The Thunder are up, 3-2, against the Indiana Pacers after back-to-back wins. Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander combined for 71 points in a Game 5 win on Monday night. The Thunder are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012 after eliminating the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games in the Western Conference finals.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers head back to Paycom Center for Game 5 after a split in Indiana, with the NBA Finals deadlocked at two games.

As the Pacers push through the NBA Finals, their balanced approach and defensive identity are drawing strong comparisons to a team that shocked the league in 2011.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are up, 3-2, against the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals. The Thunder are one win away from their first title in OKC after holding off the Pacers in Game 5 on Monday night. Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander combined for 71 points in the Game 5 victory.

It was a full-on Jalen Williams takeover in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, as he poured in a playoff career-high 40 points in what amounted to the greatest game of his career so far.

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The jerseys both have ''Indiana'' across the front, but the similarities end there between IU and the NBA's Indiana Pacers. Still, I was curious, and went to Twitter to take a poll. Hoosiers fans, how big is your love for the Pacers?

Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle offered an impassioned and somewhat unprompted defense of referee Scott Foster, evidently aware of mountains of online criticism.