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Indiana Pacers ECF Trophy & MVP Presentation 🏆 2025 NBA Playoffs · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: It was.
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  Speaker 2: It was twenty five years ago that the Pacers went
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  Speaker 2: to the NBA Finals for the first time, beating the
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  Speaker 2: New York Knicks in six games, and now it's happened again.
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  Speaker 2: And the guy who scored thirty four points in that
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  Speaker 2: clincher twenty five years ago, I think you know his name,
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  Speaker 2: and usually you just call him by one. I think
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  Speaker 2: this is and so we're gonna have Reggie do the
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  Speaker 2: honors and hand out the the Bob Coosey Trophy that
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  Speaker 2: goes to the Eastern Conference champions to Herb Simon, the
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  Speaker 2: chairman and governor. Rick Carlisle, could I have a word please?
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  Speaker 2: O huh, I'll hold it, but you can say what
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  Speaker 2: you'd like, But go ahead. What's your first word?
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  Speaker 1: In forty nine states, it's just basketball, but this is Indiana.
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  Speaker 3: I want to.
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  Speaker 1: I want to congratulate I want to congratulate the Knicks
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  Speaker 1: on a great season. Tom Tibodeau, who has done a
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  Speaker 1: great job rebuilding that team. They caught a team that
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  Speaker 1: has been on a magical ride and our guys earned this.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations to our guys.
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  Speaker 2: Rick, I saw you with a out thirty seconds to
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  Speaker 2: go on the sidelines, and I think I saw it
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  Speaker 2: the first time you have exhaled in this series. You
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  Speaker 2: just let it go and like you realize this was over.
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  Speaker 2: Described to me the intensity that we saw through six games.
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  Speaker 1: Here, Well, this is as intense a series as you're
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  Speaker 1: ever going to have. And it only goes six games.
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  Speaker 1: And we went seven games with these guys last year,
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  Speaker 1: and so very difficult, very difficult series. But our work
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  Speaker 1: has just begun.
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  Speaker 2: Playoff. Basketball is such a battle of wills. They know
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  Speaker 2: what you want to do, you know what you want
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  Speaker 2: to do. How did you do so decisively in the
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  Speaker 2: second half today assert your will?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I listen. I got to give all the credit
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  Speaker 1: to the game Bridgefield House fans. You guys lifted us
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  Speaker 1: up today.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And look our two star players Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal
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  Speaker 1: Siakam put our team on their backs and they just
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  Speaker 1: decided that we were not going to lose this game today.
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  Speaker 2: Rick, congratulations, good luck in the NBA finals.
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  Speaker 1: Ernie. I just want to say congratulations to TNT on
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  Speaker 1: a fabulous, unbelievable run that's coming to an end. We're
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  Speaker 1: all very sad about that, but you're a man of
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  Speaker 1: great pass.
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  Speaker 2: Congrats. Thank you so much. Rick, I appreciate you, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: This is the Larry Bird Trophy. It goes to the
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  Speaker 2: MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals, and that m VP
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  Speaker 2: is Pascal Siakama. Nice going. All right, Look, we talked
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  Speaker 2: about the way this series has gone and and your
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  Speaker 2: big games, and we said, well it figures this is
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  Speaker 2: an even number game. You're gonna be big tonight, and
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  Speaker 2: you were how did you how did you get this?
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  Speaker 2: How did you get this done tonight to move on
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  Speaker 2: to the finals.
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  Speaker 4: First of all, shout out Indie man. It's it's been.
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  Speaker 4: It's been such an amazing experience for me so far,
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  Speaker 4: from the first day I landed here, Like the love
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  Speaker 4: has been amazing. Uh child kp just unbelievable, man, Like
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  Speaker 4: you know, first class organization. I'm just so happy to
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  Speaker 4: be here. And tonight, you know, after the bad game,
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  Speaker 4: you know, have bad game five, we wanted to bounce back.
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  Speaker 4: And I have like one hundred percent believe in my
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  Speaker 4: teammates whenever we down, you know, we always find a way,
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  Speaker 4: and we did that tonight.
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  Speaker 2: We know the pieces that you need to play well
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  Speaker 2: and to succeed in this game. But and then tonight,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes the unexpected happens, and sometimes Thomas Bryant catches fire
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  Speaker 2: from deep.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Thomas, Yeah, you know, I think obviously you know
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  Speaker 4: he was he was up and down, you know, sat down,
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  Speaker 4: and one of the things that he did, you know,
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  Speaker 4: when he was sitting down, is just supporting. He was
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  Speaker 4: the best guy on the bench, charing for everyone. He
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  Speaker 4: lost his minutes and he kept chearing for everyone. You know,
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  Speaker 4: That's that's basketball. The basketball gods was gonna repay you
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  Speaker 4: for when you you that top of teammate and he
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  Speaker 4: was so Lazer focused tonight and and help us win
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  Speaker 4: the game tonight.
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  Speaker 2: You're not gonna have to worry about any questions about
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  Speaker 2: the team trying harder than you did tonight because it
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  Speaker 2: was obvious. Man, you guys did a great job. Congratulations. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: could get Could I get Miles Turner to come up here.
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  Speaker 4: For one moment?
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  Speaker 2: What's going man? Look, you are the longest tenured member
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  Speaker 2: of this team, ten seasons wearing this uniform, and now
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  Speaker 2: you're going to the NBA Finals. Man, tell me tell
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  Speaker 2: me what that does for you.
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  Speaker 3: Whoa man, It's been a long time coming. Man, Come on, man,
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  Speaker 3: I just first of all, man, I've gotta get a
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  Speaker 3: hug shout to the Simons man never stopped believing. To me,
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  Speaker 3: it's run off of this organization is amazing. I've spent
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  Speaker 3: a third of my life here, man, It's crazy, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I've just I've really grown up here with y'all, and
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  Speaker 3: it's so validating just to get this in this fashion
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  Speaker 3: against one of our rivals twenty five years later, and
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  Speaker 3: I'm just excited if it was next man.
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  Speaker 2: We got four more congratulations, good luck in the finals.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, Miles, good to see you man. So folks,
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  Speaker 2: here are your Eastern Conference champions going to the NBA Finals,
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  Speaker 2: the Indiana Pacers.
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  Speaker 5: Kevin Bernie, thank you very much. Reggie has joined us
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  Speaker 5: here at the table. Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers in
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  Speaker 5: six beat the New York Knicks four games to two
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  Speaker 5: and twenty five years Reggie, last time they were in
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  Speaker 5: this position, you were on Matt team.
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  Speaker 2: When we clinched.
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  Speaker 6: It was in New York, so we didn't have the
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  Speaker 6: luxury of doing it and put up our homes crowd,
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  Speaker 6: which this place is absolutely electric in here. We had
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  Speaker 6: the opportunity to fly back and had a thousand people
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  Speaker 6: waiting on us at the Airport, which was cool, but
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  Speaker 6: to do it in front of this home base, and
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  Speaker 6: I think coach Carl All said it right in forty
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  Speaker 6: nine other states just basketball, but this is Indiana. It
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  Speaker 6: means so much for this state to have the opportunity
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  Speaker 6: to win four more games, possibly and win a championship.
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  Speaker 6: It's just tremendous.