{"id":104688,"date":"2025-06-17T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/104688\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:01:11","slug":"inside-nba-finals-game-5-stats-from-okc-thunder-win-vs-indiana-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/104688\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside NBA Finals Game 5 stats from OKC Thunder win vs Indiana Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the biggest number from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/16\/thunder-pacers-score-nba-finals-game-5-live-updates-highlights-stats-prediction\/84232505007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder\u2019s 120-109 win <\/a>over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/indiana-pacers\/11\/\" data-autotag=\"9c580fdc-190c-4799-8818-97e0f670368a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> in Game 5 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2025\/nba-finals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Finals<\/a> on Monday night at Paycom Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/sports\/thunder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Thunder<\/a> is one win away from the franchise\u2019s first NBA title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, we know the position we\u2019re in,\u201d Thunder guard <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/aaron-wiggins\/1133788\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Wiggins<\/a> said. \u201cCan\u2019t think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everybody on the outside, though, is thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p>With massive games from <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/jalen-williams\/1182404\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Williams<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/shai-gilgeousalexander\/1067856\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>, another titanic performance defensively and plenty more to break down in Game 5, there were plenty of numbers to come out of the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at OKC\u2019s Game 5 victory by the numbers:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pediment.com\/products\/oklahoma-city-thunder-sga-mvp-2025-champs-hardcover-book?ownership=client&amp;utm_medium=redirect_print_ad&amp;utm_source=the_oklahoman&amp;utm_campaign=ThunderBook&amp;variant=50671119958308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pre-order book on Thunder&#8217;s run to NBA Finals<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/16\/pacers-vs-thunder-score-nba-finals-game-5-tyrese-haliburton-shai-gilgeous-alexander-stats-results\/84235320007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OKC Thunder nears first title after dominating NBA Finals Game 5 vs Pacers | 5 takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jalen Williams makes history<\/p>\n<p>40: Points for Jalen Williams, the 69th all-time 40-plus point game in NBA Finals history.<\/p>\n<p>2: 40-point games in the NBA Finals for Thunder players. Russell Westbrook scored 43 points in Game 4 of the 2012 NBA Finals, a 104-98 loss in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>0: 40-plus points in NBA Finals games combined for Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Kawhi Leonard and Dirk Nowitzki in a combined 94 career finals games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">CARLSON: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/17\/nba-finalsokc-thunder-defense-lu-dort-alex-caruso-game-5-indiana-pacers\/84236218007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How is OKC Thunder one win from an NBA title? &#8216;Always starts defensively&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another big game for SGA<\/p>\n<p>15: Games with 30 or more points in these playoffs for SGA, who is averaging 30.4 points per game in 21 postseason games this season.<\/p>\n<p>4: Players in NBA history with 15 games of 30 or more points in one playoffs. Gilgeous-Alexander joined Michael Jordan (1992), Hakeem Olajuwon (1995) and Kobe Bryant (2009) in reaching that mark.<\/p>\n<p>2: Players to have at least 30 points, 10 assists, 4 blocks and 3 or fewer turnovers in an NBA playoff game all-time. The other was Hakeem Olajuwon on May 18, 1995, in Game 6 of Houston\u2019s second-round series vs. Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>10: Assists for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who did not have an assist in Game 4 in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">SOCIAL MEDIA REACTION: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/16\/jalen-williams-leads-thunder-past-pacers-in-game-5-of-nba-finals-social-media-reaction\/84237459007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder did some things to Pacers in NBA Finals Game 5 &#8216;that aren&#8217;t survivable&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thunder, injury keeps Tyrese Haliburton in check<\/p>\n<p>28:53: Game time elapsed before Pacers\u2019 star Tyrese Haliburton scored. Haliburton\u2019s first points came on a pair of free throws nearly five minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n<p>0: Field goals for Haliburton in Game 5, his first career playoff game without a field goal.<\/p>\n<p>2: First-half points for Indiana\u2019s Tony Bradley, two more than Haliburton. Bradley had not played in the series before Game 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/16\/sam-anderson-author-boom-town-reflects-okc-return-thunder-nba-finals\/84188162007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Anderson in OKC for Thunder in NBA Finals: &#8216;Boom Town&#8217; author reflects on book, city<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OKC turns up the heat defensively<\/p>\n<p>32: Points off turnovers for the Thunder, including 13 in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>23: Turnovers forced by the Thunder, the second time in the series OKC forced 20 or more turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>1: Fourth-quarter turnovers for OKC, who won the turnover battle by 12 (23-11).<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/16\/nba-finals-game-5-box-score-thunder-pacers-shai-gilgeous-alexander-tyrese-haliburton-stats\/84237278007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Finals Game 5 box score, stats: Jalen Williams, Thunder beat Pacers, move to brink of title<\/a><\/p>\n<p>T.J. McConnell keeps Pacers in it<\/p>\n<p>13: Points for Indiana reserve guard T.J. McConnell, who went 6 for 8 from the field in the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>5: Points in the other three quarters for McConnell, who was 2 of 6 in those quarters from the field. He did not score in 4:33 of action in the fourth, missing his only shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/05\/28\/commemorate-okc-thunder-historic-season-with-our-collectors-book\/83893354007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrate OKC Thunder&#8217;s amazing season and run to NBA Finals with our commemorative book<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thunder heat up from distance<\/p>\n<p>3: 3-pointers for the Thunder in Game 4, the fewest by an NBA team in a Finals victory since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>4: Players with three or more 3-pointers for the Thunder in Monday\u2019s victory. Wiggins led the way with four while Williams, Lu Dort and Cason Wallace added three each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/16\/nikola-topic-injury-update-okc-thunder-rookie-acl-tear-nba-finals\/84235559007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Topi\u0107 injury update: How is OKC Thunder rookie guard progressing from ACL tear?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/staff\/4339214001\/ryan-aber\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Aber<\/a>\u00a0covers OU athletics for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Ryan? He can be reached at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:raber@oklahoman.com\">raber@oklahoman.com<\/a>\u00a0or on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryaber?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@RyAber<\/a>. Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profile.oklahoman.com\/newsletters\/manage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the OU Sooners newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to access more OU coverage. Support Ryan\u2019s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.oklahoman.com\/offers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One. 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