kinda… 100 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:53,876 -[Haliburton] No. -No. 101 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,879 So it has to be, like, they choked the lead, and y'all came back. 102 00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:04,012 [commentator] Reggie Miller giving the choke sign to Spike Lee. 103 00:05:04,095 --> 00:05:05,013 And Reggie Miller… 104 00:05:05,096 --> 00:05:07,140 [Haliburton] There was the Hicks vs the Knicks, 105 00:05:07,223 --> 00:05:09,642 which, I think, Indy embraced. 106 00:05:11,227 --> 00:05:13,980 I saw the collision course, Indiana and New York. 107 00:05:14,063 --> 00:05:16,274 I'm like, "Oh God, this is not good." 108 00:05:16,357 --> 00:05:18,359 I don't know if I can handle this. 109 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:20,862 This was gonna be very difficult 110 00:05:21,362 --> 00:05:22,697 for both of us. 111 00:05:22,780 --> 00:05:25,241 -[man 2] Where are you from? -Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 112 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,577 I would never claim anywhere else in my fucking life. 113 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:32,665 Okay. That's what I wanted you to say. I didn't want you to say nothing else. 114 00:05:32,749 --> 00:05:35,752 -You want me to say "from New York"? -[man 2] I never wanted you to say that. 115 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:38,046 ♪ Rappers, I monkey flip 'em With the funky rhythm ♪ 116 00:05:38,129 --> 00:05:41,007 ♪ I be kicking Musician inflicting composition ♪ 117 00:05:41,090 --> 00:05:41,924 ♪ Of pain… ♪ 118 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:44,344 [Spears] The Pacers don't have an NBA championship. 119 00:05:45,261 --> 00:05:49,432 If Tyrese gets them a championship, he'll be forever beloved there. 120 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:50,767 ♪ Street clothes ♪ 121 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:53,061 ♪ Hand me a .9 and I'll defeat foes… ♪ 122 00:05:53,144 --> 00:05:55,396 [commentator] And good evening, everyone, from New York 123 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,399 and the start of the Eastern Conference Finals. 124 00:05:58,483 --> 00:05:59,817 [cheering] 125 00:05:59,901 --> 00:06:00,818 Yeah! 126 00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:06,574 Let's go! 127 00:06:06,657 --> 00:06:10,411 I believe that everything that we need is in our locker room right now, 128 00:06:10,495 --> 00:06:14,082 and we have a very good chance of going all the way. 129 00:06:19,879 --> 00:06:23,049 [John] The family is in New York. 130 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:24,926 They are… 131 00:06:26,469 --> 00:06:27,929 there to 132 00:06:28,679 --> 00:06:30,681 witness this live. 133 00:06:30,765 --> 00:06:33,726 Unfortunately for me, I can't go. 134 00:06:34,769 --> 00:06:36,896 I could stay home and watch it. 135 00:06:36,979 --> 00:06:40,024 But today, I am going down to Tom's Watch Bar. 136 00:06:40,525 --> 00:06:42,693 I am going to watch it there amongst the people. 137 00:06:43,611 --> 00:06:44,654 [car beeps] 138 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:46,364 All right. All right. 139 00:06:46,447 --> 00:06:48,449 [cheering and applause] 140 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,620 [Haliburton] I love playing in the Garden. 141 00:06:52,703 --> 00:06:56,332 I enjoy kind of being the bad guy in that city. 142 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:59,335 It just, I think, goes with, uh, our rivalry 143 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:02,130 and the storied history of both franchises. 144 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:03,923 Let's go! 145 00:07:04,006 --> 00:07:07,427 [commentator] The winner of this series going to the NBA Finals 146 00:07:07,510 --> 00:07:10,346 for the first time in a quarter of a century. 147 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:11,431 My heart! 148 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:13,307 Oh! 149 00:07:14,350 --> 00:07:15,852 [crowd] Defense! 150 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:16,936 [commentator] Haliburton. 151 00:07:19,063 --> 00:07:20,982 Knifing his way inside. Got it. 152 00:07:21,065 --> 00:07:23,276 [cheering] 153 00:07:23,359 --> 00:07:24,986 -What you wanna do? -He's wide open. 154 00:07:25,069 --> 00:07:25,987 Okay. Okay. 155 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:28,322 Gotta be close to the rim. I'll meet him there. 156 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,242 [commentator] Towns. Payne. 157 00:07:32,743 --> 00:07:34,954 Karl-Anthony Towns. 158 00:07:35,037 --> 00:07:38,082 That's a three. Time-out Indiana. 159 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:42,170 [commentator 2] New York really dominating the boards right now. 160 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:47,758 [Hailey] Did you see that? 161 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:51,888 [commentator] It looks capacity-filled in that shot. 162 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:57,685 14-0 run by New York since Brunson left with his fifth foul. 163 00:08:00,688 --> 00:08:04,233 McBride inbound. Towns underneath. Got it to go! 164 00:08:04,317 --> 00:08:05,610 [cheering] 165 00:08:05,693 --> 00:08:06,861 [commentator 2] Wow! 166 00:08:08,863 --> 00:08:10,865 [indistinct chatter] 167 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:14,160 [man] Why are they doing this to us, John? 168 00:08:14,243 --> 00:08:15,620 Oh my God! 169 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:18,414 [Haliburton] Hey, we got some urgency though. 170 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:19,832 Some urgency right now. 171 00:08:19,916 --> 00:08:21,125 We got us some urgency. 172 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:24,754 [Haliburton] It was ugly. I'm like, "Damn, what is going on?" 173 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:28,758 It was at 17 with four or five minutes to go in the fourth. 174 00:08:29,383 --> 00:08:30,843 [commentator] Nesmith hits the three. 175 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:33,930 But no lead is safe in the NBA, especially come playoff time. 176 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:36,349 [Haliburton] Who you got? Who you got? 177 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,354 [Montgomery] Down 14 with three minutes to go. 178 00:08:41,437 --> 00:08:43,523 A lot of people might change the channel. 179 00:08:43,606 --> 00:08:46,317 Like, a lot of people might think the game is over. 180 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,612 But if you've been paying attention, 181 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:52,823 it's never over with the Indiana Pacers. 182 00:08:55,618 --> 00:08:57,453 [commentator] Haliburton. His three is good! 183 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:58,538 The defense of Hart. 184 00:08:58,621 --> 00:08:59,789 Nesmith, three. 185 00:08:59,872 --> 00:09:01,332 [crowd] Defense! 186 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:03,543 [commentator] Nesmith, three. 187 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:06,295 Good! Another one from outside. 188 00:09:07,004 --> 00:09:09,799 Aaron hits a three. Okay. Hits another three. 189 00:09:09,882 --> 00:09:11,008 Then hits another three. 190 00:09:11,092 --> 00:09:14,136 Then hits another three. And you're like, "Oh my God, what is going on?" 191 00:09:15,263 --> 00:09:18,474 [commentator] And now it is a six-point game again. 192 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:20,726 Under a minute to go. Hart is right there. 193 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:22,186 Pressure by the Pacers. 194 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:23,729 Towns. Bridges. 195 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:25,314 Towns to the hole. 196 00:09:28,359 --> 00:09:29,360 Go! Go! 197 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,240 [commentator] Nesmith again. Three. 198 00:09:34,323 --> 00:09:36,993 Got it! He's a flamethrower. 199 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:41,205 Aaron Nesmith is looking like Ray Allen out there from three. 200 00:09:41,289 --> 00:09:42,582 Brings 'em back. 201 00:09:42,665 --> 00:09:45,751 -[Haliburton] Hey, you're under him. -[Nesmith] He stepped on my fucking leg. 202 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:48,421 -[Haliburton] Come on. Come on. Come on. -[Nesmith] Yeah! 203 00:09:49,171 --> 00:09:51,757 Come on. Come on. Come on. We're gonna win the game. 204 00:09:53,092 --> 00:09:57,972 [commentator] We have a five-point game with 29.9 in regulation. 205 00:09:58,055 --> 00:10:01,559 [crowd chanting] Defense! Defense! 206 00:10:01,642 --> 00:10:05,104 Defense! Defense! 207 00:10:05,187 --> 00:10:06,939 [commentator] Nesmith. It's a three. 208 00:10:07,023 --> 00:10:08,941 It's a two-point game! 209 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:12,445 It's a two-point game with 22 seconds to go. 210 00:10:12,528 --> 00:10:14,655 [commentator 2] They've hit six straight threes, 211 00:10:14,739 --> 00:10:18,576 five of them by Nesmith on this run. 212 00:10:20,244 --> 00:10:22,038 Chill out. Chill out. 213 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:27,460 So as the game goes on, the lead is just kind of coming down, 214 00:10:27,543 --> 00:10:28,961 coming down, coming down. 215 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:34,133 They go to the free-throw line in a one-point game. 216 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:38,346 Go to the free-throw line. And we know the momentum is with us now. 217 00:10:41,557 --> 00:10:44,101 Hey, who got a shooter? Who got a shooter? 218 00:10:44,602 --> 00:10:45,936 I got shooter, Ben. 219 00:10:46,896 --> 00:10:48,814 -[basketball thuds] -[Haliburton] Oh! 220 00:10:48,898 --> 00:10:51,025 [commentator] And a missed free-throw right there. 221 00:10:51,692 --> 00:10:53,444 [Haliburton] They missed the free-throw. 222 00:10:53,527 --> 00:10:55,279 Right away, I'm like, "Oh." 223 00:10:55,363 --> 00:10:57,907 Like… [chuckles] "Uh-oh." 224 00:10:57,990 --> 00:11:01,494 Now it's a one-possession game, and I got confidence I can make that shot. 225 00:11:01,577 --> 00:11:04,497 Now all we're thinking is, "Let's just go get a bucket." 226 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:07,667 And again I'm thinking, "Do not settle. Be aggressive." 227 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:09,585 -Hey! -[commentator] Two-point game. 228 00:11:10,127 --> 00:11:11,545 Indiana with it. 229 00:11:13,631 --> 00:11:15,758 -Haliburton. -No time-outs. 230 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:18,219 -Are you going for the game? -It's a two-point game! 231 00:11:18,302 --> 00:11:19,887 Going for the game. On a roll. 232 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:27,269 [commentator] Well taken. The backpedal. 233 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:29,105 A three for the win… 234 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:35,528 [buzzer sounds] 235 00:11:35,611 --> 00:11:36,904 Oh! Oh! 236 00:11:36,987 --> 00:11:38,114 No! 237 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:42,618 [Haliburton] It felt like the world froze, and the ball was just in slow motion. 238 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,161 [heartbeat] 239 00:11:44,245 --> 00:11:49,291 As it slowly dropped, I just kept thinking of New Year's Eve ball, 240 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:54,380 of the ball dropping on all those New Yorkers, right? 241 00:11:54,463 --> 00:11:57,425 This is what the ball really looks like dropping through. 242 00:11:59,635 --> 00:12:00,886 Boom. 243 00:12:02,096 --> 00:12:03,139 [cheering] 244 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:04,306 [commentator] He got it! 245 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:06,600 [screaming] 246 00:12:06,684 --> 00:12:07,893 Oh my God! 247 00:12:07,977 --> 00:12:09,979 [cheering] 248 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:18,279 That's right! 249 00:12:19,488 --> 00:12:21,407 [commentator 2] That did not happen! 250 00:12:21,490 --> 00:12:23,117 It hit the back of the rim! 251 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,077 It popped high into the air! 252 00:12:25,786 --> 00:12:29,540 [man] Oh my God! Oh my God! 253 00:12:29,623 --> 00:12:31,167 [SGA] Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit. 254 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:35,004 [commentator 2] They gotta make sure he got all the way behind the line. 255 00:12:35,087 --> 00:12:35,963 [commentator] Right. 256 00:12:36,046 --> 00:12:39,467 [commentator 2] He certainly got it off in plenty of time. 257 00:12:39,550 --> 00:12:42,678 -[commentator 3] Oh, I think that's a two. -[commentator] That is a two. 258 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:44,138 We're here, go win it! 259 00:12:46,056 --> 00:12:48,642 They do the whole choke celebration. Everybody go crazy. 