Last-second winner puts Pacers ahead in NBA Finals

Tyrese Haliburton scored successful nan last 2nd arsenic nan Indiana Pacers snatched triumph complete nan Oklahoma City Thunder successful crippled 1 of nan NBA Finals.

His 21-foot changeable put nan Pacers successful beforehand for nan first clip successful nan match, pinch 0.3 seconds remaining arsenic they secured a 111-110 win.

The Thunder, pinch location tribunal advantage for nan first 2 games, had led by 15 points during nan 4th quarter, and successful nan closing seconds nan shot was successful nan hands of NBA astir valuable subordinate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

However, he missed a two-point effort pinch 12 seconds remaining and nan Pacers grabbed nan rebound, passed nan shot to Haliburton and he drove down nan tribunal earlier hitting nan winning points.

It's nan 4th clip successful nan 2025 play-offs that nan 25-year-old has recorded a big-time people - 3 times to triumph a lucifer and erstwhile to unit overtime.

Indiana won contempt turning nan shot complete 25 times, pinch 20 of those coming successful nan first half.

"It's not nan look to win," Haliburton said.

"We can't move nan shot complete that much. (But) travel May and June, it doesn't matter really you get them, conscionable get them."

Team-mate Myles Turner said of Haliburton: "Some players will opportunity they person it, but location are different players that show it. He wants to beryllium nan 1 to deed that shot. He doesn't awkward distant from that moment."

Gilgeous-Alexander was nan game's starring scorer pinch 38 points, while Pascal Siakam apical scored for nan Pacers pinch 19 points, followed by Obi Toppin pinch 17.

"We played for illustration we were trying to support nan lead alternatively of trying to widen it aliases beryllium aggressive," said nan Thunder's Jalen Williams.

Game 2 of nan best-of-seven bid is besides successful Oklahoma and will commencement astatine 19:00 section clip connected Sunday, 8 June (01:00 BST connected Monday).