Pacers superstar Tyrese Haliburton is the engine of the team's improbable playoff run and he just revealed what sparked the team's success this season in the NBA Finals.

The difference on the final scoreboard was one point, and the difference on this first installment of the Finals MVP Ladder is one spot, separating the player who made the shot and the one who missed — Tyrese Haliburton and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Haliburton, considered overrated by some of his peers, came up big again in Game 1 when his jumper with 0.3 seconds left gave Indiana a 111-110 victory over the heavily favored Thunder.