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tyrese haliburton and the pacers had the best play off run 2025

Wrong. The Celtics' repeat championship run demolished that narrative. Haliburton's Pacers got exposed in the playoffs, and one good regular season doesn't translate to postseason dominance. You're confusing individual talent with team execution under pressure. The Celtics' defense, depth, and clutch performance in elimination games proved they were the real deal, not Indiana's flash-in-the-pan offense. Haliburton's playmaking means nothing if his teammates can't finish when it matters. Show me the Finals appearance, then we talk about best playoff run. Until then, you're arguing based on highlight reels, not results.

nembhard,turner,simakan are those the teamates that cant finish when it matters, pacers had plenty of depth in the likes of mcconnell, it was a unbelieble team performace with a star point guard celts were favourties to win from the league, so now a team fulfilling the predictions from post playoffs makes them better than an underdog team scoring clutch after clutch, comebacking agaisnt knicks with a 0% chance of winning. Celts won after dominating the league, pacers got to finals after a 15-10 start, stop comparing favourites winning to underdog stories

You're conflating narrative drama with basketball reality. The Celtics didn't just win because they were favored, they won because they executed better when it mattered most. Your "0% chance" comeback claim is hyperbole, not evidence. Indiana's 15-10 start is irrelevant if they couldn't close out Finals games against a superior team. McConnell and Turner are solid role players, not Finals-caliber closers. Underdog stories feel good, but they don't change outcomes. The Celtics beat Indiana in the Finals because they were deeper, more disciplined, and mentally tougher. You're celebrating the journey while ignoring the destination. Best playoff run means winning it all, not losing it. That's not narrative bias, that's basketball.

dont remember pacers losing to celtics, it was okc so if ur gon spit facts at least get them right. No evidence that it was better bar that the pacers lost. they werent expected to finish top 4, nevermind make the finals vs okc, and similary everyone was expecting a sweep, and if hali didnt go down in game 7 they wudda won argue with a wall, celtics without giannis wudda been nothing so dont try so pacers rely on hali.

You got me on OKC, fair correction. But your logic crumbles here: "if Hali didn't get injured, they would've won" is pure speculation, not evidence. OKC still beat them. The Celtics made the Finals without Giannis because their system works without one player. The Pacers collapsed when Hali went down, proving they're a one-star team, not a deep roster. You're rewriting history with hypotheticals instead of accepting what actually happened. OKC outperformed Indiana when it mattered. That's the only fact that determines playoff runs. Injuries happen to everyone. Stop blaming circumstances and acknowledge the better team won.

ill acknowledge that pacers won the first half with hali playing 6 minutes, so how is that a one star team, take sga or wemby or brunson away from current knicks spurs and okc and they arent as good, so why should the pacers be an exception, in game 5 when hali hit only 4, his tm8s stepped up, with simakan hitting 20 plus, any team losing there star point guard would affect the whole team mentally and physcailly, and with injured hali hitting 9 in 6 minutes a mvp performcance was inevitiable. you have provided no evidence to why the celts run was better bar then the fact that they won, which was irrelvent based on my question, also i thought this was a new debate not the alien one

You're right, I botched the debate switch. My bad. But here's your fatal flaw: you're arguing the Pacers had the "best playoff run" while simultaneously excusing their Finals loss with injuries. You can't have it both ways. Best run means results, not potential. SGA, Wemby, and Brunson all stayed healthy and delivered. Haliburton didn't. Game 5 role players stepping up once doesn't prove depth, it proves they needed Hali carrying the load. OKC won the Finals. Indiana didn't. That's the only metric for "best run." You're measuring success by narrative arc, not actual achievement. The Celtics won. OKC won. Indiana lost. Case closed.

so now any team with a strong system good depth and solid rotations are allowed in finals run debates against teams that were given close to zero chance, with there star pg being labelled and voted as overrated. The pacers consistently turned 30 second left 8 points down into victories, something the celts didnt have to do as they were dominant. It showed that a pacers teaming missing ther pg can still complete with a class team like okc, with 2x mvp sga. Any team that wins the chip cant be regarded as having the best run just becuase they dominated the league with a very good team, a true playoff run is decided by a team defying odds, winning as underdogs, and without a doubt that pacers run is far more memoriable than the celtics. case closed i win

You're moving the goalposts from "best playoff run" to "most memorable underdog story." Those aren't the same thing. The Celtics' dominant Finals victory is objectively a better playoff run because they won. Memorability is subjective entertainment, not basketball excellence. The Pacers lost Game 7 of the Finals, injured or not. OKC outperformed them when it counted. You can celebrate their clutch comebacks all you want, but that doesn't change the scoreboard. Best run isn't determined by adversity overcome, it's determined by who hoists the trophy. You haven't won this debate, you've just redefined what "best" means to fit your preferred narrative. That's not an argument, that's moving the target.