| 107 – 116 |
| Box Scores: NBA – Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| NBA Finals – Game 3 – Series tied 1-1 |
| Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse |
| Officials: Tony Brothers, James Capers, Courtney Kirkland, and Tyler Ford |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 32 | 28 | 29 | 18 | 107 |
| Indiana Pacers | 24 | 40 | 20 | 32 | 116 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 107 | 37-79 | 46.8% | 10-22 | 45.5% | 23-30 | 76.7% | 9 | 52 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 4 |
| Indiana Pacers | 116 | 44-85 | 51.8% | 9-27 | 33.3% | 19-22 | 86.4% | 7 | 41 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| PLAYER STATS |
29 comments
Indiana defense had SGA in pressure cooker all game that he couldn’t move by the end. Someone give that man Oxygen tank
Even with the performance Mathurin gave, I STILL couldn’t justify anyone picking any one of the others on the Pacers bench over him. They all had such critical minutes in this game and just never stop the playing with energy 😮💨🔥
Basketball experts after this game: I am still taking OKC in 5.
#Sir the Haliban has taken the lead against Al Shaida
Is Tyrese all of a sudden a superstar again?
Fuck man I don’t think I’ve had this much fun in playoffs where my team isn’t playing. I hate the new cba but it’s gonna result in absolute cinema for the nba with this small market teams.
Sure, OKC has Alex Caruso, but the Pacers have a white version of him, and he lead them to victory!
that Mcconnell steal on the Caruso inbounds was such a swing. indy just stayed in control after that
Pacers depth is still insane, just a constant slew of guys killing you and then they send Tyrese and Siakam back in to finish you off
End of games seems a lot easier, if you don’t let the other team lead by 20 early in the game.
I wanna be TJ McConnell when I grow up.
OKC needs the clutch gene bad
Thunder
Q1 and 3 they outscored them 61-44
Q2 and 4 they get outscored 46-72
This series has been a gift from the basketball gods
**Field goals made in the final 7:40 of the game:**
Pacers: 7
OKC: 2
Mathurin take a fucking bow, also feels like Pacers are getting used to this OKC team
This shit is so finals worthy
NBA team record up 2-1 in the Finals: [**50-13 (79.4%)**](https://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/playoff_series_2_1.htm)
**IND Record whenever trailing by 20 or less points in this year’s playoffs: 14-1**
Bennedict Mathurin Legacy Game
Is T.J. McConnell lurking in here too? I don’t know if I’ve ever seen someone take 3 inbound passes.
OKC’s offense and defense in the fourth looked anemic. The Pacers really made OKC work on both ends. The Thunder looked so unbelievably gassed.
The pacers have got to be the best conditioned team in the league
You can always see the moment in the fourth quarter when the Pacers’ opponent runs out of gas.
Don’t overhype the Pacers they thrive going under the radar
OKC looked gassed. If Indy can keep it close going into the fourth they may just have the advantage.
When a NBA Finals Series is tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner goes on to win the series 80% of the time. (33-8)
Pacers bench is such bullshit, any one of them can just magically turn into the GOAT I love it
Knicks currently asking for permission to interview Carlisle
Please let the Pacers win so the rest of the NBA copies their playstyle 🙏
The shorter turnaround might actually benefit us here, OKC looked gassed as hell
We’ll see how the series ends but after watching every single talking head act like Indiana didn’t have a prayer in this series this is hype