On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins andJay Williams join Molly Qerim to debate if the Indiana Pacers or the Oklahoma City Thunder are the better team, discuss the impact Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton have had on their teams during the 2025 NBA Finals and more.
0:00 Did Game 2 prove the Thunder are the better team?
5:00 Who has played better: Tyrese Haliburton or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander?
7:07 Which former NBA legends does SGA play like?
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@jrev8089
June 10, 2025 at 12:14 am
Everyone said Ant is like MJ, because of the dunks and appearance, βcharismaβ, etc. But Shai is in the Finals – like MJ – because of his deadly midrange.
@yao.aboagye
June 10, 2025 at 12:23 am
Lmaooooo yeah tough news day
@josiahmitchell8594
June 10, 2025 at 12:30 am
SGA isn’t the best player in the league even with a ring.
@nemdiesel4
June 10, 2025 at 12:35 am
Molly just cant stand being just eye candy..
@philipsmith8630
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 am
Perk just COOKED βΌοΈ
@CasterShellz
June 10, 2025 at 12:43 am
The Pacers have been down big too many times. Thereβs only so many times you can climb back into the game from being down 20 before you run out of chances.
Indiana has to keep these games closer so that they have more opportunities late to close games.
@athrinean
June 10, 2025 at 12:54 am
Molly Shut Up!
@SpoonCurry
June 10, 2025 at 12:58 am
Fire Molly please
@Raw_Media77
June 10, 2025 at 1:11 am
Hes not Better than Jokic stop it..
@Raw_Media77
June 10, 2025 at 1:11 am
This is what Charles Barkley be talking about lol
@shaynikchoudhury7889
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 am
Must be nice working for ESPN. Molly keeps getting feedback on her interrupting people in the comments, yet it’s 2025 & still in First Take being annoying af. π
@drippykeith9911
June 10, 2025 at 1:16 am
how does winning the championship make him a better player than he was before, he isnt gonna improve that much in a week to make him go from second best to the best
@SharkOnLand1111
June 10, 2025 at 1:19 am
Duh
@philmalavarca9489
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 am
Iβll say thisβ¦ in this new era of basketball, the top 5 players are Nikola JokiΔ, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jayson Tatum & Anthony Edwards. I believe SGA is a superstar in the making, but to say heβs the best player, I donβt think so. Heβs a great player. But I donβt think heβs better than Giannis & JokiΔ.
@top-class9542
June 10, 2025 at 1:33 am
Molly… SHUT UP !!!
@dionsanchez8028
June 10, 2025 at 1:53 am
My question is what are they gonna be able to talk about when the thunder DONT win the finals? π§
@victoiredigbe8235
June 10, 2025 at 1:55 am
Molly shut up godammm
@RayMurphy-i1o
June 10, 2025 at 1:59 am
Pacers will put the foot right to the floor for game 3, they slightly took it off for game2
@justanotherguy9300
June 10, 2025 at 2:08 am
@0:11 chill Molly it wasn’t that deep what he said…
@lewismoultrie5548
June 10, 2025 at 2:11 am
Let’s see the expectations for SGA going foward… I bet its not gonna be the same as past all time greats. Same with Giannis , Luka , and even Jokic. Murray hasn’t looked like a superstar wing in the playoffs the last couple years and Jokic can’t even get out of the 2nd round.
@aaronfrazier6013
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 am
Nobody watching this boring finals
@thatfatguy7591
June 10, 2025 at 2:25 am
Literally OKC has lead 95.7/96 mins through two games
@StayWoke95
June 10, 2025 at 2:29 am
Iβm still giving Luka the Edge as the face now that he is slimming down and he is gonna have a redemption season remember Luka when he first came in league earned his respect he is literally unguardable and is bigger then most guards his only con is defense cmon mavs didnβt wanna pay him and he was averaging 34-9-9 βoverweightβ as they say so letβs not forget if Luka gets a team in LA legit role players everyone will see
@mrzanlee
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 am
Man all of sudden sag is the goat π
@josephluna7461
June 10, 2025 at 2:31 am
Sga still not better than jokic