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For the third straight season, the NBA has a Finals team with a Net Rating outside the top-10 as the Indiana Pacers ranked 12th in the category during the regular season while the Oklahoma City Thunder were first. With teams reaching the Finals outside the top-10 in Net Rating, we've also seen more significant disparities between the two teams. The 2023 Finals between the … [Read more...] about Thunder-Pacers Among Top Mismatches In NBA Finals History, Continuing Modern Trend

The Indiana Pacers had their flight to Oklahoma City diverted to Tulsa, Oklahoma due to a tornado warning, flood watch and severe thunderstorm watch. The Pacers refueled in Tulsa and were planning on arriving in Oklahoma City later on Tuesday evening. The Pacers play at the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday in Game 1 of the Finals. A tornado was spotted in Norman, Oklahoma on … [Read more...] about Pacers' Flight To Oklahoma City Diverted Due To Tornado Warning

Game 6 between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks averaged 8.12 million viewers across TNT and truTV. The Pacers' series-clinching win was the most-watched game of the season. The game peaked with 9.91 million viewers. The full six-game series averaged 6.96 million viewers, up 10% from the Celtics-Pacers last year. The Thunder-Timberwolves series in the Western Conference … [Read more...] about Knicks-Pacers Game 6 Averages 8.12M Viewers

In an appearance on 107.5 The Fan in Indiana, Pacers coach Rick Carlisle confirmed that forward Jarace Walker would miss at least the first two games of the NBA Finals. Carlisle added that it's possible that Walker could miss even more time. "He's going to be out for a while," Carlisle said Monday morning. "I don't know how long. He certainly will not play in the first two … [Read more...] about Jarace Walker To Miss At Least First Two Games Of NBA Finals

The Indiana Pacers are poised to pay the luxury tax for the first time since the 2004-05 season, marking a significant shift in the franchise's historically conservative spending approach. The last time Indiana ventured into luxury tax territory was two decades ago, when the team was coming off an Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 2004 and fielding a legitimate … [Read more...] about Pacers' Ownership Ready To Break 20-Year Luxury Tax Drought To Keep Finals Core