260 00:12:48,726 --> 00:12:50,686 And then for it not even to be a three, 261 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:52,146 we had to play overtime. 262 00:12:52,229 --> 00:12:53,606 That's the, uh… [chuckles] 263 00:12:53,689 --> 00:12:55,900 That's the main what-the-hell-y moment of the season. 264 00:12:55,983 --> 00:12:58,652 [commentator] Goes out on him. Toppin, setting the screen. 265 00:12:58,736 --> 00:13:01,322 -Trying, flying inside to the hole! -[Haliburton] And one! 266 00:13:01,405 --> 00:13:03,449 [commentator] It's Hart. Caught by Hart. 267 00:13:03,532 --> 00:13:05,242 Out to Towns. To tie… 268 00:13:05,326 --> 00:13:06,243 No! 269 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:08,162 Rebound, fought for, loose! 270 00:13:08,245 --> 00:13:10,706 Bridges has got it! Clock is ticking. 271 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:11,957 Out of bounds! 272 00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:16,879 Hey! Hey, I'm taking the ball out, and I'm flipping the ball to the defender. 273 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:18,589 We can do that as easily from here. 274 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:21,050 I'm taking the ball and flipping it to him. Trust me. 275 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:23,219 -But he's not on you. -No, the ball's here. 276 00:13:23,302 --> 00:13:26,096 [Haliburton] I think it's impossible to catch and get it off in under .3. 277 00:13:26,180 --> 00:13:28,682 They're looking at me confused. I'm telling everybody, 278 00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:33,145 "Nobody move. Let's not even take a chance of anybody getting an off-ball foul." 279 00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:35,773 I'm flipping the ball to my defender, okay? 280 00:13:35,856 --> 00:13:39,068 -We just gotta touch it. -Hey! Secure that ball. 281 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:40,778 Ball. 282 00:13:40,861 --> 00:13:43,322 [buzzer sounds] 283 00:13:43,405 --> 00:13:44,657 [Haliburton] Game! 284 00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:47,117 -Come on! -[man] Let's go to the locker room. 285 00:13:47,201 --> 00:13:49,745 Let's get the fuck out of here, man. Let's get the fuck… 286 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:52,456 You got me. 287 00:13:56,418 --> 00:13:58,754 [cheering] 288 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:01,757 ♪ Bitch, hold on tight 'Cause I tweak In this bitch, start letting shit go ♪ 289 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:04,510 ♪ And I heard that she wanna show ♪ 290 00:14:04,593 --> 00:14:05,678 ♪ Me who she be… ♪ 291 00:14:05,761 --> 00:14:07,179 -Let's go! -♪ Show me some mo'-- ♪ 292 00:14:08,597 --> 00:14:09,431 Well, 293 00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:13,227 this is day one of 13 days. 294 00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:16,146 You know, game 2 is gonna be another war. 295 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:17,815 All right. 296 00:14:17,898 --> 00:14:20,985 Oh, you're not staying for Game 2? No. All right. 297 00:14:21,068 --> 00:14:23,070 [quiet jazz music playing] 298 00:14:25,155 --> 00:14:27,825 [SGA] At the beginning of every series, it feels like, 299 00:14:27,908 --> 00:14:30,244 "This is gonna be tough." Like, there's a lot to stop. 300 00:14:30,327 --> 00:14:32,288 Every series, no matter who you're playing. 301 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:35,332 [commentator] And here you see the two cousins battling here 302 00:14:35,416 --> 00:14:37,126 in the Western Conference Final. 303 00:14:38,002 --> 00:14:42,298 Playing against him, seeing Shai excel, growing up with him, 304 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:45,634 we would just practice shooting threes, free throws, 305 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:48,012 playing as if it was a real game, 306 00:14:48,596 --> 00:14:50,598 and the crowd's going crazy for us. 307 00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:52,349 [commentator] SGA wins out. 308 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:55,853 The Oklahoma City Thunder wins handily. 309 00:14:55,936 --> 00:14:59,064 [SGA] My cousin was like, "You have one trophy. Let me get the other one." 310 00:14:59,148 --> 00:15:03,444 And I was just like, "Yeah, no shot. Sorry, buddy. I need 'em both." 311 00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:09,783 Shai, congratulations. You are the NBA MVP. 312 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:11,243 [cheering] 313 00:15:12,036 --> 00:15:12,870 Finally. 314 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:16,874 Oh, oh, oh, oh, now you stuck. Now you don't know what to do. Now what? 315 00:15:16,957 --> 00:15:19,209 I'mma chop your wrist off. It's gonna be with me. 316 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:22,004 Never seen one of these before. 317 00:15:24,214 --> 00:15:25,799 Okay, guys, that's insane. 318 00:15:25,883 --> 00:15:27,801 -Bro, what? -Whose idea was this? 319 00:15:27,885 --> 00:15:28,844 [dog barks] 320 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,554 [growls] 321 00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:32,848 You wanna sit here? 322 00:15:33,349 --> 00:15:35,434 -What did he bark for? -Come sit here. 323 00:15:35,517 --> 00:15:38,729 -'Cause no one's paying attention to him. -Let me get out of your way. 324 00:15:38,812 --> 00:15:39,813 Sit right here. 325 00:15:39,897 --> 00:15:40,856 [growls] 326 00:15:41,815 --> 00:15:44,026 [SGA] Game 3, we go to Minnesota, 327 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:47,071 and they completely, like, flip the script. 328 00:15:47,154 --> 00:15:49,657 [commentator] Gilgeous-Alexander came down in a travel. 329 00:15:50,157 --> 00:15:52,493 They have more turnovers than field goals made. 330 00:15:52,576 --> 00:15:54,286 There's another steal for Gobert. 331 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:57,539 [SGA] Now they're going, like, under ball screens. 332 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:01,126 Rudy Gobert and their bigs are, like, up a little bit more in the pick and roll, 333 00:16:01,210 --> 00:16:02,461 trying to make us shoot. 334 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:05,547 And they beat us big. They beat us by 40. That was nasty. 335 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:09,093 [whistle tooting] 336 00:16:09,176 --> 00:16:12,846 One of those nights, bro. We can't even get a rebound that we have. 337 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:14,390 One of those nights. 338 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:17,101 We had the rebound and slipped out of bounds. Like, fuck. 339 00:16:17,893 --> 00:16:22,064 Chalk it up. I can't lose two in a row. I don't care who we play against. 340 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:24,817 [commentator] Oh, what a difference a game makes. 341 00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:27,861 [Smith] I remember when he lost in Minnesota. 342 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:30,489 He walked off the court, cool as hell. 343 00:16:30,572 --> 00:16:35,577 And it was almost like he was saying, "It ain't over until I say it's over." 344 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:36,912 "And I'm gonna show you." 345 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:40,457 [commentator] Now it's up to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder 346 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:42,418 and try to take back the momentum. 347 00:16:43,460 --> 00:16:45,295 [Smith] Then he went out there, and he did it. 348 00:16:45,379 --> 00:16:49,717 [commentator] Oklahoma City rebounds from a 42-point loss 349 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,971 and takes a commanding 3-1 lead in this Western Conference Final. 350 00:16:54,054 --> 00:16:57,182 Yo! Yo. But we gotta help gaps. 351 00:16:57,266 --> 00:17:00,269 He's shooting it or driving. Only him. 352 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:05,941 [Haliburton] Oh my God! 353 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:09,153 [Haliburton] I was shitty. Oh my God, I was shitty. 354 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:11,405 Bad loss. 355 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:14,950 [commentator] Another 30-point-plus win. 356 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:20,247 The Oklahoma City Thunder are going back to the NBA Finals. 357 00:17:20,831 --> 00:17:25,210 [commentator 2] The Indiana Pacers lead the New York Knicks three games to two. 358 00:17:26,670 --> 00:17:28,380 Vacuumed in by Haliburton. 359 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:31,425 Takes it the other way, but down into the hole. 360 00:17:33,427 --> 00:17:35,304 It's Haliburton to Toppin. 361 00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:38,557 And for the first time in 25 years, 362 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,352 they're going to the NBA Finals. 363 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:44,855 [cheering] 364 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:49,610 In that moment, I was like, "Okay, nice." 365 00:17:49,693 --> 00:17:54,364 But to do all this, get to all this, and then, like, fall short, 366 00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:58,327 be back at zero with nothing under my belt would be insane to me. 367 00:17:58,827 --> 00:18:00,079 -[man] Hey. -Touch that, bro. 368 00:18:00,162 --> 00:18:02,372 Hold on. Let me get you aura farming. Hold it. 369 00:18:02,456 --> 00:18:03,457 Aura farming! 370 00:18:03,957 --> 00:18:06,585 -Come on now. -You're acting like it's yours. 371 00:18:06,668 --> 00:18:08,378 -I'm gonna put it in my pocket. -Shit. 372 00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:10,798 -[SGA laughing] -[man] Yeah, put it in your pocket. 373 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:12,841 [Brenda] Come on. 374 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:15,302 [overlapping chatter] 375 00:18:15,385 --> 00:18:16,512 [Jade] Where's Kendra? 376 00:18:17,012 --> 00:18:18,138 Kendra! 377 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:19,598 Amal. Amal. Look at Amal. 378 00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:21,850 [Carlisle] Come on in. Everybody come on in. 379 00:18:22,851 --> 00:18:24,728 First of all, congratulations. 380 00:18:24,812 --> 00:18:27,731 Eastern Conference champions is a big deal. 381 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,654 But there's a lot of work to do. 382 00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:36,990 Um, this will be my sixth time in the NBA Finals. 383 00:18:37,074 --> 00:18:40,369 This is one of the greatest stages in all of sports. 384 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:42,579 Some things that come with it are different. 385 00:18:42,663 --> 00:18:45,958 Tomorrow will be an off day. All right, enjoy the day off. 386 00:18:46,041 --> 00:18:48,460 -Pacers, one, two, three. Pacers! -[all] Pacers! 387 00:18:48,544 --> 00:18:49,962 [applause] 388 00:18:50,045 --> 00:18:51,755 [indistinct chatter] 389 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:53,173 [thunder rumbles] 390 00:18:53,257 --> 00:18:55,717 [commentator] Welcome back to The Metal Store Thunder Forecast. 391 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,262 Gideon Hamilton here inside Paycom Center 392 00:18:58,345 --> 00:19:01,223 as we get you set for the Thunder and the Pacers, 393 00:19:01,306 --> 00:19:02,724 the NBA Finals tonight. 394 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:06,353 So we've got strawberries, grapes, apples. 395 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:09,565 Healthy stuff, you know? 396 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:11,942 Shai, when are you gonna cut your hair, actually? 397 00:19:12,025 --> 00:19:13,152 -[SGA] Like, fully? -Yeah. 398 00:19:13,235 --> 00:19:14,403 When I'm 30. 399 00:19:15,696 --> 00:19:19,074 [SGA] For me, I was gonna be ready to play, whether we play the next day, 400 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,868 two weeks from now, a month from now. 401 00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:22,244 Playing the NBA Finals, 402 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:26,415 if you're not ready to play, I don't know. So the way I saw it was like, 403 00:19:26,915 --> 00:19:29,251 "I'll play tomorrow. Please let me play tomorrow." 404 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:32,212 There was a point where I got 30 and thought it was a good game. 405 00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:34,006 Now if I have 30, it's a bad game. 406 00:19:36,091 --> 00:19:38,135 [Hailey] Wait, you think 30 points is a bad game? 407 00:19:38,218 --> 00:19:40,470 [SGA] If I have 30, it's… I mean, it's below my average. 408 00:19:41,096 --> 00:19:42,848 It's not a bad game. 409 00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:45,767 [SGA] All these things people dream of, 410 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:49,563 somebody has to become those things. Somebody has to be the next doctor. 411 00:19:49,646 --> 00:19:52,024 Somebody has to be the next Bill Gates. 412 00:19:52,107 --> 00:19:54,860 Somebody has to be the next Michael Jordan. 413 00:19:54,943 --> 00:19:57,821 So, like, why not try to be those things? 414 00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:01,158 I want to introduce them to Tyrese Haliburton, 415 00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:02,784 the aggressive Tyrese Haliburton. 416 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:06,079 There we go. I like the aggressive. I like the aggressive part. 417 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:08,832 [John] The good news is that they called me, 418 00:20:08,916 --> 00:20:10,876 and they said to come back to the arena. 419 00:20:10,959 --> 00:20:12,711 I didn't know where I was gonna be. 420 00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,214 [John] I am going to root for my child. 421 00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:18,342 I am going to enjoy my child. 422 00:20:18,425 --> 00:20:19,927 I'm not going on the court. 423 00:20:20,928 --> 00:20:22,095 That, I won't do. 424 00:20:22,179 --> 00:20:25,057 Let's go! [yells] 425 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:26,767 [Jade] I have my camera. 426 00:20:27,267 --> 00:20:30,187 Who wants to use my Canon? Where are you going? 427 00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:32,189 -Huh? With me? -Come on. 428 00:20:32,272 --> 00:20:34,107 Oh, my… by myself? 429 00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:37,694 [Haliburton] People don't know how we've gotten here. They know that'll fuel us. 430 00:20:38,278 --> 00:20:42,658 And honestly, I expect OKC to understand that as well. 431 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:45,369 They're not gonna take us lightly by any means. 432 00:20:45,452 --> 00:20:46,662 [thunder rumbles] 433 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:48,330 [commentator] As we get set for Game 1, 434 00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:52,209 they've had thunderstorms in this building all season long. 435 00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:56,129 [SGA] They are also as close to their dream as we are. 436 00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:58,840 And no team's going out without a fight. 437 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:01,260 So I knew regardless, no matter what the world says, 438 00:21:01,343 --> 00:21:02,594 it's gonna be a dogfight. 439 00:21:02,678 --> 00:21:05,639 Whatever comes, comes. Take it for what it is, and let's go. 440 00:21:05,722 --> 00:21:06,640 -Yeah. -Let's work. 441 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:09,977 -Let's do it. -Greatest stage in the world, baby. 442 00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:11,853 [announcer] Come on, Loud City! 443 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,605 It's Finals! 444 00:21:13,689 --> 00:21:15,524 We need that Finals energy! 445 00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:19,569 [Haliburton] Hey, stay together, stay right here. We're where we belong. 446 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:21,405 Let's go, baby. Win on three. One, two, three. 447 00:21:21,488 --> 00:21:22,364 [player] Win! 448 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:28,745 [commentator] Welcome once again to the NBA Finals. Downtown Oklahoma City. 449 00:21:29,371 --> 00:21:33,041 The Paycom Center, home of the Thunder, packed and ready to go. 450 00:21:34,876 --> 00:21:38,380 [commentator 2] Gilgeous-Alexander driving into the lane at the goal. 451 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:40,215 He put it up off the glass and in. 452 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:42,509 [commentator] You see Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 453 00:21:42,592 --> 00:21:43,885 with his little lefty layup. 454 00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:47,055 [Haliburton] They came out in the first game 455 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:48,682 and really punched us in the face. 456 00:21:48,765 --> 00:21:51,727 They were making us miss shots, making us turn the ball over. 457 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:55,897 [SGA] Our strategy for beating the Pacers is if you're guarding the ball, 458 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:57,733 keep the ball in front of us. 459 00:21:57,816 --> 00:22:00,819 Or if you're guarding your man off the ball, keep him in front of you. 460 00:22:00,902 --> 00:22:02,487 Make them play over the top of you. 461 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:06,867 The first half, it just felt like it was impossible. 462 00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:09,369 Like, there was no openings. Like, they were everywhere. 463 00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:12,414 We were, like, throwing the ball into the stands, traveling… 464 00:22:15,542 --> 00:22:17,627 [commentator] Gorgeous move from SGA. 465 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,966 Game 1 versus OKC, we knew it was an uphill battle. 466 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:25,260 The Pacers were getting spanked in Game 1. 467 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:27,846 Let's admit it. They were getting spanked. 468 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:29,931 Foul. 469 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:35,145 [commentator] That's six turnovers now for Indiana. 470 00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:36,855 Good ball denial. 471 00:22:36,938 --> 00:22:38,774 Stolen by Williams. Bad pass. 472 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:43,111 A turnover that cost them as Jalen Williams throws it down. 473 00:22:43,737 --> 00:22:45,864 Yeah! 474 00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:49,326 [commentator 2] There's still time, but the clock now is becoming 475 00:22:49,409 --> 00:22:51,787 a bit of an issue with 2:52 to play. 476 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:54,581 [Montgomery] Since 1971, 477 00:22:54,664 --> 00:22:59,086 teams that are trailing by nine points with three minutes to go in the Finals 478 00:22:59,169 --> 00:23:02,547 have been 0 in 182 games. 479 00:23:02,631 --> 00:23:03,757 Twenty more shots. 480 00:23:06,093 --> 00:23:07,761 Making at least five of them. 481 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,430 [commentator] Haliburton. 482 00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:11,598 The other way. 483 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:14,684 [commentator 2] Haliburton trying to get involved. 484 00:23:14,768 --> 00:23:16,311 [commentator 2] Layup. Bank shot's good. 485 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:19,064 [commentator] We know they have this comeback ability. 486 00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:22,025 [Haliburton] We know that, 487 00:23:22,109 --> 00:23:25,362 you know, when the pressure rises and when it's time to win big games, 488 00:23:25,445 --> 00:23:28,698 that we have a lot of faith in each other and in ourselves. 489 00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:31,034 [commentator 2] Toppin, three-pointer. Puts it in. 490 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:33,662 Obi Toppin, his fifth three-pointer! 491 00:23:34,162 --> 00:23:37,624 [Haliburton] It just felt like we were slowly walking them down. We all felt it. 492 00:23:38,291 --> 00:23:40,377 [SGA] When they're coming back, you know they've done 493 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,796 an insane job of doing that this whole postseason. 494 00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:45,340 -[player] Get off. -[commentator] Under a minute. 495 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:50,137 [crowd chanting] Defense! Defense! Defense! 496 00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:53,265 [commentator 2] Nembhard on Wallace. Step-back, three-pointer. 497 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:56,935 Short, rebound, the follow. Siakam puts it in. 498 00:23:57,644 --> 00:23:59,813 Hey, hey, you're in, and you're at the rim. 499 00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:02,774 No tips! No tips! Come on. 500 00:24:02,858 --> 00:24:04,860 [suspenseful music playing] 501 00:24:07,070 --> 00:24:09,072 I had a shot to go up three, 502 00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:10,115 and I missed it. 503 00:24:10,198 --> 00:24:13,201 [commentator] Gilgeous-Alexander spins, pulls up, jumper. 504 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:15,454 Off the mark, won't go. Rebound, Nesmith. 505 00:24:15,537 --> 00:24:18,832 [Haliburton] We get the rebound. I know the momentum of the game. 506 00:24:18,915 --> 00:24:21,710 I know Coach is not calling a time-out. There's no chance. 507 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:26,590 The Pacers with a chance to win it. Final seconds, no fouls to give. 508 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:30,844 [SGA] They get the rebound, come down, don't call a time-out. 509 00:24:30,927 --> 00:24:33,096 He gets to his right hand. He loves his right hand. 510 00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:34,598 That's where he goes. 511 00:24:34,681 --> 00:24:35,974 ♪ What the helly? ♪ 512 00:24:36,057 --> 00:24:37,392 ♪ What the helly? ♪ 513 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,186 ♪ What the helly? What the helly? ♪ 514 00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:42,564 [SGA] It felt like slow motion. Like, the ball's in the air forever. 515 00:24:43,064 --> 00:24:45,192 I'm just like, "It's going in." 516 00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:46,651 ♪ My new watch on Presi'… ♪ 517 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:47,569 [cheering] 518 00:24:47,652 --> 00:24:50,864 [commentator] It's good! With three-tenths of a second remaining. 519 00:24:50,947 --> 00:24:52,657 I didn't know how to react, so I just yell. 520 00:24:53,408 --> 00:24:55,785 [commentator] Tyrese Haliburton does it again! 521 00:24:58,205 --> 00:25:00,540 Their first lead of the game. 522 00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:03,835 Milwaukee, Cleveland, the Knicks. 523 00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:06,213 Oh my God, he's doing this against OKC? 524 00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:08,381 Like, you've gotta be kidding me. 525 00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:10,383 By now, this is normal. 526 00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:13,220 [commentator] That is what Tyrese Haliburton has been doing 527 00:25:13,303 --> 00:25:15,722 all postseason with 0.3. 528 00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:18,558 [commentator 3] No hesitation in those big moments. 529 00:25:19,976 --> 00:25:22,270 [SGA] They were winning for 0.3 seconds the whole night, 530 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:24,981 and… that's all it took. 531 00:25:25,065 --> 00:25:30,070 [commentator] And Indiana takes Game 1, shocking the Thunder here at OKC. 532 00:25:30,153 --> 00:25:32,155 The comeback kids do it again. 533 00:25:34,407 --> 00:25:36,409 [cheering] 534 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:44,042 -Yes, sir! Yes, sir! -Yes, sir! Yes, sir! 535 00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:48,755 [rap music playing] 536 00:25:53,468 --> 00:25:55,637 [SGA] The Pacers, they're a really good team. 537 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,765 Like, really good players, play the right way. 538 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:03,478 I just felt like we were the better team and had to act and play like it in Game 2. 539 00:26:08,483 --> 00:26:09,401 [SGA grunts] 540 00:26:10,735 --> 00:26:11,820 [man] Bring it back. 541 00:26:12,487 --> 00:26:15,657 We're focusing on the same things as Game 1, 542 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:19,911 but we just have to do it for 48 minutes instead of doing it for, like, 45 minutes. 543 00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:22,831 We stopped doing what we're supposed to for five minutes, 544 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:25,000 and they took advantage of it. That's how we saw it. 545 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:26,251 If you lose both games at home 546 00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:28,003 and completely give up home-court advantage, 547 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:29,546 you dig yourself a pretty deep hole. 548 00:26:29,629 --> 00:26:32,549 Now, it's not impossible to dig out of, but it's not ideal. 