You usually tend to be struck by lightning than the Pacers had been to win their playoff comebacks
When the Indiana Pacers trailed the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder by 9 factors with 2 minutes and 52 seconds left in Sport 1 of the NBA Finals, ESPN’s win chance mannequin gave the Pacers solely a 3.6% likelihood to win.
Not solely did the Pacers overcome that deficit to win 111-110 and take a 1-0 lead within the sequence, that wasn’t even Indiana’s most unbelievable comeback this postseason.
The Pacers have turn into the masters of the come-from-behind victory within the 2025 playoffs, pulling off a minimum of one miracle in every spherical.
In Sport 5 of the convention quarterfinals, Indiana overcame a 7-point deficit towards the Milwaukee Bucks within the remaining 39 seconds of additional time — when the Pacers’ odds of profitable had been solely 2.1% — and gained 119-118.
In Sport 2 of the convention semifinals, Indiana had solely a 4.1% likelihood of profitable when it trailed the Cleveland Cavaliers by 7 with 57.1 seconds to go, however the Pacers in the end gained 120-119.
And in Sport 1 of the convention finals, Indiana pulled off a never-before-seen comeback towards the New York Knicks, rallying from 14 factors down with 2 minutes and 51 seconds to go within the fourth quarter earlier than profitable 138-135 in additional time — the percentages of which had been 0.3%.
Whereas profitable even considered one of these video games was a extremely unbelievable activity for the Pacers, profitable all 4 was extraordinarily unlikely.
How unlikely, precisely? Nicely, you’d have a greater likelihood of being struck by lightning, for starters.
Right here’s how the Pacers’ 4 greatest comebacks stack up towards another uncommon occasions.