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This one high scoring affair and just obviously a crazy comeback from the Pacers that we're going to get into and they pull it off in overtime. We got to watch this one, not at Madison Square Garden, but but at a bar in where are we? Hell's Kitchen. Yeah. At a bar, Knicks bar, of course, that was packed to the gills. Everybody into the game. Lots of go, Knicks, go type of chance.
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And even Mitchell Robinson had a bunch of plays where he doesn't get credited for an offensive rebound in the box score. But like those ones where like you fight for it. Pacers tipping out by knee Smith.
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He had like three or four of those. Like he, he was pretty instrumental in this game, but in the end it was the knee Smith catching fire. Halliburton's crazy shot. And then, you know, Nembhard obviously chipping in there and topping. It's a good addition to throw him in there. He had some huge buckets. And Rick Carlisle going two for two in the challenges. Two game-saving challenges.
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And especially if OG also doesn't drop that pass from Brunson. Like he bobbled it. Yes. Otherwise he scores or, you know, maybe gets fouled. He catches it clearly. Yeah.
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Well, because it wasn't a foul on the first part of the play, right? Like, Siakam blocks him. Pure ball. It's pure ball. But then the play continues, and maybe there's some contact, and there's obviously Siakam grabbing his jersey, and then OG goes down. And so it's like, ooh, are they going to, like, almost like this weird continuation after the block, are they going to call that?
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But I think they decided, like... He was blocked, and this tug of the jersey or whatever had no impact on Siakam grabbing the ball in the rest of the play, is my interpretation.
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How do you feel for about the other challenge, the one where Nemhard sort of jumps the passing lane? I thought OG panicked a little bit on that, too. He, like, wanted to, like, swing it a little too quickly to Brunson. The play hadn't materialized, I thought, enough. But anyway, awesome play by Nemhard. Goes out on Brunson. But how do you feel about, like, the official holds onto the ball now.
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And, like, obviously the Rick Carlisle and his team, they're looking at iPads as quickly as possible. Brunson is trying to grab the ball. He knows it's off him. But like, it's a funny thing. Cause it's like the refs just hold onto the ball. Like, okay, hold on.
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Yeah. And I like, I don't know how I feel about that. It's sort of like they're waiting to see, like, I guess. Yeah. Are you going to challenge?
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And then they lose. So much pain. Oh, my goodness. So, yeah, the Pacers rallied to overcome a 14-point deficit with less than three minutes remaining to take game one of the Eastern Conference Finals 138-135 in overtime over the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Tyrese Halliburton tying the game with a field goal at the buzzer to send the game to overtime.
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Yeah, I have the Knicks in seven. Of course, I'm cheering for the Knicks. I want to be right with my predictions. Absolutely, man. Yeah. And Ash, I mean, biggest Knicks fan I know.
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So Halliburton's fourth go-ahead game-winning or game-tying field goal in the last 30 seconds of the fourth quarter. This playoffs. Ties Ray Allen. This playoffs. This playoffs, not career. This playoff run ties Ray Allen, who had four in 2009, for the most since the 98 playoffs.
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They botched the play that they should have called a goaltending to at least go look at it. That was probably a goaltending.
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He's wearing a Yankees hat. You know who you are. What color Yankees hat? It was like the white one with the pinstripes. Oh, yeah. It was nice.
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Okay. Yes. I was cheering for the Knicks. It was fun to be in a Knicks bar and I have them winning in seven. But you guys can attest as soon as obviously Halliburton shot drops and we're like, okay, foot's on the line. It's going overtime. It was like they're not winning in overtime. They're not. You definitely thought that. They're like, there's no way.
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And I got to double down on that if I'm being completely honest. I don't think they're winning the series. I know it's just one game. I don't. I don't. That's devastating. I'm sorry.
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You still got to beat them four times out of six here. Like, I don't know. To me, that's sort of like, wow. And to go back to, like, this team of destiny, my God, come on. Yes. Like, it feels like it's written that they got to go to the Pacers here. So, I don't know. I don't have a lot of confidence that the Knicks are going to win.
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There was a campaign moment in this game. It was a funky-ass shot, and it was going in. There was a good little campaign stretch, for crying out loud.
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If you see them Friday, don't get the combo platter. Get the wings. Just the wings. That's a great tip.