549 00:26:33,341 --> 00:26:35,844 [commentator] This Thunder team, apparently they've recovered 550 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:37,804 from the gut punch in Game 1, 551 00:26:37,887 --> 00:26:41,600 and now the response from the league's MVP and his OKC teammates. 552 00:26:41,683 --> 00:26:44,185 [SGA] We gotta take it right now. We gotta take this thing. 553 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:46,229 Let's put a whole 48 minutes together. 554 00:26:46,313 --> 00:26:49,024 Let's go, baby. 48 minutes. Win on three. One, two, three. 555 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:50,191 -[team] Win! -Let's go, baby. 556 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:52,694 I hate to say this, but you're almost going into Game 2 557 00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:54,487 like you're playing with house money. 558 00:26:54,571 --> 00:26:55,655 Let's get 'em. 559 00:26:55,739 --> 00:26:59,451 Your job in the playoffs is to go get one on the road. 560 00:26:59,534 --> 00:27:02,787 Getting one is what your job is, but getting two, now, that's a bonus. 561 00:27:04,164 --> 00:27:08,001 [SGA] Obviously, there's crazy energy. I just take one deep breath. 562 00:27:08,084 --> 00:27:13,381 Five seconds in, five seconds out, just to, like, bring myself back to zero 563 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:16,301 before all the adrenaline and energy 564 00:27:16,384 --> 00:27:18,470 and emotions get super high in the building. 565 00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:22,515 [commentator] Gilgeous-Alexander, jumper. Got it. 566 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,645 [Haliburton] Hey, my fault, gang. I gotta get a stop. 567 00:27:27,562 --> 00:27:30,440 I was really frustrated with myself. They got a couple steals in there. 568 00:27:30,523 --> 00:27:32,025 I had some really dumb turnovers. 569 00:27:32,108 --> 00:27:34,361 -[Haliburton] Hey! -[commentator] Stolen by SGA. 570 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:37,072 One man to beat. It's Toppin. Gets inside. 571 00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:40,367 [Haliburton] Rolled my ankle a little bit. 572 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:43,745 I kind of like, for a slight second, like, turned my ankle. 573 00:27:45,622 --> 00:27:47,999 [chuckles] Yeah, Game 2 just fucking… 574 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:50,794 Damn. It never stops, huh? 575 00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:52,170 Game 2 was bad. 576 00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:57,384 [commentator] SGA on the drive. Pulls back, jump shot, got it. 577 00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:01,346 Shai's splendor on full display here in Game 2. 578 00:28:01,429 --> 00:28:04,516 The NBA Finals are tied at one game apiece. 579 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:09,813 [Haliburton] It's still a race in the first to four, so, uh, 580 00:28:09,896 --> 00:28:12,273 we're going to our home court tied 1-1. 581 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,025 We definitely wanted to play better tonight. 582 00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:18,113 I think our processes need to be a lot better for us to be successful here. 583 00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:19,989 [clears throat] 584 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:24,577 [Haliburton] I had a limp after the game. I was struggling to walk. 585 00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:26,371 I was walking, but it was just a limp. 586 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:28,373 It's, like… it's fine. 587 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:30,208 [Haliburton] Okay. 588 00:28:33,336 --> 00:28:35,922 [SGA] After Game 2, I feel good. We needed the game. 589 00:28:36,005 --> 00:28:39,467 Just didn't wanna go down 0-2 and go into Indiana. 590 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:42,595 It's gonna be a tough place to win, in Indiana. 591 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,098 [Miller] Playing in Indiana, 592 00:28:45,181 --> 00:28:47,350 it's a lot different than playing anywhere else 593 00:28:47,434 --> 00:28:50,019 because we're Hoosiers. 594 00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:53,481 Hoosiers do things one way, and that's all out. 595 00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:54,858 [cheering] 596 00:28:54,941 --> 00:28:58,403 [commentator] Boy, do they have Pacer fever in Indianapolis. 597 00:28:58,486 --> 00:29:01,698 First Finals home game in 25 years. 598 00:29:01,781 --> 00:29:03,908 [crowd] Let's go, Pacers! Let's go! 599 00:29:05,535 --> 00:29:07,662 [Haliburton] I hadn't had a good game in the series yet, 600 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:11,499 so Game 3 was kind of the game for me to, like, really get going. 601 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:15,378 It was obvious if I wasn't aggressive, we weren't gonna have a chance to win. 602 00:29:15,879 --> 00:29:18,923 [commentator] Here comes Haliburton. Open court, drives inside, throws it up. 603 00:29:19,507 --> 00:29:22,010 Toppin gets it and finishes. 604 00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:26,306 We've gotta get better ones down here so we give ourselves a chance to get back. 605 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,350 We're good. Here we go, Blue. 606 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:32,228 [Spears] Shai's a quiet leader. 607 00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:35,356 Take your time. For sure. We gotta be poised. 608 00:29:36,357 --> 00:29:38,693 [Haliburton] Here we go. Box out your goal. 609 00:29:40,028 --> 00:29:41,613 [Spears] Tyrese is a loud leader. 610 00:29:41,696 --> 00:29:43,448 [yells] 611 00:29:43,531 --> 00:29:48,244 But the one thing both of them are at the end of the game, they're killers. 612 00:29:48,828 --> 00:29:49,954 They will shut you down. 613 00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:51,122 [crowd] Defense! 614 00:29:51,998 --> 00:29:54,042 [commentator] Stolen by Haliburton. 615 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:58,046 And Tyrese Haliburton puts them up four again. 616 00:29:59,214 --> 00:30:00,715 Come on! 617 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,677 [SGA] They have, like, a crazy run in the fourth quarter. 618 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:07,180 [commentator] Can't get it. Toppin on the follow! 619 00:30:08,598 --> 00:30:12,060 [SGA] There's moments where I could've been a bit more aggressive, I would say. 620 00:30:12,143 --> 00:30:14,020 Indiana, a hard place to win a game. 621 00:30:14,103 --> 00:30:17,315 [commentator] And they are celebrating here in Indianapolis. 622 00:30:18,024 --> 00:30:22,779 The Pacers' dream of their first NBA title very much alive. 623 00:30:23,279 --> 00:30:26,866 -Oh yeah. Wave that flag. Wave that flag. -[whistle tooting] 624 00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:28,868 -[man] Hey, boss. -Two down, two to go. 625 00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:30,036 Two down, two to go. 626 00:30:42,048 --> 00:30:45,260 -[Haliburton] What's up, man? You good? -Yes, sir. 627 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,804 -Yes, 'cers! -Yes, 'cers! 628 00:30:47,887 --> 00:30:50,098 Tonight's the dud. I told him, tonight's the dud. 629 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:53,601 -Every series, he has one dud. -I already had it. Game 2 was a dud. 630 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:56,396 -No, that was an "eh" game. -Game 2 was a dud! 631 00:30:56,479 --> 00:30:58,773 -[man] No, Game 2 was a dud. -He's not locked in. 632 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:02,694 He's not going down to OKC and splitting it. 2-2, man. 633 00:31:04,654 --> 00:31:06,698 Folks say, and Stephen A., Pacers in five. 634 00:31:06,781 --> 00:31:08,992 [Haliburton] I let you in so I can be pissed. 635 00:31:09,075 --> 00:31:11,494 And then tonight I'll be pissed and have a good game. 636 00:31:11,578 --> 00:31:13,371 How many games did you come back from? 637 00:31:13,454 --> 00:31:15,832 -[Haliburton] 4-1. -4-1. And then how many you win? 638 00:31:15,915 --> 00:31:18,126 -You won four series? -I can get this series 3-1. 639 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:20,670 -[man] Then we come back four in a row? -[Haliburton] Ooh! 640 00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:22,755 [suspenseful music playing] 641 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:29,888 [Smith] I think tonight's winner will win the series. 642 00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:33,057 I think if the Indiana Pacers win tonight, there's no way on earth 643 00:31:33,141 --> 00:31:34,976 that we're gonna look at the Thunder 644 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:37,854 and think that they can beat this team three straight. 645 00:31:38,605 --> 00:31:41,149 [man] Get to this chicken right now though. 646 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:43,526 [commentator] Welcome to Game 4 of the NBA Finals. 647 00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:47,864 We now have a compelling series, and tonight we have a very pivotal game. 648 00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:49,908 [Pacers] ♪ Blood in my eye, dog And I can't see ♪ 649 00:31:49,991 --> 00:31:52,911 ♪ I'm tryin' to be What I'm destined to be ♪ 650 00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:55,496 ♪ And they're tryin' to take My life away ♪ 651 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,582 [indistinct chatter] 652 00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:01,753 -All right? Go be great. -[SGA] Got you. 653 00:32:02,378 --> 00:32:04,797 [SGA] In the Finals, I don't think there could be more pressure 654 00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:06,049 than I put on myself. 655 00:32:06,132 --> 00:32:09,552 We have to win Game 4. And if we don't, I'm gonna be devastated. 656 00:32:12,472 --> 00:32:14,015 Let's go, Pacers! 657 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:17,936 [commentator] Siakam. Gets it out to Haliburton, gets inside! 658 00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:20,063 Oh, what a gorgeous move! 659 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:28,947 [SGA] Oh! 660 00:32:31,574 --> 00:32:34,410 Game 4. They have control of the game the most part. 661 00:32:35,578 --> 00:32:39,916 [commentator] Nembhard in pursuit. Everywhere SGA goes, Nembhard right there. 662 00:32:40,833 --> 00:32:44,754 Great defense. Shot clock winding down. Deflected by Toppin. 663 00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:51,594 We're in a time-out. Like, we're on the road. They're up. 664 00:32:51,678 --> 00:32:53,972 If they win this game, they win this next five minutes, 665 00:32:54,055 --> 00:32:55,264 they go up 3-1. 666 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:58,768 [man] Everything we do, we want some physicality right now. 667 00:32:58,851 --> 00:33:01,646 -[man 2] Together on three. 1, 2, 3! -[SGA] Together! 668 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:06,776 [commentator] Gilgeous-Alexander gets away from the defense. Side step. 669 00:33:06,859 --> 00:33:07,902 Going in the paint… 670 00:33:10,029 --> 00:33:11,322 Come on! 671 00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:15,118 Ah! 672 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:18,413 [SGA] We knew, like, 673 00:33:19,455 --> 00:33:20,665 our season was on the line. 674 00:33:22,041 --> 00:33:25,753 Everything we worked for the whole season, if we wanted to, like, continue playing, 675 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:26,879 we had to show up. 676 00:33:26,963 --> 00:33:28,798 We have to win this game, or the season is over. 677 00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:33,136 [Montgomery] If you're the MVP, if you are who you say you are, 678 00:33:33,219 --> 00:33:35,888 your team is down 2-1 in the Finals, 679 00:33:35,972 --> 00:33:37,181 you're on the road, 680 00:33:37,265 --> 00:33:38,433 what do you do? 681 00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:39,851 What do you do? 682 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:45,523 [SGA] I just tell myself, like, try to win this coverage. 683 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:49,527 [commentator] Haliburton, step-back. Three-pointer blocked by SGA. 684 00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:53,072 [SGA] Try to win this closeout, try to win this boxout, 685 00:33:53,156 --> 00:33:56,617 try to win… try to win every possession. 686 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,204 [commentator] Holmgren gets it to SGA. 687 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:02,790 His drive, hesitation, banker is good. 688 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:06,794 These are the signature moments in the pursuit of a title. 