Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been the best player in the series to date. The regular-season MVP has scored 72 points through the first two games and had eight assists in the Thunder's Game 2 win. Tyrese Haliburton was the Game 1 hero for Indy, but he was quiet in Game 2 as OKC held the Pacers point guard to five points in the first three quarters.

However, what won the 68 games and got them to the Finals was their defense, and the Pacers torched that for a long stretch of Game 3. Indiana took better shots and capitalized on them, finishing with a 116 offensive rating (9.5 points higher than the Thunder allowed on average during the playoffs coming into the game).

Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points and Tyrese Haliburton had 22 points and 11 assists to lead the Pacers to a win in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 123-107 in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, evening up the series at one apiece. However, Thunder head coach Mark Dai