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I mean, we're not that picky when it comes to just, I mean, it's all fried food.
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That was rubber. I don't even know what that... Tots.
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They were so brutal, nobody was touching them. I couldn't believe it.
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This was wild to watch again in a Knicks bar in New York City because it was oh no, oh no, oh no. And then he shoots it. He misses. There's a bit of a pop sort of from the crowd. Gotta stop. The stop looks good. And like Taz said, that thing went so damn high and dropped straight down. And then it's like, oh, my God, did we just lose? And then you get a bunch of people yelling at the screen.
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They're like, nah, I don't want that one.
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Anything else from this game, gentlemen? Any random notes? Any other, you know, fun moments from the bar? Not a lot of Timothee Chalamet.
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No. I don't know. I didn't see it. I haven't watched it yet.
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No. I mean, I got used to it after last night. Use your eyes. Yeah, you got to use your other senses. I don't need Reggie talking to me. It's actually great. I'm going to start muting these games. No, look, there's oddly were a lot of similarities now. I mean, I was on the other side, whatever. I'm not a Knicks fan, but you get my point.
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But to the Kawhi shot like that, like we're just like there's silence for like a second or two. It just pauses.
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And then it goes, oh, my God, what the hell just happened? So.
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Yeah, I was going to say that thing maybe was 18 feet in the air from the floor. From the floor. That's my ballpark.
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Unbelievable stuff. Unbelievable. Unbelievable, guys. Still can't get over how crappy that platter was. No, I'm kidding. Big takeaway. Don't get the platter.
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No, we got hooked up. We sat at a reserved table. A reserved table. It was very nice. These guys look like they're going to be into the game. I'm going to sit these guys down, and then I'm going to sell them on the platter. No, what a blast. The second best thing to being there in the arena, I'm sure. But that was really fun. We did have some news. If you want me to move on here quickly.
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Our friends are hanging out. Why not? Let's keep hanging out with them. Shea Gilgis Alexander named the NBA's most valuable player today. Average of the league best 32.7 points per game for the Thunder team that won 68 games. He won this.
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bit of a runaway here 71 of the possible 100 first place votes from media members who cover the league and vote on this Jokic received the remaining first place votes 29 so 71 to 29 for SGA Giannis third Tatum fourth Donovan Mitchell fifth so not not a surprise but Any thoughts? Especially you, a Canadian boy. Another Canadian here winning MVP.
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No, his foot's on the line. His foot's on the line. We're going to overtime. But let's be honest, as soon as it went to overtime. Not a lot of confidence from the Knicks fans that they would pull it out after that crazy comeback from Neesmith and from Halliburton shot.
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Well, I was wrong. I thought we may not hear this until they were done, whether they lost in the conference finals or lost in the finals or won the whole thing.
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He averaged, like I said, 32.7 points per game, 52% shooting, 6.4 assists, 5 boards, 1.7 steals, 1 block. He basically put up Michael Jordan numbers on a 68 win team. Yep. Bad timing in the sense that, you know, we just had the huge debate from game one of the Western Conference Finals where he definitely got some kind calls. He got three, maybe four. Whoa.
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that was a, you know, MVP sort of superstar call. You maybe got there that you initiated the contact, but, but Trey, I mean, what an incredible year from this.
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Yeah, and after being named a first-team All-NBA selection the past two seasons, he had already qualified to be eligible to sign an unprecedented four-year, $294 million Supermax extension this summer. So that deal is going to have the highest annual value in league history. He's going to be, I think it's like $73.3 million.
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That's where we're at. And it's just going to keep going up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up. But anyway, congrats to SGA guys from Hamilton, Ontario. You ever been to Hamilton?
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Yeah. It's my backyard, man. You know, Steve Nash, Canadian, but other side of the backyard, basically the globe to us in Victoria. Yeah. This guy, Hamilton again, man.
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What do you mean? Hammertown? I don't know what I'm saying. Our backyard comparison to Stratford, Mississauga. Victoria is not our backyard.
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God, don't ever go there. I'm kidding.
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He just built a laneway house if you're looking for an Airbnb. Shout out to my buddy Brody, our buddy Brody.