689 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:09,255 One team, a chance to go up three games to one, 690 00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:14,177 the other team to even it up and regain home-court advantage. 691 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:18,514 Gilgeous-Alexander hits a three. 692 00:34:18,598 --> 00:34:20,725 Clutch bomb from SGA. 693 00:34:20,808 --> 00:34:25,646 [crowd chanting] Defense! Defense! Defense! 694 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,899 [commentator] The Thunder, a chance to take the lead. 695 00:34:27,982 --> 00:34:30,651 Gilgeous-Alexander on the drive, pulls back. 696 00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:32,236 Baseline jumper is good. 697 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,114 OKC with their first lead of the second half. 698 00:34:35,198 --> 00:34:38,993 Oklahoma City Thunder with a spectacular fourth-quarter performance. 699 00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:42,747 [commentator 2] The Oklahoma City Thunder absolutely stole 700 00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:45,208 game number four of the NBA Finals. 701 00:34:45,291 --> 00:34:49,670 SGA has a legacy fourth quarter and a legacy game. 702 00:34:52,381 --> 00:34:53,633 [commentator] And that'll do it. 703 00:34:53,716 --> 00:34:56,552 OKC with a thunderbolt here in the fourth, 704 00:34:56,636 --> 00:34:58,721 once again showing their resilience. 705 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:02,517 We all right. Come on. We all right. Come on. 706 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,603 Gotta go win one on the road. We all right. Come on. 707 00:35:06,729 --> 00:35:10,108 Uh, that game definitely… definitely haunts me a little bit. 708 00:35:12,068 --> 00:35:14,779 After that game, you just felt shitty 'cause it was like, 709 00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:17,448 when you're in control of a game for the majority of it, 710 00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:19,117 you feel like you gave it away. 711 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,202 That's frustrating 'cause when you give a game away 712 00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:22,912 and then you gotta win a game on the road. 713 00:35:22,995 --> 00:35:24,580 [indistinct chatter] 714 00:35:24,664 --> 00:35:25,665 I got clothes on? 715 00:35:25,748 --> 00:35:29,502 All right, y'all good. Oh shit, it's gonna be a different show. 716 00:35:29,585 --> 00:35:31,379 All right, enough, y'all. 717 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:32,672 [chuckles] Enough. 718 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:35,133 [groans] 719 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:40,054 You gotta handle that business. It's a three-game series now. 720 00:35:42,181 --> 00:35:43,599 [Haliburton] Fuck, man! 721 00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:46,310 [Hanlen] They gave y'all Game 1. Y'all gave them tonight. 722 00:35:46,394 --> 00:35:47,979 It's back to even, you know what I mean? 723 00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:52,900 -Shai… was frying in the fourth. -[Haliburton] In the fourth. 724 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:55,611 You know, he finally got going. He was down on himself. 725 00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:58,948 [Haliburton] Bro, he made some crazy shots today. 726 00:35:59,782 --> 00:36:01,325 Damn, bro. 727 00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:04,203 [Haliburton] Whoever wins this series, 728 00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:06,122 every game is gonna come down to the margins. 729 00:36:06,205 --> 00:36:09,083 Who's gonna win the rebound battle? Who's gonna win the turnover battle? 730 00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:12,670 Who's gonna play harder? Like, those are the three most important things. 731 00:36:18,217 --> 00:36:21,095 ♪ How does it feel when you got no food? ♪ 732 00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:25,349 [SGA] We go home tied 2-2, brand-new series. 733 00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:28,644 We must put our imprint on this game, 734 00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:30,479 kind of shift the momentum back in the series. 735 00:36:30,563 --> 00:36:33,941 [man] Here we go! 736 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:37,069 [commentator] We are ready for the next chapter, Game 5. 737 00:36:38,988 --> 00:36:42,325 Once again, as expected, a very physical start. 738 00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:45,203 [SGA] We went out there, we played the right way from the jump. 739 00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:47,997 [commentator] Williams running ahead of the pack. Throws it down. 740 00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:50,666 [commentator 2] Now if you're Indiana, 741 00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:53,794 you are one of the fastest teams, but you gotta slow down. 742 00:36:56,422 --> 00:36:58,341 Haliburton falls down. Ooh! 743 00:37:01,802 --> 00:37:02,637 [Haliburton grunts] 744 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:05,097 [commentator 3] That right leg has been bothering him. 745 00:37:05,681 --> 00:37:08,267 And that fall exacerbated it. 746 00:37:11,187 --> 00:37:13,856 [Haliburton] I was really concerned. Like, I think that was, like, 747 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:15,900 the most scared I've ever been. 748 00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:18,361 [commentator] Haliburton on the bench. 749 00:37:18,444 --> 00:37:20,738 No points, 0-4 from the field. 750 00:37:20,821 --> 00:37:22,907 At the lead of the game, injured his right leg. 751 00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:26,494 You can't count out Indiana, but if he's not right, 752 00:37:26,577 --> 00:37:29,413 it's gonna be very difficult for them to come back again. 753 00:37:29,497 --> 00:37:34,585 [commentator 2] The Oklahoma City Thunder now one win away from an NBA title. 754 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:37,421 It's three games to two. 755 00:37:40,383 --> 00:37:42,385 [Haliburton] I was really concerned about my leg. 756 00:37:42,468 --> 00:37:45,388 Now we have to, like, do a whole meeting with all the Pacers brass, 757 00:37:45,471 --> 00:37:46,764 the staff, the coaches. 758 00:37:46,847 --> 00:37:48,182 Everybody's on the same page. 759 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:51,602 Like, I'm gonna play as long as I can pass the necessary test to play. 760 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:54,272 [crowd] OKC! 761 00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:55,898 -Thank you. -[cheering] 762 00:37:58,567 --> 00:37:59,902 [SGA] We have one more. 763 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:05,074 The only thing that sucks is if you guys just held on to Game 1, 764 00:38:05,574 --> 00:38:06,701 this would've been it. 765 00:38:07,201 --> 00:38:09,287 Yeah, but you can say the same about them for Game 4. 766 00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:10,788 -[Hailey] Yeah. -[SGA] It's all… 767 00:38:10,871 --> 00:38:13,541 For me, it feels easier to just, like, be more focused. 768 00:38:13,624 --> 00:38:15,167 It's, like, 'cause we're so close, 769 00:38:15,251 --> 00:38:19,046 and, like, the feeling of not getting it is scarier than the feeling of getting it. 770 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:22,341 So it's, like, you don't wanna get too ahead of yourself. 771 00:38:22,842 --> 00:38:26,178 We have one more game, and we have to play it like it's our last. 772 00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:33,769 -Is that shit going on now? -No, I was going through the game. 773 00:38:33,853 --> 00:38:35,521 Hey, what's up? You all right? 774 00:38:35,604 --> 00:38:37,440 -What a game, boy. -Way to get it done. 775 00:38:37,523 --> 00:38:38,774 This is my father-in-law. 776 00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:39,900 -Miles. -How you doing? 777 00:38:40,651 --> 00:38:44,405 [SGA] It feels really good to have the support that I had in the playoffs. 778 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:48,034 Just knowing my closest people around me supporting me, 779 00:38:48,117 --> 00:38:51,537 no matter what the schedule looks like, gives me a little push in the back. 780 00:39:00,546 --> 00:39:03,883 This is our first time being down in a series in these playoffs. 781 00:39:04,383 --> 00:39:07,261 But we were in the same predicament last year against New York, 782 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:10,473 so, you know, this whole group has been here before. 783 00:39:14,894 --> 00:39:20,358 I think in Game 5, I was a little consumed with worrying about my leg 784 00:39:20,441 --> 00:39:22,610 and worrying about, you know, what that meant 785 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:26,364 and all these things, but honestly, I… 786 00:39:27,990 --> 00:39:30,743 I've got the scans, I met with the doctors. I know the risks, 787 00:39:30,826 --> 00:39:33,412 but… I mean, shit. 788 00:39:34,413 --> 00:39:35,498 It's the NBA Finals. 789 00:39:36,248 --> 00:39:39,293 I would regret for the rest of my life not giving myself a chance. 790 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:43,589 [Taylor] Can the Pacers win with a compromised Haliburton? 791 00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:45,299 No, they can't. 792 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:48,719 They can't win the series with a compromised Haliburton. 793 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:52,264 [Smith] We had contemplated him needing to be benched, 794 00:39:52,348 --> 00:39:55,935 use Game 6 to rest him so he could be ready for Game 7. 795 00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:57,686 That's what a lot of us were saying. 796 00:40:00,272 --> 00:40:02,733 [pundit] With those losses in Games 4 and 5 now, 797 00:40:02,817 --> 00:40:06,195 how do they bounce back here now as they get ready for Game 6? 798 00:40:06,278 --> 00:40:07,863 The Pacers adding the wrinkle to it 799 00:40:07,947 --> 00:40:10,908 with the big question mark about Tyrese Haliburton and his health. 800 00:40:10,991 --> 00:40:14,078 [pundit 2] The Indiana Pacers officially with their backs against the wall. 801 00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:18,207 [commentator] It has been a magnificent season 802 00:40:18,290 --> 00:40:19,667 for these Indiana Pacers. 803 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:23,129 They do not want it to end on their home floor 804 00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:24,922 in front of these great fans tonight. 805 00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:27,216 [whistle blows] 806 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:34,640 Once the game started, like, all that pain and stuff is out the window 807 00:40:34,723 --> 00:40:37,101 once the game starts. You're not thinking about that. 808 00:40:37,184 --> 00:40:39,311 You're trying to put all your focus on the game. 809 00:40:39,395 --> 00:40:40,980 [commentator] Haliburton's gonna try. 810 00:40:41,063 --> 00:40:44,608 Gets one to go. Tyrese Haliburton from downtown. 811 00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:47,653 He comes out there and plays lights out. It was like I guess we were wrong! 812 00:40:47,736 --> 00:40:50,823 [commentator] Haliburton. Step-back. Three-pointer. 813 00:40:50,906 --> 00:40:51,824 It's good. 814 00:40:52,324 --> 00:40:56,245 His second three-pointer of the game. The lead back up to six. 815 00:40:56,745 --> 00:40:59,748 [commentator 2] As far as I'm concerned, he looks 100% healthy. 816 00:40:59,832 --> 00:41:01,459 -[whistle blows] -Back screen hard. 817 00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:03,335 Stay with it. Stay with it. 818 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:04,336 [whistle blows] 819 00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:07,089 [commentator] They are dismantling OKC. 820 00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:09,717 [commentator 3] Indiana right now the aggressor. 821 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,887 [crowd chanting] Defense! Defense! 822 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:15,264 [commentator] Double team. McConnell comes up with a steal. 823 00:41:15,347 --> 00:41:16,515 Nembhard on the ball. 824 00:41:17,099 --> 00:41:18,809 [SGA] They wanted to keep their season alive, 825 00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:20,603 and that's all that was on their mind. 826 00:41:20,686 --> 00:41:23,314 And they behaved like it, and we didn't. 827 00:41:23,397 --> 00:41:24,315 Red! 828 00:41:26,066 --> 00:41:27,526 -[whistle toots] -What?! 829 00:41:29,737 --> 00:41:32,615 [commentator] Jalen Williams. Sixteen points. Throws it away. 830 00:41:32,698 --> 00:41:37,119 Haliburton comes up with it. Cross court. Siakam for the slam! 831 00:41:38,537 --> 00:41:40,581 [Haliburton] Saw Pascal running, and, you know, 832 00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:43,375 I put some extra… extra flair on it. [chuckles] 833 00:41:43,459 --> 00:41:48,088 By the time I had spun and looked back, like, Pascal was, like, right there. 