Pascal Siakam Shines as Pacers'Force a Game Seven in OKC

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00:00I think Siakam and T.J. McConnell have been the two best players for the Pacers in the whole series.

00:05If the Pacers win, and that's a big if, but if they do, Pascal Siakam's going to be the MVP,

00:12which I think a lot of people would have thought was crazy.

00:14I mean, he won the MVP in the Eastern Conference Finals, and that was more debatable,

00:18but he's been the most consistent player.

00:21He's got a nice streak going right now, Scott, too.

00:23I think he's up to like 17 playoff games in a row with 15 or more points.

00:28You know what I mean?

00:29Like, he just sort of chips away, chips away this guy.

00:33I've always said that Siakam's not a superstar.

00:35I know everybody, people talking about, oh, is Halliburton a superstar?

00:38Halliburton's not even the best player on the Pacers.

00:41So don't talk to me about like being a superstar.

00:43You know, Halliburton's an up-and-coming star player.

00:47Siakam's a star.

00:48He's not a superstar.

00:48He's not the guy, oh, get the ball of Siakam, man, with 20 seconds left.

00:52He's not that guy.

00:54What he is is he's going to show up every damn night, Scott, and I swear,

00:57I know this guy inside out.

00:59I'm a big fan of his.

01:00I mean, this guy eats 23, 8, and 5 for breakfast, Scott.

01:04That's his thing.

01:04You know what I mean?

01:05I know.

01:05Listen, I'll give you 23 points.

01:07I'll give you like eight rebounds, and I'll give you like five assists,

01:10and people won't talk about it because I'm from Cameroon,

01:13and I don't talk to him.

01:15You know, I'm not a flashy dude.

01:17He's never gotten the credit.

01:18He's been picked on a lot, actually.

01:20There's like an element of racism in the NBA, guys,

01:24of like American brothers versus like the African dudes,

01:28and there's all kinds of different layers of this stuff,

01:31and he's never played any of these games, you know?

01:34So he's a different type of dude, like doesn't have a ton of buddies in the NBA.

01:38You know what I'm saying?

01:39We'll put it that way.

01:40He's got rings.

01:41I think I might get another one, and, you know, I got to ask you,

01:45do you think that Turner is losing money because he's a free agent, I believe,

01:51and I think he's played terribly?

01:54Turner is interesting, Scott.

01:56Listen, I think Turner, one of the modern kind of NBA guys that lives outside too much

02:01despite his size, right?

02:03Hits threes.

02:04He should be in the paint more.

02:05You can tell with Turner early in the game, Scott,

02:08when he does his little turnaround move in the paint,

02:10and you can tell right away it's either a brick or if it goes in,

02:14he starts to roll.

02:15Like Turner, if he doesn't hit early shots,

02:17he's not one of these guys that are going to start coming.

02:20He just won't play well after.

02:22If he plays well early.

02:23Like last night.

02:25Yeah, the Pacers as a whole are a lot like that.

02:29Halliburton, like if Halliburton doesn't attack early in games,

02:32he disappears.

02:34Like he doesn't, right?

02:36Like he has a hard time, you know, integrating himself into the game,

02:39it seems Halliburton at times.

02:42Last night he was super aggressive.

02:43Every time Halliburton and Siakam are aggressive,

02:46and I saw Siakam talking about this guy, saying that, you know,

02:49we need to be aggressive in the first minutes of the game,

02:51and I tell the guys this, and you know it.

02:54You see this.

02:55I remember when the Raptors won with Siakam,

02:58it was game six against the Warriors.

03:01Scott, the Raptors were up like 23-6, bro, and it mattered.

03:05You know what I mean?

03:05It was like, we're not losing this game.

03:07We're winning tonight, and we're going to be up 30-10 after the first quarter,

03:11and we're going to make them play from behind all night, and they did.

03:14Teams have a hard time getting that killer instinct.

03:17You and I talked about it.

03:19You like the Pacers.

03:19I like the Pacers last night.

03:21I thought the Oklahoma – I don't think the Oklahoma City Thunder

03:23are the type of team that, like, had that killer instinct to go on the road

03:27with the trophy in the building.

03:29Hell, we saw the Florida Panthers that took them four cracks last year, okay?

03:32Like, it's not easy, like, when you get into the – oh, the trophy's in the

03:37building, and my girlfriend's here, and my family's here,

03:39and my high school coach is here, and what hotel are we going to

03:43for the party after, and I got to tell my wife.

03:45All that stuff becomes, like, a distraction for teams.

03:48I think going back home, and I was on the Pacers last night, Scott,

03:51but I like seeing this point spread drop right now for game seven.

03:54So this is the 20th game seven, which is pretty cool,

03:57a little bit of history here.

03:5820th game seven in the NBA Finals history.

04:01The home team is 14-5, right?

04:05You know, history says the home team is going to win.

04:08And we see, Scott, the Thunder are completely different teams,

04:11like, on the road when they are at home, right?

04:13They're literally 5-5 on-the-road guys in the playoffs.

04:16So they split their road games, and what are they, 11-2 now?

04:21So they're gunning for their one more.

04:23Go 12-2 and wrap this up.

04:25Is it still at 8-1⁄2?

04:27Down to 7-1⁄2 now.

04:29That's all I was going to say, coming down.

04:30That's all I was going to say, coming down.

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