A series for the real basketball heads is all tied up
This NBA Finals series between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder might not be for the casual basketball fan. But it is a series that will turn any casual basketball fan who happens to be watching into an NBA lifer. This series seems to have it all. High drama, two teams playing in top form (fun catastrophic sequences here or there aside), last-second scoring, incredible, high degree-of-diffculty shooting. And it’s just damn fun. Notted up at 2-2, the two teams now seek to gain the upper hand as the series heads into a final (maximum, but seemingly inevitable) three-game stretch. The Pacers let game 4 slip away and with it, a chance to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Thunder came back and fought hard, but in no sense does it feel like they have taken control of the series. This is still anybody’s finals to win. Can’t wait to see who does it.
Game Vitals
When: 8:30 p.m. ET
Where: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Watch: ABC
Odds: Thunder -9.5
Projected Lineups
Indiana Pacers (2-2)
Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Pascal Siakam, Myles Turner
Oklahoma City Thunder (2-2)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein