The Pacers started the season 10-15, but now they're two wins away from their first NBA championship. They've earned our respect.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 35 and the Oklahoma City Thunder closed Game 4 with a 12-1 run to beat the Indiana Pacers and tie the NBA Finals.

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The Indiana Pacers defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, taking a 2-1 series lead. Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton outplayed Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Game 3. LIVE UPDATES: Follow The Oklahoman's live coverage of ...

McConnell’s third inbounds steal followed an Andrew Nembhard jumper that brought Indiana within two early in the fourth. McConnell jumped in front of Caruso, who was inbounding the ball, and came up with the steal; his layup tied the game at 95 with 8:33 left.

At the NBA Finals, Indiana coach Rick Carlisle is trying to shine a light on what he considers an important cause.

Myles Turner showing his value as a do-it-all big in the NBA Finals isn’t a surprise. Myles Turner doing it in an Indiana Pacers uniform is the surprise, considering how many times he's been viewed as everybody else’s “missing piece” and constantly in trade rumors.