Nate McMillan kept calling it the play of the game, and yet it wasn't a play at all. It was just a quiet moment amid the bedlam of the Pacers' stirring comeback from a 19-point deficit to Oklahoma City that resulted in their most meaningful victory of the season, noticed by nobody out of earshot in the team huddle.
With his team down 11 during a timeout with 6:25 left, McMillan subbed Thaddeus Young out of the game. Just for a couple of minutes, he told his captain, you'll be right back. But a couple of minutes later the Pacers had pulled within a point thanks to a 13-3 run, forcing a Thunder timeout with 4:04 remaining.