“We dominated the game most of the time, but NBA basketball play 48 minutes,” Shay Gilgs Alexander reminded himself shortly after the dramatic loss, 111: 110 to Indiana at the opening of the NBA Finals series. Oklahoma City actually led throughout the game – except 0.3 seconds after Tyris Haliburton’s big victory. She, too, like all Indiana’s previous rivalry, learned how stubborn it is, and how much she is a winner. “They (the Pacers) give you a lesson than any other team in the league. Also the Hathander Mark coachDigenol gives the full credit to Indiana, saying that “they are a really good team, and they deserve a lot of respect not only for the game tonight, but about their entire journey. They had so many such games along the way, that today’s script looks almost inevitable. They have a fighting spirit, and they don’t stop for a moment, just continue to play.” True, this is the youngest team that has reached the NBA final from the beginning of the millennium, and as such it suffers from inexperience that may hurt it in such stands-but the series is still long, and commentators are still convinced that OKC is a clear favorite. In the locker room, the Thunder talked about the imagination between the game tonightGame 1 of the Western semi -final against Denver. Even then Oklahoma City lost a double -digit advantage in the last quarter and lost from Aron Gordon’s victory in the number 1 game. At the time, it ended in OKC’s victory in the series after seven games. “We were already in this movie,” says Jaylan Williams. “This is the first game of four at least. I’m sure we’ll get up to Game 2.” Shahai Gilgs Alexander is also not pressed, saying that “we just have to concentrate on the next game. It’s just game 1, and don’t have to be a missile scientist to understand it. We lost in game 1, we have the opportunity to get better in the following games.”
