Pacers sink Thunder on Tyrese Haliburton's last-second shot - ESPN

OKLAHOMA CITY — Tyrese Haliburton scored with 0.3 seconds left for Indiana's first and only lead of the game, and the Pacers, the last-minute comeback kings of these playoffs, did it again to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

Haliburton's shot is the latest game winner in an NBA Finals game since Michael Jordan did it in Game 1 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN Research.

And the Pacers' first lead of the game with 0.3 seconds remaining was the latest into any Finals game over the past 50 years, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

«We're a resilient group,» Haliburton said afterward during an interview on ESPN's «SportsCenter.» «We just keep saying that to you guys. You guys keep asking us, and we keep giving you the same answer. We're a resilient group and we don't give up till the clock hits zero. We do a great job of just staying in the moment. Try to get from 15 to 10 (down), 10 to 5, 5 to 0. We just walk teams down. Real proud of this group.»

The Pacers, who closed as a 10-point underdog, pulled the second-largest upset in the Finals in the past 35 seasons. The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Los Angeles Lakers as 12-point favorites in Game 1 of the 2001 Finals.

The Pacers were down by 15 with 9:42 left, matching the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in a Finals game since the Dallas Mavericks came from 15 down to beat the Miami Heat on June 2, 2011.

The coach of those Mavericks: Rick Carlisle. The coach of these Pacers: Rick Carlisle.

And once again, Indiana found a way at the end in these playoffs. On April 29, the Pacers trailed Milwaukee 118-111 with 34.6 seconds left in overtime and won 119-118. On May 6, the Pacers trailed Cleveland