1st Q

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Las Vegas - Bouncing back on to the NBA hardwood in Oklahoma City and not thrilled about laying 9.5 points in a series where only one game had a final margin of more than nine points. So, of course, we'll take a quick ride to Prop City. After looking carefully at the box score, we noticed that the Thunder found something at the end of Game 4. It was a struggle all night back in Indy. The Pacers won the 1st Q 35-34, the 2nd Q 25-23 and the 3rd Q 27-23. Indy was up by seven points heading into the 4th Q, when OKC went wild. They won the 4th by 14 points, 31-17, and it was all Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Give a ton of credit to his coach, Mark Daigneault. After watching SGA get bumped & battered for three quarters, he switched up the look and had Shai set screens for Jalen Williams. After the screen, SGA would pop loose, get the ball and do some damage. Indy PG Andrew Nembhard was magnificent, but after getting screened, he kept losing Shai and that was a YUGE problem. Actually, an historic problem. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of the Thunder's final 16 points, including 11 in the last 2:58. That is the most points by any player in the final three minutes of a Finals win in at least FIFTY years according to ESPN Research. So, after digesting all that, we're gonna drop some cash on the Thunder -3 points to get off to a blazing start and win the 1st Q with ease. Money.

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