Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers have flipped the script. After being thoroughly outplayed in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Pacers took it to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 on Wednesday.

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Think of the Chicago Bulls, who feature Nikola Vučević. He can shoot but cannot defend the rim. Think of the Atlanta Hawks, whose bigs can defend the rim but cannot shoot. You can get paid handsomely to do one or the other, but can you win on the highest level? Not if the most recent champions are indicators.

Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander passes a Philadelphia 76ers legend in his NBA Finals debut.

Game 1 of the NBA Finals saw an epic fourth-quarter comeback followed by a Tyrese Haliburton game-winning shot that will live forever in Indiana Pacers lore. However, as many Pacers comebacks as we have seen this season,