834 00:41:52,801 --> 00:41:55,304 It was one of the coolest basketball moments I've been a part of. 835 00:41:55,387 --> 00:41:58,140 [commentator] This is a bludgeoning here in Game 6. 836 00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:01,644 -Twenty-point game. -[commentator 3] Tyrese loving it. 837 00:42:01,727 --> 00:42:05,940 [commentator] Just an incredible, dominant performance from the Indiana Pacers. 838 00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:10,236 The magic carpet ride for the Pacers is not over. 839 00:42:10,319 --> 00:42:14,573 They'll play for an NBA title on Sunday night in Game 7. 840 00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:16,367 One game for all the marbles. 841 00:42:16,867 --> 00:42:18,827 Game 7, baby! 842 00:42:18,911 --> 00:42:20,829 Game 7! 843 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,797 [Haliburton] You go into these games, and there can't be any real expectation. 844 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,632 It's one game. Like, one… 845 00:42:32,466 --> 00:42:33,842 This is… this is the Super Bowl. 846 00:42:33,926 --> 00:42:38,764 Like, if we were to lose a Game 7 in the NBA Finals, 847 00:42:38,847 --> 00:42:41,725 I would think about that game… forever. 848 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:44,562 It's one game for everything you ever dreamed of. 849 00:42:45,145 --> 00:42:48,482 If you win it, you get everything. If you lose it, you get nothing. 850 00:42:48,566 --> 00:42:50,568 [suspenseful music playing] 851 00:42:58,617 --> 00:43:01,328 [boy] My favorite player is SGA. 852 00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:02,788 Thunder up! 853 00:43:02,871 --> 00:43:03,998 -Thunder up! -Thunder up! 854 00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:05,666 We out here Game 7, first time. 855 00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:09,086 They didn't think we was gonna do it when Kevin Durant and Westbrook left, 856 00:43:09,169 --> 00:43:10,045 but look at us now. 857 00:43:10,129 --> 00:43:13,966 Pacers in seven. You already know the vibes. 858 00:43:14,049 --> 00:43:15,092 Thunder in seven! 859 00:43:15,175 --> 00:43:22,182 [chanting] OKC! OKC! OKC! OKC! OKC! OKC! 860 00:43:24,059 --> 00:43:25,394 [Vaughn] Super proud. Super proud. 861 00:43:25,477 --> 00:43:28,522 It makes me feel like, "Okay, we did something right," me and his mom. 862 00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:31,108 Let's have a drink, relax. Know what I mean? 863 00:43:31,191 --> 00:43:33,694 Chill out. Let's go with the flow, bro. 864 00:43:34,194 --> 00:43:36,530 I'm just proud that, you know, we have this opportunity. 865 00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:39,074 It doesn't come a dime a dozen, so we're not gonna waste it. 866 00:43:42,911 --> 00:43:45,748 [SGA] The way I saw it was it's one of two things that can happen. 867 00:43:45,831 --> 00:43:48,250 We're gonna be champions, or they're gonna be champions. 868 00:43:48,334 --> 00:43:51,170 And I'm gonna have a great summer or the worst summer of my life. 869 00:43:51,253 --> 00:43:52,087 It was that simple. 870 00:43:52,171 --> 00:43:54,173 [suspenseful music playing] 871 00:43:58,886 --> 00:44:01,513 I know you're tired. We're gonna go see Dada. 872 00:44:02,139 --> 00:44:03,432 You wanna go see Dada? 873 00:44:03,932 --> 00:44:05,225 [makes swooshing sounds] 874 00:44:05,726 --> 00:44:07,102 It's almost over. [sighs] 875 00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:11,190 No more stress soon. And I don't think I've ever seen Shai, 876 00:44:11,273 --> 00:44:13,317 like, want something so bad. 877 00:44:13,817 --> 00:44:16,612 [pundit] It's all straight ahead as we continue to count down 878 00:44:16,695 --> 00:44:20,074 towards Game 7 of the NBA Finals. 879 00:44:25,204 --> 00:44:28,165 [Haliburton] Couldn't sleep last night. I couldn't eat last night. 880 00:44:28,248 --> 00:44:31,335 I literally got, like, butterflies, which is weird. 881 00:44:31,418 --> 00:44:32,252 You haven't felt-- 882 00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:34,755 I can't remember the last time I had butterflies. 883 00:44:35,964 --> 00:44:38,717 -Probably high school times? -When I met Jade, of course. 884 00:44:38,801 --> 00:44:41,345 [Jade] I feel like it's very high emotions. 885 00:44:41,428 --> 00:44:46,767 I've like gone through a wave of feeling nervous, anxious. 886 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:48,977 [sniffles] And my emotions are so high. 887 00:44:49,061 --> 00:44:50,020 [chuckles] 888 00:44:51,230 --> 00:44:52,731 But Ty deserves it. 889 00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:55,150 [Hanlen] Hey, Jade, get that ring for a ring. 890 00:44:55,234 --> 00:44:56,151 Sounds nice. 891 00:44:56,235 --> 00:44:57,945 [Haliburton] Say fuck it. We're wearing it. 892 00:44:58,028 --> 00:44:58,987 [chuckles] Perfect! 893 00:44:59,071 --> 00:45:01,907 The buzzer goes off, and you're already on your knee proposing. 894 00:45:01,990 --> 00:45:03,033 That's her expectation. 895 00:45:03,117 --> 00:45:05,244 [Jade] Back then, I said, "Did you pack the ring?" 896 00:45:05,744 --> 00:45:08,622 -She said, "Did you pack it?" -He's putting it in his tights. 897 00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:10,624 I mean, it's not… it's not an actual agreement, 898 00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:14,920 but Drew has made a running joke that if Tyrese gets a ring, I get a ring. 899 00:45:15,003 --> 00:45:17,548 So I'm like, "Hell yeah, I'm rooting for myself, too, 900 00:45:17,631 --> 00:45:18,882 'cause I want a ring too." 901 00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:20,509 [Hanlen] Hey, man, be aggressive, man. 902 00:45:20,592 --> 00:45:21,969 [Haliburton] I'll see you. 903 00:45:22,052 --> 00:45:24,388 -Be aggressive. Be aggressive! -[Haliburton] I gotcha. 904 00:45:24,471 --> 00:45:26,515 [man] Hey, when do we all… 905 00:45:26,598 --> 00:45:29,351 [Jade] ♪ Be aggressive! Be… be aggressive! ♪ 906 00:45:29,435 --> 00:45:32,688 And the way he feels is that if he can walk, he's gonna play. 907 00:45:32,771 --> 00:45:34,022 Well, absolutely. 908 00:45:34,106 --> 00:45:36,400 You know what I mean? You play until you can't anymore. 909 00:45:36,483 --> 00:45:39,778 And the only person to tell you that you can't anymore is who? 910 00:45:39,862 --> 00:45:40,988 God. 911 00:45:41,864 --> 00:45:43,782 Period. Next. 912 00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:47,911 [commentator] Mentally and emotionally, this is the most difficult thing 913 00:45:47,995 --> 00:45:48,912 you will ever endure. 914 00:45:48,996 --> 00:45:51,290 Yes, it's a one-game situation, 915 00:45:51,373 --> 00:45:53,959 but the biggest task is, can you stay present? 916 00:45:54,042 --> 00:45:57,254 Up by six, down by six, it's about the next play. 917 00:45:57,337 --> 00:46:02,259 [commentator 2] Nine months ago, 30 teams gathered for the '24-'25 season. 918 00:46:02,342 --> 00:46:04,011 Only two remain. 919 00:46:04,511 --> 00:46:07,973 And tonight, we finally decide a champion. 920 00:46:09,141 --> 00:46:11,935 Once we got out there, the ball dropped, everything went away, 921 00:46:12,019 --> 00:46:14,021 and it was just basketball all over again. 922 00:46:14,104 --> 00:46:15,814 [suspenseful music playing] 923 00:46:21,403 --> 00:46:25,240 [commentator 2] Gilgeous-Alexander from right at him. Baseline jumper's good. 924 00:46:26,283 --> 00:46:28,035 [Haliburton] And all I could think about was 925 00:46:29,661 --> 00:46:33,081 we win when I shoot 15 to 20 times, 926 00:46:33,165 --> 00:46:34,875 when I get over 20 points… 927 00:46:35,375 --> 00:46:39,171 "Be aggressive." All I'm thinking of going into the game is, "Be aggressive." 928 00:46:39,254 --> 00:46:43,133 If set the tone there, if I'm aggressive, I miss my shots, and we lose, 929 00:46:43,217 --> 00:46:46,512 I can live with that. You know, do whatever I gotta do to win. 930 00:46:47,930 --> 00:46:50,349 [commentator 2] Haliburton gets inside. Shot blocked! 931 00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:55,896 With my first shot, I went in for a layup. Shai beat that shit. [chuckles] 932 00:46:55,979 --> 00:46:57,189 And I was like, "Fuck it." 933 00:46:58,607 --> 00:47:00,818 [commentator 2] Haliburton. Lines up a long three-pointer. 934 00:47:00,901 --> 00:47:01,735 Got it! 935 00:47:02,236 --> 00:47:04,029 [Haliburton] Made the first 3, made the second. 936 00:47:04,112 --> 00:47:06,406 [commentator 2] Haliburton launches another one. Puts it in! 937 00:47:06,490 --> 00:47:09,076 [Haliburton] Missed the next shot. Got the rebound. I shot it again. 938 00:47:09,159 --> 00:47:12,871 [commentator 2] Mathurin right there to pick it up. Haliburton tries again. 939 00:47:12,955 --> 00:47:14,623 Haliburton hits again! 940 00:47:15,123 --> 00:47:18,794 Haliburton arguably had his best start 941 00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:21,630 to a game in this series. 942 00:47:24,007 --> 00:47:27,636 It was me and Shai one-on-one on the left wing, and I was gonna check, 943 00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:31,014 heat check a deep one, and then I tried to attack, 944 00:47:31,098 --> 00:47:32,933 and I didn't like it, so I swung it. 945 00:47:33,433 --> 00:47:37,312 I knew the ball would get rotated back. When it gets back, I'm just gonna attack. 946 00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:39,314 And I caught the ball. 947 00:47:40,816 --> 00:47:41,942 I went to shot fake, 948 00:47:43,068 --> 00:47:45,612 and so when I shot faked, Shai bit on it a little bit. 949 00:47:45,696 --> 00:47:47,155 He kind of leaned forward. 950 00:47:49,658 --> 00:47:52,035 And then as I was going down, I was like, "Fuck." 951 00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:54,538 I knew what it was, and, um… 952 00:47:55,747 --> 00:47:56,582 Yeah. 953 00:47:56,665 --> 00:47:59,209 [commentator 2] Haliburton falls down. He looks hurt. 954 00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:01,003 Here comes SGA the other way. 955 00:48:01,086 --> 00:48:03,130 Inside, and Williams throws it down. 956 00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:06,341 I look, and seeing he was on the floor, I was like, "Oh shit, no way." 957 00:48:06,842 --> 00:48:08,051 Then I seen him screaming. 958 00:48:08,135 --> 00:48:10,929 No! No! 959 00:48:17,769 --> 00:48:19,396 [commentator 2] That sprained calf… 960 00:48:19,479 --> 00:48:22,608 I couldn't imagine, like, being in that situation, and, like, 961 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,445 he was probably feeling the same way I was feeling before that game. 962 00:48:26,528 --> 00:48:28,530 This is the biggest game of his career. 963 00:48:29,031 --> 00:48:31,366 [commentator] He's in pain, so emotional. 964 00:48:34,453 --> 00:48:36,914 [Haliburton] All I could think about… I knew what it was. 965 00:48:36,997 --> 00:48:38,457 I knew my game was done. 966 00:48:38,540 --> 00:48:41,335 I wanted to walk off. I was like, "Kobe walked off." 967 00:48:42,753 --> 00:48:45,505 [commentator 3] So Kobe Bryant cannot continue. 968 00:48:46,757 --> 00:48:49,217 [Haliburton] So I can walk off. Like, it's possible. 969 00:48:49,968 --> 00:48:52,971 So I was like, "Get me up. I'm gonna walk out." 970 00:48:56,725 --> 00:48:57,559 It felt like… 971 00:48:58,727 --> 00:49:01,355 like just dead weight at the end of my leg. 972 00:49:03,690 --> 00:49:05,943 -[man] You need help, bro? -[Haliburton] No. No, bro. 973 00:49:07,361 --> 00:49:09,821 I think that's when I got… became, like, overcome with emotion 974 00:49:09,905 --> 00:49:12,574 just 'cause, like, that's, like, when the reality really set in. 975 00:49:29,633 --> 00:49:31,635 [Haliburton weeping] 976 00:49:34,304 --> 00:49:35,180 [sniffles] 977 00:49:38,767 --> 00:49:39,768 It's okay. 978 00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:42,396 It's not what we wanted, but it's only a game. 979 00:49:44,439 --> 00:49:46,650 [Haliburton crying] 980 00:49:55,534 --> 00:49:57,536 You brought them to the Finals. 981 00:49:57,619 --> 00:49:58,996 [woman] To Game 7. 982 00:49:59,079 --> 00:50:00,747 They can still win this. 983 00:50:02,165 --> 00:50:04,376 And then you'll come back better next year. 984 00:50:05,335 --> 00:50:06,753 It's not over yet. 985 00:50:18,098 --> 00:50:19,391 What's the score? 986 00:50:19,474 --> 00:50:20,767 [man] 25-22. 987 00:50:20,851 --> 00:50:21,852 And we're losing? 988 00:50:22,352 --> 00:50:24,229 -We're down? -Three. We're down three. 