ESPN's Tim Legler on the Pacers' Magical Run to the NBA Finals
From Fieldhouse Files: Scott Agness on the Indiana Pacers by Scott Agness
June 23, 2025 · 25 min
About this episode
Tim Legler discusses the Pacers' season and the impact of Tyrese Haliburton's injury during the NBA Finals.
On this episode of the Fieldhouse Files podcast, ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler joins to look back at the NBA Finals and the Pacers’ memorable season that ended in devastation — Tyrese Haliburton suffering a torn right Achilles tendon seven minutes into Game 7. Among the items discussed on this episode: What he appreciated about the construct and integrity of the Pacers How there was no villain in the finals Haliburton going down — and how it hurts them now and later Players buying into defense this season, and how the coaching staff successfully tweaked coverage in Game 6 What happened with Myles Turner ? ----- Follow Scott on Twitter and Instagram , and read his work on fieldhousefiles.com .
People in this episode
Host: Scott
Guest: Tim Legler
Topics covered
- NBA Finals
- Indiana Pacers
- Tyrese Haliburton
- Myles Turner
- defense
Keywords
- Pacers
- NBA
- basketball
- Game 7
- coaching
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