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It was another wild Game 1 ending for the Indiana Pacers, who have made a habit of wild endings here in the NBA playoffs, having pulled off unlikely fourth-quarter comebacks against both the Cavaliers and Knicks in previous Game 1s. This one, like the others, was capped by a last-second game-winner from Tyrese Haliburton for a 111-110 win. 

The Pacers won despite committing 19 turnovers in the first half and trailing by 12 points. They fell behind by 15 points with 9:42 in the fourth quarter. But, according to Haliburton, the belief they could win was always there.

"When I got off the bus, when I put on my shoes. I mean, there was never a disbelief as a group, honestly," he said. "You have a (first) half like that where you're throwing the ball to the other team, we like chaos. We like controlled chaos but that was just chaos, ugly. 

"But I think we, as a group, came today -- we got like 20 turnovers in the first half. We only gave up, I don't remember how many points -- nine. That's not that bad, you know, if you think of it that way, try to look at it glass half-full. I think as a group, like we never think the game is over, ever, honestly speaking, ever. That never creeps in. I think we just keep talking as a group, how can we walk this team down."