In Tyrese Haliburton's mind, there is never doubt.

Indiana Pacers stars do this often, especially in the 2025 playoffs – without confidence in the closing ceremony.

In the final game Thursday, Halliburton hit the 20-foot pull-up set in the last second as the Pacers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

This is the fourth big game at the age of 25 in this year's playoffs.

The Pacers didn't lead the final opening Thursday until Halliburton had 0.3 seconds left to drain the latest clutch hoop.

"The ultimate confidence in himself," said Myles Turner of Indiana of Haliburton. "Some players would say they had, but there were others who showed that...he wanted to be the one who shot that shot. He wouldn't shy away from that moment."

In Game 5 of the first round of the playoffs, Halliburton went through the lane to hit a layup with 1.3 seconds left in overtime, giving the Pacers a victory and ending the game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

In Game 2 of the second round, he hit a step-by-step three-pointer with a time of 1.1 seconds, putting an Indiana man on a 2-0 hole.

Then, in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, Halliburton hit another knockout match, which appeared to be the winner of the game, but was changed to force against the two who were on the line against the New York Knicks. Indiana finally won.

Thursday's shot just continued mode.

Indiana was trailing by as much as 15 points in the fourth quarter, and the Thunder took the ball to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for a chance to drive the Pacers away, even though the Pacers cut the deficit by one point in the closing ceremony.

However, Andrew Nembhard tenaciously guards the league's most valuable player (MVP), helping to force Gilgeous-Alexander into a tide of turnovers, which opened the door for Halliburton heroes.

Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has 11 seconds left and trusts his team and has no timeout.

Haliburton played against Oklahoma City’s Cason Wallace on the court, drove in the three-point arc, then pulled a shot, rattled briefly on the rim and dropped.

“I have a good idea,” Halliburton said when asked if he knew the shooting was good.

Indiana won more than 25 times in Game 1, but won.

“It’s not the secret to winning,” Halliburton said. “We can’t throw the ball over that much… (but) May and June, how do you get 'em, just get 'em."

The Seven Best Series played their second game on Sunday at Oklahoma City.

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“The series is not the first, it’s the first to four,” Gill Arexder said. "So we have four games. They have three and that's where we are."

The first game was a gut feeling for the Thunder, who led from the start and scored 38 points from Kyrgyz-Alexander.

Oklahoma City only scored 11 points in Pacers’ giveaways, including Indiana’s 20 first-half turnovers with just nine points away.

The Pacers fell 15 earlier in the fourth quarter and then fell into a deficit. Nembhard and Myles Turner scored 8 points in the meantime.

Indiana cuts the deficit with 48.6 seconds left on Pascal Siakam's defender after missing a three-point attempt at Nembhard.

Siakam led the Pacers with 19 points and added 10 rebounds. Obi Toppin scored 17 points on the bench, Turner scored 15 points and Nembhard scored 14 points. Haliburton scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

For Oklahoma City, Jalen Williams scored 17 points on six goals in 19, while Chet Holmgren had just 2 of nine points.

The Thunder led 94-79 with 9:42, but Indiana did not disappear.

The Pacers took away distances 15-4 to keep their distance, and then they soared quickly.

Oklahoma City hit just one shot in the last four minutes, bringing the Pacers' start back.

“We’re doing it like trying to stay ahead, not trying to expand or make progress,” Williams said.