No matter who wins the NBA Finals, the Pacers are not a fluke. They’re the real deal, proving that in Game 1 win a stunning comeback.

"After you have a run like last year, and then you get swept in the Eastern Conference finals, and all the conversation is about how you don't belong there, and how you lucked out to get there, and that it was a fluke, guys are going to be pissed off," Haliburton said. "We're going to spend the summer pissed off."

Following their shocking, come-from-behind victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Thursday night, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton discussed the motivation his team has used to get to this point.