989 00:50:24,312 --> 00:50:26,648 -[Jade] They're gonna win this for you. -We gotta win this. 990 00:50:26,732 --> 00:50:28,650 [Jade] They will. God's plan. 991 00:50:28,734 --> 00:50:29,735 [Haliburton] I know. 992 00:50:30,819 --> 00:50:32,571 -I just wanna watch. -[Jade] Okay. 993 00:50:32,654 --> 00:50:34,448 Hey, we're tied up right now. 994 00:50:35,407 --> 00:50:36,825 We're tied right now. 995 00:50:53,341 --> 00:50:54,426 [grunts] 996 00:50:56,428 --> 00:50:58,889 I don't even know how to sit comfortably. My heel… 997 00:50:58,972 --> 00:51:02,768 Let's turn the chair. Stand up a second. You can see the TV better. 998 00:51:04,061 --> 00:51:06,188 Sit back down. Sit here. 999 00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:11,151 -Go get that ice for his foot. -Yes, absolutely. Let's wrap him up. 1000 00:51:29,669 --> 00:51:31,588 Yeah, this way. Turn it. 1001 00:51:34,341 --> 00:51:35,842 -You good now? -It's cool. 1002 00:51:37,219 --> 00:51:38,178 Okay. 1003 00:51:41,181 --> 00:51:44,434 Whatever position you need to be in, just be comfortable, okay? 1004 00:51:45,894 --> 00:51:46,812 [Haliburton] Yeah. 1005 00:52:00,408 --> 00:52:02,244 -Can I pray with you? -[Haliburton] Please. 1006 00:52:03,703 --> 00:52:05,288 [Haliburton] I don't even know how to… 1007 00:52:05,372 --> 00:52:06,373 [praying quietly] 1008 00:52:06,456 --> 00:52:10,836 …how to, like, put it into words. I mean, it's, um… 1009 00:52:12,045 --> 00:52:14,005 it's devastating. It's, uh… 1010 00:52:15,966 --> 00:52:16,967 I mean, it sucks. 1011 00:52:18,343 --> 00:52:21,263 I think having to, like, accept that has been really hard for me 1012 00:52:21,346 --> 00:52:27,018 because, um, like, the way the game was starting and flowing, 1013 00:52:27,102 --> 00:52:27,936 [chuckles] 1014 00:52:28,019 --> 00:52:31,690 I knew what it was going to be for me personally and for our group. 1015 00:52:32,399 --> 00:52:34,901 I mean, I just became like every sports fan at that point. 1016 00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:38,321 Like, I had no control over the outcome of the game. 1017 00:52:39,906 --> 00:52:41,533 Make it worth it, at least. 1018 00:52:42,534 --> 00:52:44,411 Make it worth it. Please. 1019 00:52:47,205 --> 00:52:51,001 [commentator] All right, Lisa, do not count out these Indiana Pacers. 1020 00:52:51,084 --> 00:52:54,921 [crowd chanting] OKC! OKC! 1021 00:52:56,548 --> 00:52:58,133 We're gonna win this game. 1022 00:52:59,759 --> 00:53:02,345 Kick back. He's still open. 1023 00:53:03,555 --> 00:53:04,973 -That's nasty. -[Jade] Get in there. 1024 00:53:06,308 --> 00:53:07,267 [sighs] 1025 00:53:08,768 --> 00:53:11,521 [Haliburton] I'd be lying if I said it was easy for me to watch. 1026 00:53:12,105 --> 00:53:12,939 [sighs] 1027 00:53:13,023 --> 00:53:17,194 I mean, I was sitting back there. I was… I was really hoping that we got it done. 1028 00:53:18,486 --> 00:53:21,406 [Jade] We're right there. Let's go, boys. 1029 00:53:21,489 --> 00:53:23,283 -[Haliburton] Yeah? -[Jade] Let's go, boys. 1030 00:53:23,366 --> 00:53:26,411 [Haliburton] We had the lead at halftime, and, um… 1031 00:53:28,413 --> 00:53:33,668 I think that my, like, biggest regret from this whole situation 1032 00:53:34,794 --> 00:53:36,171 is that I didn't… 1033 00:53:37,255 --> 00:53:38,548 I didn't 1034 00:53:39,299 --> 00:53:42,719 talk to the guys at halftime. Like, I didn't give a speech. 1035 00:53:43,345 --> 00:53:46,765 That was, like, the opportunity for my, like… my Rudy speech, right, 1036 00:53:46,848 --> 00:53:48,642 or Hoosier speech, to a sense. 1037 00:53:48,725 --> 00:53:49,976 [buzzer sounds] 1038 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:51,353 [commentator] The Indiana Pacers, 1039 00:53:51,436 --> 00:53:54,189 watching their star go down with an Achilles injury, 1040 00:53:54,689 --> 00:53:58,235 have a lead here in Game 7 of the NBA Finals without him. 1041 00:53:58,902 --> 00:54:02,364 [SGA] At halftime, we were just like, "Look, guys, be aware of the situation." 1042 00:54:02,447 --> 00:54:05,951 Every game where it was, "All right, it's do or die for these guys," we showed up. 1043 00:54:07,744 --> 00:54:11,831 Indiana Pacers, just naturally, they have more pop. They have more fight. 1044 00:54:11,915 --> 00:54:14,834 This is their last-pitch effort. And they're giving it everything. 1045 00:54:14,918 --> 00:54:17,712 We were gonna have to put pressure on them, whatever it looked like. 1046 00:54:17,796 --> 00:54:19,881 Shooting, driving, making plays. 1047 00:54:20,382 --> 00:54:21,675 [commentator] SGA pulls up. 1048 00:54:21,758 --> 00:54:23,468 Elbow jumper. Got it. 1049 00:54:24,386 --> 00:54:25,762 [groaning] 1050 00:54:28,181 --> 00:54:29,474 [commentator] Nembhard. Mathurin. 1051 00:54:30,058 --> 00:54:31,476 No! 1052 00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:34,187 [commentator] One man to beat. Williams gets inside. 1053 00:54:34,271 --> 00:54:37,482 Mathurin got a piece of it. Williams still banks it home. 1054 00:54:38,024 --> 00:54:39,401 [cheering] 1055 00:54:41,236 --> 00:54:44,114 [commentator] That's 13 now for the Pacers. 1056 00:54:44,614 --> 00:54:46,616 The spin. The pass. 1057 00:54:46,700 --> 00:54:48,410 Williams, open three. 1058 00:54:49,077 --> 00:54:50,620 That one bounces in. 1059 00:54:52,455 --> 00:54:56,668 Our guys fought their asses off, but they just made more plays than we did. 1060 00:54:57,460 --> 00:55:00,422 [commentator] Gilgeous-Alexander. Holmgren with the flush! 1061 00:55:02,465 --> 00:55:06,344 [Miller] I mean, I give the Pacers a valiant effort, but you just knew. 1062 00:55:06,428 --> 00:55:10,223 I mean, OKC's too good, man. Come on, you need everything. 1063 00:55:10,307 --> 00:55:12,475 [commentator] Caruso and SGA play catch. 1064 00:55:13,059 --> 00:55:15,395 Seven out of 24. Three-pointer, SGA. 1065 00:55:15,478 --> 00:55:16,563 Puts it in. 1066 00:55:16,646 --> 00:55:17,605 [cheering] 1067 00:55:17,689 --> 00:55:21,401 [commentator] He's got 25, and the lead has ballooned to 16. 1068 00:55:22,736 --> 00:55:25,613 I don't think I really, like, thought we were really gonna lose 1069 00:55:25,697 --> 00:55:28,950 until, like, the middle of the fourth, like, when it kind of got ugly there. 1070 00:55:29,451 --> 00:55:31,202 [commentator] At Holmgren. Stops. Back up top. 1071 00:55:31,286 --> 00:55:32,704 Nesmith, got blocked! 1072 00:55:32,787 --> 00:55:35,415 Gilgeous-Alexander. Siakam picks it up, his turnaround. 1073 00:55:35,999 --> 00:55:37,792 In and out. Rebound, Holmgren. 1074 00:55:37,876 --> 00:55:39,919 [SGA] Honestly, with the Indiana Pacers, 1075 00:55:40,545 --> 00:55:45,508 it wasn't until I subbed out the game, and we were up 16 with 40 seconds left, 1076 00:55:45,592 --> 00:55:47,344 I was like, "Now they can't come back." 1077 00:55:49,846 --> 00:55:54,517 [commentator 2] You can see the emotion already coming from their bench, 1078 00:55:54,601 --> 00:55:55,935 losing their hero. 1079 00:55:59,147 --> 00:56:01,649 [commentator] And the emotions on the opposite end 1080 00:56:01,733 --> 00:56:03,693 are pouring out of the Thunder. 1081 00:56:04,194 --> 00:56:06,696 So much expected all season long. 1082 00:56:07,947 --> 00:56:10,784 One of the greatest regular seasons in NBA history. 1083 00:56:10,867 --> 00:56:14,412 Sixty-eight wins, and now on the verge 1084 00:56:15,163 --> 00:56:16,706 of an NBA championship. 1085 00:56:26,424 --> 00:56:29,260 [Haliburton] All right, man. Love you. I love you. 1086 00:56:32,806 --> 00:56:35,934 [commentator] The Thunder have taken the NBA by storm. 1087 00:56:36,017 --> 00:56:40,855 For the first time, the NBA champion resides in Oklahoma City. 1088 00:56:40,939 --> 00:56:43,149 The storybook season is complete. 1089 00:56:45,819 --> 00:56:48,488 [SGA] And I was just, like, trying to soak everything up. 1090 00:56:48,571 --> 00:56:52,200 I was trying to just, like, be in the moment and, like, cherish the feeling. 1091 00:56:52,700 --> 00:56:55,036 As I was doing that, it almost felt like a dream, 1092 00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:57,455 and I was, like, asleep, about to wake up. 1093 00:56:57,539 --> 00:56:59,541 [inspirational music playing] 1094 00:57:02,627 --> 00:57:04,254 Whoo-hoo! 1095 00:57:21,020 --> 00:57:23,189 [SGA] Yo, man, hold that. Man, hold that. 1096 00:57:23,273 --> 00:57:24,149 [woman] Wait! 1097 00:57:25,108 --> 00:57:28,278 [pundit] This was the culmination of one of the greatest regular seasons 1098 00:57:28,361 --> 00:57:30,363 we've ever seen in NBA history. 1099 00:57:34,367 --> 00:57:35,285 Tyrese. 1100 00:57:36,995 --> 00:57:38,746 -I'm so sorry. -No, it's all right. 1101 00:57:38,830 --> 00:57:40,665 Congratulations, bro. Yeah, of course. 1102 00:57:40,748 --> 00:57:41,958 [SGA] My heart dropped for him. 1103 00:57:42,041 --> 00:57:45,003 I couldn't imagine playing the biggest game of my life 1104 00:57:45,086 --> 00:57:47,088 and that happening. It's so unfortunate. 1105 00:57:47,172 --> 00:57:49,883 It's not fair. Um, but competition isn't fair sometimes. 1106 00:57:49,966 --> 00:57:53,636 Yeah, I appreciate it, bro. I appreciate it. Congratulations, bro. 1107 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:55,180 -[SGA] It's all love. -Appreciate you. 1108 00:57:55,263 --> 00:57:58,349 [Haliburton] The respect from your peers means… means more than anything. 1109 00:57:58,433 --> 00:58:01,811 As much as we're all competitors and we all wanna one-up each other 1110 00:58:01,895 --> 00:58:06,232 and be the best, this is a brotherhood. That… that love and respect means a lot. 1111 00:58:06,316 --> 00:58:08,526 -Big fella held it down. -Yeah! 1112 00:58:08,610 --> 00:58:09,527 [laughs] 1113 00:58:09,611 --> 00:58:11,988 -[man] Congratulations, brother. -Appreciate it, Rodney. 1114 00:58:12,071 --> 00:58:14,073 -Got her done. -[Rodney] Oh yeah. 1115 00:58:14,157 --> 00:58:16,284 Rodney, don't come to work for the next year. You good! 1116 00:58:16,367 --> 00:58:18,620 -[Rodney] For the next year?! -It's all me, Rodney! 1117 00:58:19,746 --> 00:58:21,247 Yes, sir! 1118 00:58:22,499 --> 00:58:24,000 How you poppin'? 1119 00:58:24,083 --> 00:58:25,835 ♪ You can try every bitch but me ♪ 1120 00:58:25,919 --> 00:58:27,962 ♪ We don't take light shots Get heavy in the spot ♪ 1121 00:58:28,046 --> 00:58:29,756 ♪ Goin' up off a pint of Hennessey ♪ 1122 00:58:29,839 --> 00:58:31,758 ♪ Man, fuck what it is Bitch, fuck what it ain't ♪ 1123 00:58:31,841 --> 00:58:33,676 ♪ Go on ahead, run, get your auntie ♪ 1124 00:58:33,760 --> 00:58:35,678 ♪ You can ask anybody 'Cause I've been body body ♪ 1125 00:58:35,762 --> 00:58:37,680 ♪ Read about it, tweet about it That's tea ♪ 1126 00:58:37,764 --> 00:58:41,768 ♪ Bitch, I mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop it up ♪ 1127 00:58:41,851 --> 00:58:44,729 ♪ Mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop Mop, mop, mop, mop, mop, mop ♪ 1128 00:58:44,812 --> 00:58:47,732 [Smith] Leading scorer in the league, top number one seed, 1129 00:58:47,815 --> 00:58:51,653 top defense, league MVP, 1130 00:58:51,736 --> 00:58:55,281 champion, NBA Finals MVP. 1131 00:58:55,365 --> 00:58:58,826 Yes, that's an all-time great season. 1132 00:58:58,910 --> 00:59:01,955 [pundit] One of the great seasons that we have ever seen. 1133 00:59:02,038 --> 00:59:05,667 [pundit 2] It is the best season by a guard in the NBA start to finish 1134 00:59:05,750 --> 00:59:08,336 since Michael Jordan's prime. That's the kind of company he's in, 1135 00:59:08,419 --> 00:59:11,005 and then you talk about winning the scoring title, 1136 00:59:11,089 --> 00:59:15,969 the MVP, the Finals MVP, you know, leading the Thunder to a championship. 1137 00:59:16,052 --> 00:59:18,304 Shai is one of the all-time greats, 1138 00:59:18,388 --> 00:59:24,018 and he deserves every speck of praise that he gets. 1139 00:59:25,728 --> 00:59:26,854 [man] Congrats. Congrats. 1140 00:59:27,855 --> 00:59:29,190 -You got one. -You did it! 1141 00:59:29,274 --> 00:59:31,359 Yo, are you going to Oak Room with the guys? 1142 00:59:31,442 --> 00:59:32,944 -Not right now. -Huh? 1143 00:59:33,027 --> 00:59:35,530 -Not right now. I'm lit. -You're lit right now?! 1144 00:59:36,030 --> 00:59:37,782 Congrats! 1145 00:59:37,865 --> 00:59:39,325 ♪ Yeah… ♪ 1146 00:59:39,951 --> 00:59:41,953 Champs. Champs. 1147 00:59:42,453 --> 00:59:43,955 Ah, my tummy! 1148 00:59:44,455 --> 00:59:47,250 Hey, Netflix, I can't lie, I've never drank alcohol before, 1149 00:59:47,333 --> 00:59:49,210 and I am four tequila shots deep. 1150 00:59:49,294 --> 00:59:52,714 -How many shots you in? -She was a fairy. [laughing] 1151 00:59:52,797 --> 00:59:54,716 ♪ They had the rhythm And I had the rhyme ♪ 1152 00:59:54,799 --> 00:59:56,384 ♪ So then a hit of that one more time ♪ 1153 00:59:56,467 --> 00:59:57,677 ♪ It feels good… ♪ 1154 00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,722 [crowd chanting] MVP! MVP! 1155 01:00:00,805 --> 01:00:02,181 ♪ It feels good… ♪ 1156 01:00:03,182 --> 01:00:07,145 Ooh, shit. See? I might be the best thing in the world. 1157 01:00:07,228 --> 01:00:10,231 -You might be, bro. -Yo! This might be my world. 1158 01:00:10,315 --> 01:00:11,608 You might be, bro. 1159 01:00:11,691 --> 01:00:12,817 Guess what, guys? 1160 01:00:12,900 --> 01:00:15,737 Oklahoma City Thunder is the best team in the basketball world. 