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They make great steel. Go Ticats. What else about Hamilton? You know, Hamilton, on the come up a bit. JD's ready to put the camera down. No, listen, it's too expensive to live in Toronto. That's right. So a lot of people forced out of Toronto. You could buy a place still maybe in Hamilton. Got to commute if you go live in the city or work in the city, but... You know, not too far from Toronto.
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What else? Breweries. A lot of breweries.
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It's like almost an Ontario joke to like sort of like crap on. Okay, sure.
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You didn't think the Knicks were going to win in overtime.
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I see what you're saying. Okay. Mid-card city. Pittsburgh is a lot more beautiful than Hamilton.
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What about those Thai cats? Yeah, that's what I said. Go Thai cats.
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I always forget McMaster's there. You're right.
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Hamilton has to build a sign, right, for Shea Gildas Alexander. Like, because he legit, he reps Hamilton. Because even there was a clip, I think Jamal Murray was like, He said like, you know, do it for the six when they lost. Did you see this clip going around? He's like, do it for the six. And like, I don't know, people were reading lips. And he was like, I'm from Hamilton. Nice.
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Well, if I said, hey, Taz, do it for Toronto, would you maybe go? No, I'm from Saga.
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People were leaving. People were in that bar. People left. Left. Got the bill. Got their coats on. See ya.
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Arguably better than a sign. See it from many more places further away. It's like the biggest sign you could get.
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He literally launched the MVP. Shay's last three games in that series were like unreal. Cause I know he struggled, struggled a little bit early. Like his stats are unreal. I don't have them in front of me, but they're stupid. Like the percentages, the numbers, like, you know, sort of got, I don't know, not talked about enough.
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And win another one or how many more, I guess, or is he going to be a one and done MVP man?
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Yeah. Yeah. It's like, you know, and you, when you win the MVP, then it's like, we do get into like, somebody's got to take it from them.
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So that means obviously more elite season or better win percentage with your team. So we'll see. Pumped, pumped for Hamilton, pumped for SGA. Well-deserved. All right. Let's call it there. It's been a long day for you boys. Everybody, let's just close our eyes. Don't worry.
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We will have a show tomorrow. We obviously won't have one at 10 a.m. Eastern because that's what we're doing right now. But we will be back on Friday. Is that right? I'm a little closer right now, aren't I?
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Oh, it is Thursday now. That's why I'm confused. We'll be back on Friday morning, 10 a.m. Eastern, live from the Classic Factory, because we'll be back in Atlanta to talk about Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. Can the Wolves tie it up, or will the Thunder take a 2-0 lead? And we'll get into some NBA news. We'll have some rapid-fire fun, because it's the drop.
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We'll find out. I'm betting on that they at least hand it to him and he takes a photo. And you would expect them as the way they've operated all season to the guys all to come out. Well, that's what they did today. Yeah, but he'd call the guys out. Come on, let's take a photo. Now you say they're not going to do that because they're too locked in. Get in here, Nick Gallo.
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Because you couldn't get over Chuck Holmgren talking to, who was it?
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Hey, he had a good game. Keep doing it.
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Great second half. All right. So we will see you on Friday from the Classic Factory. And Survivor fans, no spoilers. We don't know what happened. I'm not spoiled yet.
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Well, turn off the stream team right now. We will have no buffs on Friday with Nora back in the Classic Factory. But that's a long way from now. Ash, great job. JD, amazing work. People are loving the bed boys. And I guess hit you with a little clipper bros.
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Didn't give me much time. It feels darker in here tonight.
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Welcome to the No Dunks podcast presented by Amazon Prime. It's Wednesday night, May 21st, 2025. The bed boys are back.
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This is all in Brunson on the bench, like you said.
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I am Jay Skeets, still here in JD's New York City hotel room bed and alongside me, as always, Tass Mellis.
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He keeps hitting threes, but they're not getting stops here.
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That's right, Tassie. Next to him, it's the bearded one, my top shot hot boy, Trey Kirby. And we got JD on the camera and we got Esh on the board. Wow. Peace. Hello to everybody on YouTube. Hit the like button. Three guys podcasting about the NBA in a bed. Hit the damn like button. Subscribe, podcast listeners, five-star ratings and reviews. 5,000 likes, we'll take our socks off. We'll do it.
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Oh, yeah. And I mean, to go back to Nembhard in overtime, they were running offense through him. There were plays where Halliburton was off ball in the corners, like Nembhard, go to work. And obviously he had the corner three, had that other bucket.
