Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals lived up to the hype. The Indiana Pacers used a 12-2 run over the final 2:38 to pull off a stunning 111-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, capped off by a clutch go-ahead jumper from Tyrese Haliburton with 0.3 second remaining.
Haliburton finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in his finals debut. And his last-second shot gave the Pacers their first lead of the game.
The Pacers trailed by as many as 15 points in the fourth quarter. The comeback win marked the fifth time during this year's playoffs that the Pacers overcame a deficit of at least 15 points to win -- the most in the play-by-play era. The Pacers also made history as the first team since the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 to win an NBA Finals game despite c