Also cool to see a team like Indiana show the league that good teams can still beat star driven teams.
As much as Hali proved how good he is this playoff run, the pacers still aren't a, we go as far as Hali takes us team. Same with Siakim.
Hali and Siakim can get less than 15 points a piece and the pacers can still win. They done it multiple times so far.
Compare that to them beating the Hawks. The whole offense is driven by Giannis. Then the Cavs. Donovan Mitchell was getting back to back 45+ point games and they lost. And then compare that to the Knicks. Brunson was still the best player that series, and pacers still won.
Now same with OKC.
I don't think Hali or Siakim have been the clear best player in any of the series they won, and Pacers still won. Arguments can be made they were, especially Siakim in the ECF, but it's not a clear as day, this player was the best player on the floor shit.
So seeing the Pacers win it all doing it team first would be cool.