Thunder v Pacers - A Tale of Two Underdogs - video Dailymotion

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers meet in one of the most unexpected NBA Finals of all time

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00:00The finals is a very special thing.

00:02Staying true to who we are is the reason why we're here.

00:05For the most part, most of us are anxious, ready to get out there.

00:09Very happy moment for me, but it's a very happy moment for everybody else.

00:20We'd be doing ourselves a disservice if we change or try to be something we're not.

00:25Once we got here, we've had success doing so.

00:28If we want to keep having success, we have to be who we are.

00:31I'm excited to be here.

00:32Obviously, the finals is a very special thing and something I've wanted to be a part of my whole life.

00:39To be here means the world, and I'm just taking it all in, soaking it all in, and really excited for this moment.

00:45With Shane and the MVP, it shows that the work that he put in is paying off.

00:59And not only just to get the MVP, but to help us get to this position in our journey.

01:05And so we're going into this finals, you know, continuing to play for one another.

01:10You have to watch him and understand you're in the same league.

01:13So, of course, you're going to have to compete against him at some point.

01:16You know, what he's been able to do this year has been amazing.

01:19He's an amazing player, the MVP of our league, rightfully so, for a reason.

01:22I feel like that's been the norm for us throughout the playoffs, and that's okay.

01:35We're not really worried about the external noise.

01:38We know what we have to do to win, and we have to do it together.

01:42I think everybody in our locker room or our staff, we enjoy being the underdogs.

01:46I mean, we've been the underdogs since I've gotten here for the last three years.

01:50Every game in the playoffs, we feel like nobody wanted us to win.

01:53We're here, and nothing's new, and we're going to attack it with the same mindset.

01:57If we were to win a championship, I don't want to win any other way.

01:59I don't want to go around or go over.

02:02I want to go through.

02:03You want to go through the best team.

02:04You want to go through the best challenge.

02:05So this is the best challenge, and this is the best team in the NBA.

02:08It's been the best team in the NBA all year.