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And then that beautiful pass from Halliburton one time when it was in his hands, Nembhard cuts back door, gives like just a little shovel underhand pass. Like in overtime, like it's sort of a play you do like maybe early in the game.
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when it felt like an all-star game there for the first 12 minutes of this game, when no one was like being able to stop the other team, like what a play and the trust in each other. But yeah.
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Neesmith turned into Klay Thompson game six, Klay Thompson. Like, that's when every three started getting crazier. He was like either deeper, more off balance. And then the one where we were like, oh, he got fouled, I guess. But we were like, he didn't shoot it right away.
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Just going straight up. What a heater. What a heater. So listen to this. Prior to tonight. This sounds fake. NBA teams were 977 and 0 in the playoffs when leading by at least 14 points with 250 or less remaining in the game. We've never seen it before. You can add the 1 to that because the Pacers win.
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And Halliburton crazy shot against the box in that series game winner against the Cavs in the second round. And now this one to obviously get it into overtime would have been nuts if it was the game winner and the feet were behind the line.
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Yeah. He lost the ball. Like, he started to lose control of his dribble. Regained it. Like you said, could have taken a shot inside. Sort of did what he did with that calf shot. He's like, he just turns around. He goes, whoop, whoop, whoop. Runs right to the back of the three-point line. Fired it up. And obviously, the toes were on the line. I mean, that was very clear.
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But what a bounce for it to go. And then to go to the Reggie choke. Like, 94 playoffs. Like... Crazy. Now, a lot of people will point out. I believe when Reggie did that, they lost that that series.
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They did lose that one. So maybe that's a good sign for Knicks fans. And he's pulling out the choke Reggie style. And they did lose that series. But I don't know. A part of me is like like when it went to overtime. I'm sorry. Like Tassie, you're like, you're right. There are chances and all that. Brunson was pretty clutch. But you like you just give up a lead that like that's insane.
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You're not winning in overtime. You're not. They scored the first four, didn't they?
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And I wonder now, can you bounce back from that and even, of course, recover in this series? It's only one game, but what a drastic way to lose a game that you had. You had where people were leaving the bar, and my God, again... Going down to the washroom, to the bathroom during the break before overtime was one of the funniest things that has happened to me.
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Like just Knicks fans cursing while taking a piss and washing their hands. People like, like they knew. You know what I mean? Like they were all down there like, okay, it's going overtime. We have five more minutes, but what the hell just happened? We just lost this game.
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There was one guy that didn't wash his hands. You know who you are. I saw you. Yeah, I saw him. I let it slide. All things considered, he's having a rough night. I was like, alright. Nobody's going to be shaking your hand on a good win. So don't worry about it.
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There's something there. There's something there. Every thousand likes, a piece of clothing comes off. I know you like these feet, but imagine seeing the toes. Get the likes going. Unbelievable game one of the Eastern Conference Finals. Very more than made up for last night's sort of crappy game. One of the Western Conference finals puts it in perspective. That was a bit of a slog.
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pretty quick at the free throw line.
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He does usually one bounce and then he goes. And that one, he paused forever.
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Yeah, the box score is wild. I mean, Brunson, 43 points, 15 to 25 shooting, a lot of free throws, seven turnovers for Brunson. He did look gassed down the stretch. Like he was sloppy with the ball. Now he hit clutch free throws and he did come through in overtime to like keep him alive. And they had a look. He had a good look from three. Pacers decide not to foul in that situation.
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Runs out a good look. Hart, so he misses. Hart comes, like, screaming out of nowhere. Somehow gets the rebound. Saves it. Kicks it out to Cat. Pretty good look.
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Pretty good look, but, you know, maybe fatigue again. That one was short, as a lot of shots that missed as this game went on, because it was such a high-octane game, like... The shots that were missing generally were like coming up short. So two good looks to obviously maybe get it into double overtime, but Pacers survived. So yeah, runs with the 43 cat with 35 and 12.
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I mean, so really good game from him. And then on the Pacers side, two guys going over 30 Halliburton, 31 points and 11 assists. And then knee Smith, eight and nine, like you said, from deep four, fourth line, 30 points for this guy. And, you know, obviously Siakam chipping in here. Turner started the game on fire, couldn't miss, sort of went quiet as the game went on.