Will the Pacers do the impossible and get it all, or will Thunder properly turn the ship right?
game. Seven. The Indiana Pacers have driven Oklahoma City to Game 7 from home. Who do you think will be on top? Hoop crews are selected here.
The only thing that is at stake is heritage.
The winner of the NBA Finals Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers shapes the narrative, the frame in which the winning team is remembered.
If that’s lightning…
Shy Gilgaus Alexander is off for a great season of all time. He won the most valuable player of the regular season – and a possible final MVP, leading Oklahoma City, who won the fifth-winning regular season (68), tied to the franchise’s first NBA championship since 1979, when it was Seattle’s martial arts.
Jalen Williams appears as the legitimate star in the 40-point masterpiece, Game 5 Heroic lifts lightning.
And 40-year-old Mark Deanne strengthens his position as one of the NBA’s best coaches, leading the team in the second place to win the final in NBA history. This means that OKC may be repeated.
If that’s the Pacers…
Point guard Tyrees Halliburton erases the “overrated” story that unfairly followed him since Athletic announced the vote for players who labeled him the league’s most overrated player. He runs with the title of unprecedented clutch postseason play.
Pascal Siakam has become a two-time champion and we see his profile rise even further.
Rick Carlisle will be the fourth coach to join Phil Jackson, Pat Riley and Alex Hannham, winning the championships with two different teams. His position as an innovative and adaptable coach entrusting his players is unquestionable after leading the determined underdog Pacers to the first NBA title in franchise history.
Game 7 in the final is special, and this mark is the 20th in history. The nature of the game, such as the expanded stakes, drama – can define heritage.
“Respect is not something we can just talk about and receive, it’s something we earned,” Halliburton said at a June 21 press conference. “No matter what happens, it probably should or isn’t something we think should have “be.”
“But that’s not really important. From our perspective, the team we compete in, they respect us. I think that’s the most important thing. …I think we’re at a great point right now, in the history of our organization and especially for our team.
For both teams, it becomes a very different story with losses.
The Thunder suddenly appears to be covered in the greatness and efficiency of Top Runner and Gilgauss Alexander. Critics will yell at the “foul merchant” critique and say that Thunder has almost certainly got a favorable whi and still couldn’t do anything.
Similarly, defeat would likely strengthen the barbs thrown at Harriburton. Indiana’s up-tempo, free-flowing attacks could be discounted as gimmicks and operations despite Indy’s success. Critics will say the Pacers still need a real star.
However, the reality is that it doesn’t help to consider the story and heritage before Game 7.
While players and coaches certainly enjoy future benefits from the championship run, Game 7 is truly another game, in the most distilled terms. 48 minutes for the team to take another team to the top. Glory cannot come without actual victory.
Therefore, secrets to success may require intentional ignorance, which will deliberately block out of the game’s context.
“You try to make it as binary as possible,” Thunderguard Alex Caruso, the 2020 Lakers champion, said on Saturday. “You either win or lose. It’s literally what happens. The season is over, and you become a champion. Or you lose one and start with a square.
