— Pacers 111, Thunder 110
Tyrese Haliburton hit a 21-foot jumper with 0:00.3 left for the win.
Pacers turned ball over 18 times in first half, trailed 57-45 at the break.
Thunder led by 15 in the fourth quarter.
Indiana’s starters were +34, their subs minus-29
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points for Oklahoma City.
— This season, Indiana is 4-0 SU/ATS in the first game of playoff series, only the third team in the last 40 years to do that:
1986 Celtics
2021 Suns
2025 Pacers
— Pittsburgh Steelers/Aaron Rodgers announced the QB has signed a one-year deal, which probably wasn’t surprise in the NFL offices. Jets-Steelers play in Week 1. Steelers also play Green Bay in Week 8.
— Since Ben Roethlisberger retired after the 2021 season, the Steelers have gone 29-24, 0-2 in playoff games, while starting five QBs:
Russell Wilson
Justin Fields
Kenny Pickett
Mitch Trubisky
Mason Rudolph
Now they have a 41-year old QB who tore his achilles couple of years ago.
— Rodgers will be only the second QB to start for a head coach he previously beat in a Super Bowl; Phil Simms played for Dan Reeves with the Giants in 1993, after the Giants beat Reeves’ Bronco team in the Super Bowl after the 1986 season.
— This coming season, New England will have its third head coach in three years, its fourth offensive coordinator in four years.
— Thursday was the 40th anniversary of Ferris Bueller’s day off; the Cubs won, but they were in Washington, not Wrigley Field.
— Famous birthdays, June 6th:
Bjorn Borg, 69
Max Venable, 68
Paul Giamatti, 58
Olindo Mare, 52
Mark Ellis, 48
Rodger Saffold, 37
Anthony Rendon, 35
DeAndre Hopkins, 33
Kenny Pickett, 27
— Diamondbacks 11, Braves 10
Arizona scored seven runs in the top of the ninth.
Braves have lost 11 of their last 14 games.
— Dodgers 6, Mets 5
Dodgers scored three runs in bottom of the 8th, all unearned.
LA started the season 23-10; they’re 15-15 since then.
— A’s 14, Twins 3
Tyler Soderstrom homered twice, knocked in six runs.
A’s led 11-1 in the fourth inning.
— Giants 3, Padres 2
Giants are 11-2 in Robbie Ray’s starts this season.
Manny Machado hit his 350th career home run.
— Rays 4, Rangers 3
Tampa Bay scored three runs in bottom of the ninth.
Marcus Semien homered twice for Texas.
— Orioles 4, Mariners 3
Rutschman/Henderson hit back/back home runs.
Baltimore has won six games in a row.
— Cardinals 6-5, Royals 5-7
Kansas City lost opener, after leading 3-0 in 7th inning.
Maikel Garcia homered, scored three runs in the nightcap.
— If the baseball playoffs started today: (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies, Padres, Giants
AL: New York, Astros, Tigers, Wild Cards: Guardians, Twins, TB/Tor
