For the first time in almost 15 months, the Thunder lost at home to an Eastern Conference team. Their opponent that night? The Pacers.

The Pacers came back from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, with Tyrese Haliburton hitting the game-winning shot and the team improving to 8-1 in clutch games in the 2025 postseason.

in a stunning comeback capped off by a last-second shot by Tyrese Haliburton. The Pacers won 111-110 to open the Finals up 1-0. Whew. Here's the box score from Thursday's Game 1: Get IndyStar's ...

The game plan was the obvious one. Just chip away, the Indiana Pacers said, because there was no other option that would have made any sense at that point.

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton drilled a game-winning jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. It put the finishing touches on a shocking comeback against the Oklahoma City Thunder and handed the Pacers an early lead in their first championship series in a quarter of a century.

The Pacers trailed by 15 points in the fourth quarter ... to go to claim a 111-110 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The other comebacks the Pacers pulled off in ...