{"id":9351,"date":"2025-06-06T00:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T04:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pacers-comeback-against-thunder-haliburton-secures-victory-in-the-final-second\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T04:24:08","slug":"pacers-comeback-against-thunder-haliburton-secures-victory-in-the-final-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/pacers-comeback-against-thunder-haliburton-secures-victory-in-the-final-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Comeback Against Thunder: Haliburton Secures Victory in the Final Second"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Haliburton Gives Pacers Victory with Dramatic Finish in NBA Finals<\/h2>\n\nIn a thrilling encounter filled with unexpected twists, Tyrese Haliburton scored with only 0.3 seconds remaining on the clock, giving the Indiana Pacers their first and only lead of the game, securing an epic victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first game of the NBA Finals, with a final score of 111-110.\n\n\n<p>This triumph, marked by the Pacers&#8217; ability to come back in the last minute, adds to a series of dramatic victories that have defined their path in these playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are a resilient group. We don&#8217;t give up until the clock hits zero. We do a great job of staying in the moment.<\/p><cite>Tyrese Haliburton<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nHaliburton&#8217;s basket becomes the latest game-winning shot in an NBA Finals game since Michael Jordan achieved it in 1997.\n\nThe Pacers&#8217; comeback, who started the game as 10-point underdogs, represents the second-biggest upset in the Finals in the last three and a half decades.\n\n\n<p>The Pacers achieved a 15-point comeback in the final quarter, tying the biggest comeback in a Finals game in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Pacers&#8217; coach, Rick Carlisle, has been key in the Pacers&#8217; strategy, demonstrating once again his ability to guide the team to victory in critical moments.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On April 29, the Pacers overcame a 118-111 deficit in overtime against Milwaukee, winning 119-118.<\/li>\n\n<li>On May 6, they overcame a 119-112 deficit against Cleveland with 48 seconds remaining, finishing with a 120-119 victory.<\/li>\n\n<li>On May 21, they overcame a 121-112 deficit against New York in the final 51.1 seconds, winning 138-135 in overtime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nPascal Siakam led the Pacers with 19 points. Obi Toppin scored 17, Myles Turner contributed 15, and Haliburton and Andrew Nembhard each added 14 points.\n\nShai Gilgeous-Alexander stood out for Oklahoma City with 38 points.\n\n\n<p>The second game of the series will be played in Oklahoma City on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thunder led by 15 points at the start of the final quarter, but the Pacers managed to close the gap, demonstrating their fighting spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>They keep coming. They keep playing. They made plays. They made shots. They deserve to win by one point.<\/p><cite>Mark Daigneault, Thunder coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haliburton Gives Pacers Victory with Dramatic Finish in NBA Finals In a thrilling encounter filled with unexpected twists, Tyrese Haliburton scored with only 0.3 seconds remaining on the clock, giving the Indiana Pacers their first and only lead of the game, securing an epic victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first game of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1046,2907,365,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-9351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-haliburton","9":"tag-nba-finals","10":"tag-pacers","11":"tag-thunder"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}