Stephen A. says the Thunder OFFICIALLY HAVE THE MOMENTUM after Game 4 win vs. Pacers | NBA Countdown

Stephen A. says the Thunder OFFICIALLY HAVE THE MOMENTUM after Game 4 win vs. Pacers | NBA Countdown

when they needed him most she Gildas Alexander he answered the call smooth as ever we call him Sheaya Butter for a reason cold under pressure and cooking when it counted 15 points in the fourth quarter and all of the sudden the series is tied at two games a piece as we head out back to Oklahoma City here for game five the difference was the fourth quarter here when you look at the Oklahoma City Thunder I mentioned that Shay had 15 points alone the Pacers scored 17 as a team here in that final frame as we welcome you back inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse here just after the conclusion of this pivotal game four and Stephen A you made quite the proclamation as fans started to stream out of this building yes i said that if the Pacers won this game they’re going to win the championship if they lose we’re going to a game seven because I think both teams the rest of this way will protect their home court that’s what we’re looking at right now this is a big time win for the Oklahoma City Thunder they were down 10 they weren’t moving the ball with any fluidity every single shot they were taking looked difficult and contested meanwhile Indiana was playing within the flow of their offense they were passing the ball they were sharing with one another the spacing was sublime you looked at them and you said “Damn they’re going to win this game.” And then Shea Butter answered the call let’s not forget Jayen Williams had 27 but Shea Butter did his thing down the stretch okc went on a 12-1 run yeah to end the game in the final 2 minutes and 58 seconds this series is tied they’re going back to OKC and the Thunder officially have the momentum in their favor right now the MVP has 35 points in this game and it feel it felt like Mark Dagenalt he really preserved his star up until the end because he looked so tired at the end of that fourth quarter in game three for he did but the trust the trust Malikica that he had in Jay Doug and Jaylen Williams and Jay Will and Jay Will stepped up to the plate first second third quarter he held it down SGA took him home by the way Pat McAfee and OKC we don’t need nobody on the mic to get them hyped they going to be hype that building is going to be rocking but let me say this it was rocking here it was a spectacular impressive spectacular i love this crowd but let me say this i said before the game this was a legacy moment for the big three sga J Dub and check with a monster double double and that damn Swiss Army knife alexo will cut you everywhere but loose he held his damn business tonight well I I think we saw Oklahoma City do what the Pacers did in game three they took control in the fourth quarter when the game was in the balance we saw that vaunted Thunder defense step up we saw the MVP do what honestly we expect him to do in some ways but he hadn’t done it yet in this series in that moment he had not done it he took over the game for Oklahoma City to win this game and shoot three of 17 from three that’s a lot that stat you you look at at you just put that stat up and you go did this team win or lose they were three of 17 from they lost no chance they won they won by what seven points mom we was talking and and I’m and I’m shooting this out there it was a point in that third quarter where I thought Oklahoma City looked defeated and I told Bob I told Bob Malikica Steven I said I don’t want to say that they quit but they look tired they look defeated then all of a sudden that’s sparked that’s sparked they just kept getting stops after stop after stop but they grew up in front of our eyes let’s also give coach Dagnos some credit because ultimately near the end you had Shay and Jaylen Williams in in and you know in working off of one another and I’m looking at them that twoman game and I’m like “Yes that’s exactly what I wanted to see now you got options.” And as a result evidently Pat McAfee I was right i was right he went on that loud speak in the arena said I was wrong it’s all fun it’s all fun it’s all fun i love it when he did that as we look ahead to game five Bob it felt like close games they have behooved the Indiana Pacers up until this point maybe some momentum has been snatched back here by the Oklahoma City Thunder i’ll tell you what Malikica we can all acknowledge one thing this thing is a lot closer than we thought it was going to be these two teams are a lot closer and that makes for compelling basketball and so far I this has been a fantastic finality so much fun

Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins and Bob Myers join Malika Andrews on NBA Countdown to react to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 111-104 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

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