Jun 16, 2025 01:56 PM IST

#Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 20 factors, eight rebounds, and 5 assists, however #Charles Barkley felt he may have executed extra for Indiana.

#Charles Barkley has spoken out after #Tyrese Haliburton and the #Indiana Pacers, who had a fantastic probability on Friday night time, let it slip away. The Pacers may have taken a 3-1 lead within the collection and been only one win away from the franchise’s first NBA title. Instead, they misplaced 111-104 to the #Oklahoma City Thunder in entrance of their house crowd at #Gainbridge Fieldhouse in #Indianapolis.

The Pacers may have taken a 3-1 lead within the collection and been only one win away from the franchise’s first NBA title.(#Getty Images through AFP)

Haliburton scored 18 factors and had seven assists for the Pacers. T.J. McConnell and #Bennedict Mathurin had been restricted to only eight factors every in Game 4. Mathurin had scored 27 factors in Game 3.

Meanwhile, league MVP #Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who struggled in the course of the first three quarters, scored 15 of Oklahoma City’s ultimate 16 factors because the Thunder got here again from a seven-point deficit within the final quarter.

What did #Charles Barkley say?

#Charles Barkley didn’t maintain again whereas speaking concerning the Pacers. “No. 1, they gave it away,” Barkley stated on NBA TV. “I thought you saw the difference between All-Stars guys and really good players and superstars. Shai (Gilgeous-Alexander) brought this thing home.”

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#Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 20 factors, eight rebounds, and 5 assists, however Barkley felt he may have executed extra for Indiana.

“I have no idea what the Pacers were doing on the offensive end,” Barkley stated. “Me and Grant (Hill) were going crazy like, ‘Yo man, get it to (Pascal) Siakam, he’s your best 1-on-1 player. They didn’t even run a play for him … It was so frustrating. Grant, we can say all we want to about Oklahoma City — the Pacers blew this game.”