OKC Poised to Clinch Title Against Indiana? Key Factors

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00:00Do you think they're going to finish them off tomorrow night in Indianapolis?

00:05You do?

00:05I do.

00:06I do.

00:06And here's the reason why.

00:08I think SGA, the combination of SGA and now Jalen Williams has been unleashed.

00:13I think Indiana's going to have problems stopping them.

00:16And I think that the Halliburton injury, they have nobody.

00:20Now McConnell in spots can do a great job.

00:24But if you're talking about your season's on the line and this is it for you,

00:28you lose and you're done and the other team wins the finals.

00:31If Halliburton's not close to 100%, I don't see how they're going to win the game.

00:35Because then who are you talking about to make a late-game shot?

00:38If you're that close to begin with.

00:40That's the problem there.

00:41You're going to turn to Siakam.

00:42You're going to turn to Nebhard.

00:43You're going to turn to Nace.

00:44No, you've got to have Halliburton.

00:46He's got to be your guy.

00:47He's got to come with a big effort.

00:49I don't see how a team without its best player playing the top ball

00:52can beat an Oklahoma City team now that's rolling.

00:55So when you saw – because Nebhard, everyone talks about his physical D,

01:00and I won't deny it, and he and Naismith can D up.

01:03But I've never seen three worse turnovers in my life late in a game,

01:06in a finals than that kid had the other night.

01:11Those three turnovers were literally – I thought I was watching like a fixed game.

01:15I'm like, this guy's throwing the ball to the other team.

01:18Like the guy was five feet away from him.

01:20He's like, here, you take it.

01:22And then Halliburton's was just as bad.

01:25And I've got to tell you, I think Nebhard's turnovers

01:27and his lack of productivity – he had seven points.

01:31He's been terrible.

01:32I'm sorry.

01:33I don't care what anybody says.

01:35Yeah, yeah.

01:36I mean, a lot of this stuff has been unforced.

01:38It's just like these mistakes Indiana's making.

01:40You can't figure it out.

01:42Other problems have been obviously Oklahoma City's defense.

01:45Their hands, the way they play passing lanes has been tremendous.

01:48But the way that the last two games have gone and the way that the Indiana players

01:53have just turned the ball over time and time again,

01:56I just don't know if they can turn it around.

01:58I think right now we're seeing the end of the series.

02:01I'll be surprised if there's a game seven.

02:02I really am.

02:03You know, Caruso's been unbelievable on both ends of the floor,

02:08scoring way more than he normally does.

02:10Wallace, Wiggins.

02:12But I got to tell you, you mentioned him, J-Dub.

02:16I mean, three straight games over 27.

02:18He had a 40-burger the other night.

02:20He had the face, too.

02:21He was like, whoo, like I am so hot I'm not missing any shots tonight.

02:26He had the soft kiss off the high glass.

02:28He had the step back at the elbow going.

02:31He was getting to the 10.

02:32He's got arms down to his ankles.

02:34He is becoming a star.

02:37He's not a superstar yet, but he's definitely becoming a star player.

02:40And I actually think in the last three games he's been better than Shea.

02:44Well, that last game, he was – how about the plays where he's scoring,

02:49taking contact, getting bounced around, and still making the shots?

02:53It's like nothing affects him physically because he's a bull out there.

02:57And right now they've got the best one-two scoring punch in this series.

03:02It could be him, then SGA, or it could be SGA and then him.

03:05That's another reason I really like their chances to close the series out.

03:08I think Indiana is going to be hard-pressed to match those scorers right there

03:12for Oklahoma City and throwing, you know, the contributions from the other guys,

03:15Big Chet, Caruso, the other players, Wallace.

03:18I think this lines up really well for Oklahoma City to win its first title

03:22as the Thunder.

03:24Obviously, they won it in the past as the Supersonics.

03:26They won it in the past as the switching of Elijah Paul precondi than the State Indians.

03:29And I think this will be very close.

03:32I think it's gorgeous.

03:32Might be new to prove USC.

03:34They won it.

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03:40but it's an absolute toss.

03:41You know.

03:43Yeah, you know.

03:44Just like, what the thing is happening in the past,

03:47all the way they are interesting tovar.

03:49You know what I'm told of today,

03:49whatever is happening in the past,

03:51there might be something in the past.

03:52I think that there might be something that many people

03:54haven't been who is going on.

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