1161 01:00:16,404 --> 01:00:19,657 I hope y'all understand that. I hope y'all know that. Um… 1162 01:00:19,741 --> 01:00:21,993 And we're not going nowhere. So good luck. 1163 01:00:22,076 --> 01:00:23,911 Stop by… [laughs] 1164 01:00:27,415 --> 01:00:30,251 [reporter] They've estimated there are going to be 600,000 people 1165 01:00:30,335 --> 01:00:31,461 down here for the parade 1166 01:00:31,544 --> 01:00:34,631 and the celebrations afterward. Packed in. Nobody's working today. 1167 01:00:34,714 --> 01:00:38,468 I'm telling you, if you are at work, you are watching this coverage for sure. 1168 01:00:39,177 --> 01:00:42,180 [SGA] We're celebrating history, you know. First championship for the city. 1169 01:00:43,264 --> 01:00:44,932 First championship for your boy. 1170 01:00:45,558 --> 01:00:49,562 Yes, sir! 1171 01:00:51,022 --> 01:00:52,649 ♪ So when I leave ♪ 1172 01:00:52,732 --> 01:00:54,984 ♪ You'll be dancin' on my grave ♪ 1173 01:00:56,235 --> 01:00:59,906 ♪ I wanna be king until I am ♪ 1174 01:01:01,574 --> 01:01:04,827 ♪ A man is just a man, I understand ♪ 1175 01:01:05,953 --> 01:01:07,664 ♪ In my view ♪ 1176 01:01:07,747 --> 01:01:10,083 ♪ Nothing's ever given away ♪ 1177 01:01:10,792 --> 01:01:12,085 ♪ I believe ♪ 1178 01:01:12,168 --> 01:01:14,462 ♪ To advance, then you must pay ♪ 1179 01:01:15,546 --> 01:01:17,090 ♪ I believe… ♪ 1180 01:01:18,675 --> 01:01:21,552 Yo, I haven't run that hard all year, buddy! [laughs] 1181 01:01:21,636 --> 01:01:23,596 Let's just walk. Let's just walk. Yeah. 1182 01:01:24,263 --> 01:01:26,974 I'm about to put my feet up, so I might as well walk now. 1183 01:01:27,725 --> 01:01:30,812 The best fans in the world showed out once again. 1184 01:01:30,895 --> 01:01:33,189 -Ooh, shit. -Damn, baby! 1185 01:01:33,272 --> 01:01:34,315 Whoo! 1186 01:01:45,743 --> 01:01:48,788 This is it. This is the pad for the last three days. 1187 01:01:48,871 --> 01:01:51,249 [Haliburton sighs] I cannot wait to go home. 1188 01:01:51,332 --> 01:01:53,209 Bros, I haven't moved. [chuckles] 1189 01:01:53,292 --> 01:01:56,587 When I leave, I move. When I get up to go pee, Jade helps me up. 1190 01:01:56,671 --> 01:01:58,256 I get my crutches and go to the bathroom. 1191 01:01:58,339 --> 01:02:01,384 Otherwise, right here, this is where I spend my day. 1192 01:02:01,926 --> 01:02:05,680 [Haliburton] Now that, you know, I've had to accept that this happened to me, 1193 01:02:05,763 --> 01:02:08,975 the most difficult thing has been, like, alone time. 1194 01:02:09,058 --> 01:02:12,937 Like, uh, you know, having to sit there and, like, sit in my own thoughts. 1195 01:02:13,020 --> 01:02:16,149 It feels like it was all right there. You know, like, it was, like, 1196 01:02:16,733 --> 01:02:19,152 a arm's distance away. Like, I was, like… 1197 01:02:20,445 --> 01:02:22,405 I was in the middle of grabbing it, you know, 1198 01:02:22,488 --> 01:02:26,868 and it just felt like it was all, like, ripped away, like, in an instant. 1199 01:02:26,951 --> 01:02:28,494 Like, one possession. 1200 01:02:29,996 --> 01:02:32,874 For the most part, the… the ugly crying is gone. 1201 01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:35,460 I'll be able to chalk this up 1202 01:02:35,543 --> 01:02:39,213 as, like, one of the biggest heartbreaks of my life, 1203 01:02:39,297 --> 01:02:42,467 and I think it's gonna always be that way, you know. 1204 01:02:42,550 --> 01:02:44,343 -Do you have that pain med? -[Jade] Mm-hmm. 1205 01:02:44,886 --> 01:02:46,554 Where's your water bottle at? 1206 01:02:47,388 --> 01:02:50,057 [Haliburton] Jade is obviously having to take care of me through this, 1207 01:02:50,141 --> 01:02:54,896 so her wife duties are going up even more without… without a ring yet. 1208 01:02:54,979 --> 01:02:56,564 Do you wanna watch Love Island? 1209 01:02:57,982 --> 01:02:58,983 Sure. 1210 01:02:59,567 --> 01:03:02,653 [Haliburton] As time goes on, it'll give me more time to reflect on the year. 1211 01:03:03,863 --> 01:03:05,448 The time's just not now. 1212 01:03:06,199 --> 01:03:08,159 [woman on TV] And, like, they're the blueprint. 1213 01:03:08,242 --> 01:03:10,036 Like, they love each other. 1214 01:03:10,119 --> 01:03:13,039 -[man]I love that. -[woman] Honeymoon phase for 20 years. 1215 01:03:13,122 --> 01:03:15,958 [Miller] I don't think we'll ever see another playoff run like this. 1216 01:03:16,042 --> 01:03:19,337 He's only 25, so there's a lot more chapters to be written, 1217 01:03:19,420 --> 01:03:24,926 but, man, this was a huge chapter in his book. 1218 01:03:25,009 --> 01:03:27,011 [sentimental music playing] 1219 01:03:33,684 --> 01:03:36,771 We got a long summer. It's the longest summer I've… 1220 01:03:36,854 --> 01:03:38,064 I've had in years. 1221 01:03:38,689 --> 01:03:43,236 Oh, you got enough people in here. I'm gonna finish it up for you, all right? 1222 01:03:43,736 --> 01:03:45,446 Which leg you want me to cut off? 1223 01:03:46,155 --> 01:03:47,573 [Willie chuckles] 1224 01:03:48,533 --> 01:03:50,576 -You'll be all right. -I'm gonna be all right. 1225 01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:55,039 I wish I could take your place, but the fact that I need both my legs. 1226 01:03:55,623 --> 01:03:57,708 Get out of here, man. Get out of here. 1227 01:03:59,877 --> 01:04:03,506 [Brown] Mileage is real. Wear and tear is real. Fatigue is real. 1228 01:04:03,589 --> 01:04:05,800 You know, torn meniscus. 1229 01:04:05,883 --> 01:04:08,761 I also developed some cysts in my knee 1230 01:04:08,845 --> 01:04:11,681 that I had to get a bunch of pain injections for. 1231 01:04:11,764 --> 01:04:12,807 -Marker. -Yeah. 1232 01:04:12,890 --> 01:04:13,724 Right here. 1233 01:04:15,309 --> 01:04:17,812 I'm looking forward to next season. It's a lot of motivation 1234 01:04:17,895 --> 01:04:21,357 that has been sparked inside of me even more from losing, 1235 01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:25,152 you know, in a way that winning and being at the mountaintop can't. 1236 01:04:25,653 --> 01:04:28,364 It's back to manifesting the ultimate goal, 1237 01:04:28,865 --> 01:04:30,575 and that's getting back on top. 1238 01:04:31,325 --> 01:04:32,702 And I won't stop 1239 01:04:33,870 --> 01:04:34,954 until I get there. 1240 01:04:35,037 --> 01:04:38,040 [nurse] How do you feel standing? Are you lightheaded, dizzy, nauseous? 1241 01:04:38,124 --> 01:04:39,000 No. 1242 01:04:44,046 --> 01:04:45,006 ♪ Guys… ♪ 1243 01:04:45,590 --> 01:04:46,924 [man] Welcome to Allens Boots. 1244 01:04:47,008 --> 01:04:49,176 [Durant] What's the vibe? What's the go-to? 1245 01:04:49,260 --> 01:04:52,305 Somebody like me, my first pair of these mothers, what should I get? 1246 01:04:52,388 --> 01:04:55,182 -[man] You said you're a 17, or…? -[Durant] Yeah, 17. 1247 01:04:55,266 --> 01:04:57,059 [pundit] How about an NBA blockbuster? 1248 01:04:57,143 --> 01:04:59,812 The Suns are trading Kevin Durant to the Rockets. 1249 01:05:00,646 --> 01:05:03,816 [man] Breaking news! You got traded! 1250 01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:07,820 All right, everyone, quiet down. Seems like there is a news report. 1251 01:05:07,904 --> 01:05:10,656 KD has been traded to the Houston Rockets! 1252 01:05:10,740 --> 01:05:12,366 [cheering] 1253 01:05:14,327 --> 01:05:17,246 [Durant] Once the Suns decided they wanted to trade me, 1254 01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,624 they asked me what teams I'd be willing to go to, 1255 01:05:19,707 --> 01:05:20,917 and I gave them a few. 1256 01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:24,003 That was an expiring contract that I had more leverage in. 1257 01:05:24,086 --> 01:05:26,881 I was able to use it and get to Houston. 1258 01:05:26,964 --> 01:05:30,217 The perfect world, we win a couple championships, 1259 01:05:30,301 --> 01:05:32,511 I get my jersey retired here. 1260 01:05:32,595 --> 01:05:35,681 Just live and be a part of the community there 1261 01:05:35,765 --> 01:05:37,183 and a part of the organization. 1262 01:05:37,266 --> 01:05:38,184 Thank you so much. 1263 01:05:38,684 --> 01:05:39,894 ♪ Calm down ♪ 1264 01:05:39,977 --> 01:05:41,103 ♪ Girl, this your body ♪ 1265 01:05:41,187 --> 01:05:43,606 ♪ Put my heart for lockdown For lockdown… ♪ 1266 01:05:43,689 --> 01:05:46,025 [Harden] The plan is to, you know, try to win a championship. 1267 01:05:47,526 --> 01:05:52,782 James Harden, he's agreed to a two-year, $81.5 million contract 1268 01:05:52,865 --> 01:05:54,283 to return to the Clippers. 1269 01:05:54,367 --> 01:05:58,537 So James Harden, Kawhi Leonard locked in again for next season. 1270 01:05:58,621 --> 01:06:01,207 The Clippers have an eye on contending now and in the future. 1271 01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:06,671 This is so cute. 1272 01:06:07,171 --> 01:06:08,255 Damn nice. 1273 01:06:09,090 --> 01:06:10,967 We'll be having a boy. 1274 01:06:12,051 --> 01:06:13,010 [cries] 1275 01:06:13,094 --> 01:06:14,345 [laughs] 1276 01:06:15,429 --> 01:06:19,058 She's excited, so I'm excited. Everything is going well. 1277 01:06:20,434 --> 01:06:23,145 ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ 1278 01:06:23,229 --> 01:06:25,314 ♪ I see this fine girl for my party ♪ 1279 01:06:25,398 --> 01:06:26,983 ♪ She wear yellow… ♪ 1280 01:06:27,066 --> 01:06:28,859 [Jade] Oh my God. 1281 01:06:29,443 --> 01:06:31,112 Oh my God! 1282 01:06:31,946 --> 01:06:34,073 Stop! I know! 1283 01:06:34,156 --> 01:06:36,492 [Haliburton] The engagement is still happening. I… 1284 01:06:36,993 --> 01:06:40,538 I'm gonna have to figure out the correct way to maneuver my leg 1285 01:06:40,621 --> 01:06:42,164 and get on a knee and… 1286 01:06:42,248 --> 01:06:44,000 -[Jade] Do you need help? -[Haliburton] No. 1287 01:06:44,083 --> 01:06:45,751 I've been practicing for this. 1288 01:06:46,877 --> 01:06:47,962 Oh. 1289 01:06:48,546 --> 01:06:52,341 Jade Jones, I've, uh, been waiting for this moment for a long time, 1290 01:06:52,425 --> 01:06:54,176 been planning this for a long time. 1291 01:06:54,260 --> 01:06:56,470 I love you more than anything in this world. 1292 01:06:56,554 --> 01:06:57,471 Uh… 1293 01:06:57,555 --> 01:07:00,391 Would you do me the honor of marrying me? 1294 01:07:00,474 --> 01:07:02,435 [Jade] Yes! Of course. 1295 01:07:02,518 --> 01:07:03,769 [Haliburton chuckles] 1296 01:07:04,270 --> 01:07:05,271 [Jade squeals] 1297 01:07:06,105 --> 01:07:08,107 It fits perfect! 1298 01:07:08,190 --> 01:07:09,567 [Haliburton chuckles] 1299 01:07:09,650 --> 01:07:11,944 [Haliburton] I think the… I guess the positive behind this 1300 01:07:12,028 --> 01:07:15,072 is that by the time that I plan the wedding and everything, 1301 01:07:15,156 --> 01:07:17,700 I'll be able to dance at the wedding. 1302 01:07:17,783 --> 01:07:19,076 [Jade] Am I getting married?! 1303 01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:21,328 -[Haliburton] You're getting married. -[Jade] What?! 1304 01:07:21,412 --> 01:07:23,581 ♪ As I reach my house I say make I rest small ♪ 1305 01:07:23,664 --> 01:07:25,416 ♪ Make I rest small ♪ 1306 01:07:25,499 --> 01:07:27,501 ♪ As me I wake up, na she dey my mind ♪ 1307 01:07:27,585 --> 01:07:28,878 ♪ Na she dey my mind… ♪ 1308 01:07:28,961 --> 01:07:30,087 [Hailey] Thank you so much. 1309 01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:32,715 ♪ Day one, day two, I no fit focus… ♪ 1310 01:07:32,798 --> 01:07:35,676 [SGA] Oh yes, home at last. Home at last. 1311 01:07:36,719 --> 01:07:38,345 I can't wait to not move. 1312 01:07:38,971 --> 01:07:42,141 [SGA] This year, I've had so much fun with the people that I love the most, 1313 01:07:42,224 --> 01:07:46,437 and that has been the thing I've been most excited and happy about. 1314 01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:48,606 OKC! OKC! 1315 01:07:48,689 --> 01:07:52,943 Getting it done, achieving my goals that, like, seemed so out of reach. 1316 01:07:53,027 --> 01:07:54,945 Why not do it over and over again? 1317 01:07:55,029 --> 01:08:00,201 -OKC! -OKC! OKC! 1318 01:08:00,284 --> 01:08:02,203 -[Ares] Yeah! -[SGA chuckles] 1319 01:08:02,286 --> 01:08:04,371 ♪ Calm down, calm down ♪ 1320 01:08:04,455 --> 01:08:07,458 ♪ Girl, this your body Put my heart for lockdown ♪ 1321 01:08:07,541 --> 01:08:08,626 ♪ For lockdown ♪ 1322 01:08:08,709 --> 01:08:10,086 ♪ For lockdown ♪ 1323 01:08:10,169 --> 01:08:13,172 ♪ Girl, you sweet like Fanta, Fanta ♪ 1324 01:08:13,255 --> 01:08:16,467 ♪ If I tell you say I love you No dey form yanga ♪ 1325 01:08:16,550 --> 01:08:17,384 ♪ Oh yango ♪ 1326 01:08:17,468 --> 01:08:20,221 ♪ No tell me no, no, no, no Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ 1327 01:08:20,304 --> 01:08:23,516 ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ 1328 01:08:23,599 --> 01:08:26,936 ♪Baby, come give me Your lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, love ♪ 1329 01:08:27,019 --> 01:08:28,521 ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ 1330 01:08:28,604 --> 01:08:32,274 ♪ You got me like whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ 1331 01:08:32,358 --> 01:08:35,820 ♪ Shawty, come gimme me Your lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, lo, love ♪ 1332 01:08:35,903 --> 01:08:37,822 ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ 1333 01:08:57,842 --> 01:08:59,844 [mysterious music playing] 1334 01:10:13,500 --> 01:10:15,502 [upbeat music playing]