The Pacers “Beautiful Game” offense is relentless and magical
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How have the Pacers pulled off the greatest comebacks in playoff history? What’s so unique and special about their offense? In this detailed film breakdown, we examine Indiana’s pace, movement, horizontal activity and how Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam are such great fits for Rick Carlisle’s chaotic but controlled offense.
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They have the best offense in the NBA and it’s not even a debate
The thunder together with all these analysts who sleep on the pacers are about to get slapped on their faces in these finals. Okc is nothing but a physical fastbreak team. They thrived against teams with stagnant offense. The pacers are a different animal, they will trick in 48 minutes without knowing it. The buck, cavs and knicks could not even draw a defensive scheme against indiana even after game 4 in the series because the pacers can execute a random play on the fly in a fraction of a second. Hali and the pacers exhausted those teams not only physically but also mentally by being e step ahead of their opponent in every game.
Celebrating team making the finals and having Bron disrespected for losing whilst making 8 straight wont ever sit right with me
There is a great similarity IMO between Rick Carlisle and Carlo Ancelotti. Great Minds of the Game, Incredible human relations skills, and most of all, flexibility in thoughts and the ability to build new systems that can maximize existing talents
Hali is great but It's also TJ McConell. He's great. He's underrated but you watch him he is like Hali. Relentless in attack, is great midrange (whereas Hali is better in long range) so he is deadly and attracts opponents eyes, leaving for cutters and 3pt shot relocators. He's like Asia's top PG Wael Arakji of Lebanon.
We'll see after game 1 if they pace that game or if they get outpaced by Thunder.
Meanwhile, Lakers give the ball to either Lebron and Luka and they iso.
what is with the members only videos? i'm to pay $5 for every youtube channel now on top of the monthly youtube premium? wild times.
That is beautiful basketball
None of this matters when OKC starts hacking 😂 especially with Dort and Caruso. I bet the Refs will win for OKC
Never double team and protect the paint.
For a team from Indiana you could almost liken their offense to that of a corn thresher. They grind you up, separate your players, mix them all around, and then leave you nothing but corn cobs. Every series you have seen the Pacers completely gas out their opponents. Brunson and the rest of New York were gasping for air after being completely ran through the mixer.
The no look pass to Siakam from Hali is top 5 2025
This is like the embodiment of Coach McKinney's offense. Constant movement, find the open space, find the open man, and make every play a fast break.
BRO IVE NEVER SEEN UR FAST BEFORE LOL cool love your content
I genuinely forgot that the coach for the Pacers was the same guy that destroyed LeBron and friends back then 😂 Dirk absolutely cooked!
They did it again. Win game one of finals
Game one of the finals too now. Insane team, gotta hope they win or atleast take the finals to 7 so we get to see more insanity.
After watching this video, I think I can understand much better why the Pacers at the end of games cause other teams fatigue — because it's more MENTAL than physical fatigue. I'm tired just watching them! 😅
bruh we were running around like this as kids wtf is new
I like that Pacers court, it looks hella iconic
Bro they just beat OKC game 1 I had to figure out wtHALI
Tyrese Haliburton should be the NBA Finals 2025 MVP, facts.
This team often gets compared to those Steve Nash led Suns teams but I’ve been saying they remind me of the 2014 Spurs so it made me smile when you compared them to that squad.
Pacers ftw.
Spur of the 2000 are slower lol
Pls do one about the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark too!
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Carlisle makes this all the more beautiful because he plays all of his players and haas confidence in them to make the right play and meaningfully contribute on both sides of the court. When you have this dynamic, everyone buys in, which makes everyone better on the team. Can you imagine how competitive their practices are as a result?
if in clutch someone is catching up and you want to slow it down to work the clock you have a problem against the pacers