The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers played an extremely tight and eventful first half of basketball during Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Tyrese Haliburton hit three three-pointers before suffering an achilles injury while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was compassionate, but effective as he scored 16 points to lead the Thunder.
At halftime the Pacers led 48–47 and there was a lot for the NBA on ESPN crew working the game on ABC to talk about. So much so that Stephen A. Smith just kept talking as they went to commercial.
