Oklahoma City is all about winning a game, and that's all you need to win a game.

Not 48 minutes, or even 47 minutes and 58 seconds.

Between Tyrese Haliburton, it has been freeing a perfect jump shot between the ball, which is a second and six out of ten, and it is a perfect jump shot, and the ball knows exactly where to go, swaying cleanly shocks the crowds on the road.

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This time happened to be the NBA finals as the Indiana Pacers and Halliburton showed real Thievery in the hustle and bustle of Oklahoma City night, overcame Thursday night’s odds and their own misfortune to strike for the first time and play 1, 111-110 against the Thunder with a score of 1, 111-110.

Haliburton once had no Thunder resident defender Lu Dort bring him into the cross-country ditch. Instead, he saw Cason Wallace.

Halliburton saw the sunlight and the opportunity.

He saw history.

“The ball ended with Toppin’s hand and he passed it to me,” Halliburton said. “I had confidence in my ability. I felt that if I could get to that location, I would feel very comfortable.

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“This is a blow I work a million times and I will add a million times.”

Pacers almost had to plan their spontaneous moments ahead of time, gathering in official comments with 22.5 seconds left. The Pacers are likely to have been granted property after Pascal Siakam was chasing the rebound while breaking the line, but they had to prepare for multiple outcomes.

In all the different arrangements, it feels like each of them is destined to take the ball in Halliburton's hands and he will decide on the game. Some players have only one kind of magnetism, this natural ability to sit quietly while everything spins and gather teammates to believe even when it is impossible.

Officials ruled that Siakam had no foul and that the ball would remain in the thunder.

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander doesn't matter, he'll end up in front of the Pacers' star, and the MVP has objected to the tough defense of Canadian fellow Andrew Nembhard, who bottled him and forced him to be beaten back hardcore.

"But, I don't think we've ever thought the game was over as a group, and honestly, never like … never get stuck," Halliburton said. "How can we drag this team away?"

Quite easy if this playoff shows any signs.

A person must have the confidence of an experienced coach, he will not call, he will allow his players to call the game, not the wizard. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle did enough and couldn't see what to do.

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Haliburton has no historic matches, and the comeback was designed by Toppin and Myles Turner, Siakam and Nembhard - a group that refuses to believe the match is already out of reach. Halliburton scored 14 points, but felt like it was about 30 points.

"Let's stop and if we stop and rebound, we'll go," Carlisle said. "Hopefully, we can take the ball in the hands of Terrys and make a difference."

It feels ridiculous, and the face of common sense Halliburton and the Pacers seem to lure fate because it cannot continue to happen. It's one thing to fight against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and it's another thing to spiral the New York Knicks into the offseason.

But the Oklahoma City Thunder is a serious outfit and nothing to touch. The Thunder chased the Pacers all night, but it was the Pacers who ran out of the floor at Peck Center as a winner in shock.

This keeps happening because Pacers keep enough distances, long enough to put themselves in the winning position, and they feel they have the ultimate winner in Halliburton.

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"Brother," Turner sighed in the winning locker room. “If you’ve seen us in the past two months, there’s nothing surprising.”

Within 24 minutes, it felt like the Pacers weren't in the same gym as the Thunder - like a bad fight between high school sophomores who never played together with seniors for many years.

It seems that the Pacers will at least be competitive in the 12-minute period, so they did not make deaths throughout the series.

But at some point, they realized that thunder was not an inevitable unit, and that constant pressure would at least create opportunities - perhaps, thunder would break down under the expectation of a huge favorite.

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Thunder did not kill this, it was not necessarily the case. Perhaps Thunder coach Mark Mark Daigneault is smaller and faster by inserting defender Cason Wallace into the starting lineup in place of center Isaiah Hartenstein.

Who knows if it matters? The Pacers’ Mistake Disaster is the first half storyline as their 19 turnovers outscored their shots (15).

Dort, Jalen Williams and Alex Caruso are everywhere, better than publicity, and better than this year's Eastern Conference's stunning 36-1 points.

However, Pacers only fell 12 after two quarters.

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“When I got out of the car, when I was wearing shoes,” Halliburton said, when he began to believe that the Pacers could win the race. "I mean, honestly, this group has never been an incredible one. We love controlled chaos, but it's just chaos."

But after that, the Pacers quietly piled up victory. They forced Gilgeous-Alexander to play for one night, and he took over the overwhelming offense - just like Knicks guard Jalen Brunson did in the last round.

They no longer treat the ball like they did at Crisco and started cutting in the second half, making only five turnovers for the rest of the process.

"I think at this stage you don't have time to be stunned, you know, you don't have time to be disappointed again," Turner said. "But we've been through the storm. We're resilient."

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The Pacers have been bootstrapping all season, digging out from a 10-15 record in the opening week of the season.

“After a run like last year,” Halliburton said. "And you're going to be swept through the Eastern Conference Finals, all the talk is the way you don't belong there and how you're lucky to get there, it's a kind of fl wine and the guys are going to get angry."

Pacers heard more than the average group, and conversations outside penetrated into the locker room and buses. You bet they have heard of the two teams weighing differently.

"And I think as a group, we're taking everything private," Halliburton said. "It's not just me, but everyone, you know, I think that's the DNA of this group, not just me. We're doing a great job of private, and that makes this group more confident."

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So many unnecessary conversations have put basketball over the series. Whether the NBA likes big markets or not, Halliburton or Jill Alxend are superstars or are they the faces of the league.

Maybe Halliburton is not.

Maybe he is just a cold-blooded gamer.

But while he has 6.4 seconds left, his hand is in his hands, but tells him that he is not one of those special guys.

Then close your eyes and pray.