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The final of the NBA of this year is a battle between two franchises of small markets, but the Governor of Indiana fully embraces the brilliant national spotlights in its state.
The Pacers have been in their first NBA final since 2000, facing the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pacers won three ABA titles in the early 1970s, while the Thunder organization has not won a title since 1979, when they were the Seattle Supersonics.
The Pacers are up 1-0 in the series after another incredible return. Governor Mike Braun said he watched the match again shortly after withdrawal, then once again in the morning after. Now he begins to think that they are a “team of destiny” which embodies the attitude of the blue passes of his state.
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Indiana pacers striker Aaron Nesmith and goalkeeper Tyrese Haliburton celebrate after a game against Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA final at the Paycc Center. (Images Kyle Terada-Imagn)
Braun was a high school basketball player and even played against the legend of Indiana Larry Bird.
“Basketball in Hoosiers, it’s 49 other states, then there is Indiana. It means a lot, because the Pacers have always been competitive, but have never been completely in this position to win it,” said Braun in a recent interview with PK Press Club Digital. “And it is not one with an authority other than become a team from Destiny, it seems almost. But coming back from 15 points (in match 1), it is the status of outsider.
“I always liked when I was in sport and even as a politician, and there is something on this subject. When it works, it’s even softer. So the spotlights take place on Indiana, the same projector on Oklahoma, two states that are not in the national framework. Of course, we are now, and I knew it every minute.”
Braun said the finals are an opportunity for Indiana to tell its own story and show why people are flocking to live.
“I remember that when I lived in Boston for two years to go to business school, they must not have resumed geography in high school. They had some people who asked:” Where is Indiana exactly? “” Remember Braun.
Then-sen. Mike Braun speaks at the American Capitol on March 6, 2024 in Washington, DC (Images Kevin Dietsch / Getty)
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Braun experienced the American dream. After playing against Larry Bird in high school, he became an entrepreneur before entering politics. Today, while heading Indiana, three of his four children manage his business and his wife has the same accessory gift store for 47 years.
And while he watches his pacers arguing for their first NBA championship, he can only think of a film on Indiana basketball and the next generation.
“Well, I think it would come back if you were watching the film” Hoosiers “, that would tell you all the reasons (why Indiana is the basketball state). We have so many history of that, and the proof is in the pudding.”
This proof is Braun’s outfits while he campaigned and debated – has just found long -sleeved shirts. Oh, and Bobby Knight joined him on the campaign track.
The Indiana Pacers Tyrese Haliburton goalkeeper dribbles the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder goalkeeper, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, during the NBA final. (Images Kyle Terada-Imagn)
“Where I grew up, just on Highway 231, you didn’t really pay a lot of attention by driving it every day,” said Braun, “but on the same basketball goal I played is a schoard or a high school student still there on the aisle.”
