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Dustin Dopirak

@dustindopirak

Indiana Pacers beat writer at the Indianapolis Star.

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calendar_today12-07-2009 23:57:33

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Mark Daigneault, asked if seeing the difficulty of closing a Finals first hand is instructive to this young team entering Game 7. “It was hard tonight. Indiana was great. We were not.”

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Jared Greenberg: "What do you think of [T.J. McConnell's] performance tonight?" T.J. McConnell's Dad, joining the NBA TV set: "Excellent. Just disappointed he missed two foul shots in the beginning." 🏀📺🎙️ #NBAFinals #NBA

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Realized I never tweeted out the gamer from tonight, but here it is. Pacers-Thunder to Game 7: indystar.com/story/sports/n…

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Video from tonight. Interviews with Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, Myles Turner, T.J. McConnell, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Ben Sheppard: indystar.com/videos/sports/…

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Put the champagne back on ice. The Pacers go nuclear, blow out Thunder to force Game 7 of NBA Finals, writes insider Dustin Dopirak indystar.com/story/sports/n…

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Doyel: Underdogs in every NBA Finals game, Pacers force a Game 7. Is this really happening? You bet indystar.com/story/sports/c…

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Summary of changes: - lowest average pick-up distance of series (waiting for SGA at or below half-court) - when Nembhard switched off SGA guard-to-guard, he would shadow - no veer-back switch - doubled from the top on bully drives SGA's highest double frequency of playoffs

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"OKC's up two with 10 seconds to go, Haliburton takes a jump shot and the screen goes to black like the ending of The Sopranos." -- Zach Lowe. This would make sense. I'm honestly going to predict a Haliburton championship-winning 3 because why not at this point?

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Tyrese Haliburton always intended to play through his calf strain despite the risks and all the treatment necessary. But he told Rick Carlisle to pull him if he was hurting the team. Though he clearly wasn't 100 percent, he helped will them to Game 7: indystar.com/story/sports/n…

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Our Nate Atkins on how, with Haliburton hobbled (but still productive) the Pacers got contributions from everyone else (especially Andrew Nembhard) which is their season in miniature: indystar.com/story/sports/n…

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Our Gregg Doyel on how this Pacers team continues to live the impossible dream. Two years removed from the lottery. Six months removed from a 10-15 start. One game from a championship: indystar.com/story/sports/c…

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Another day to fill in for Mo Egger on ESPN 1530 Cincinnati today between 3-6. And a full schedule lined up: * 3:05 Brian Giesenschlag on Reds staying hot. * 3:35 Regan Holgate on Bengals and a fun look back at J.J. Spaun and the US Open * 4:05 Dan Hoard on Bearcats and Bengals * 4:35

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The Pacers have a chance to become the most unusual, unexpected NBA champs in the history of the sport. Zach Lowe on what’s at stake for Indiana in Game 7.

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Siakam got shown the video of his eyes pregame: “I wish I had a 30-point game or something like that”🤣🤣

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Pacers have a chance to be 'the most unusual, unexpected NBA champion in the history of the sport' indystar.com/story/sports/n…