{"id":92367,"date":"2025-06-11T23:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/92367\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T23:04:10","slug":"thunder-vs-pacers-live-updates-highlights-from-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/92367\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder vs. Pacers: Live updates, highlights from Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder-Indiana Pacers 2025 NBA Finals series is headed to Indianapolis for Games 3 and 4 of the series, currently tied 1-1. Game 3 is set for Wednesday, June 11 at 8:30 p.m. ET from Gainbridge Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/breaking-news\/article\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-wins-mvp-thunder-star-becomes-eligible-for-5-year-380-million-contract-largest-in-nba-history-222535437.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBA MVP;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA MVP<\/a>, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, &amp; Co. are looking to build off a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/breaking-news\/live\/pacers-vs-thunder-score-okc-dominates-nba-finals-game-2-behind-big-game-from-shai-gilgeous-alexander-as-tyrese-haliburton-fades-223020825.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:dominant Game 2 performance over the Pacers, besting Indy 123-107;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dominant Game 2 performance over the Pacers, besting Indy 123-107<\/a> after falling short in their first meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Through two games in the series, SGA is averaging a whopping 46 points per game, including 5 rebounds and 5.5 assists, well out-performing Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton, who totaled just 31 points combined over two outings to SGA&#8217;s 72. Still, there&#8217;s no doubt that the Pacers wouldn&#8217;t have been in a position for a tied series at this point without his stunning game-winning 3-pointer in Game 1.<\/p>\n<p>Haliburton has, no doubt, been the magic that&#8217;s fueled the Pacers&#8217; miraculous postseason and kept them in it. He&#8217;s shot a ridiculous 13-of-15 on shots to tie or take a lead in the last two minutes of a game this postseason, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1931870580103647484\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per ClutchPoints;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">per ClutchPoints<\/a> \u2014 precisely the reason he&#8217;s earned his new <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:nickname;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">nickname<\/a> of &#8220;The Moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One team will be a step closer to the NBA championship with a win Wednesday night. We&#8217;ll soon find out which one.<\/p>\n<p>Date: Wednesday, June 11<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Time: 8:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse | Indianapolis, Indiana<\/p>\n<p>TV channel: ABC<\/p>\n<p>Follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more from Thunder-Pacers in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oklahoma City Thunder-Indiana Pacers 2025 NBA Finals series is headed to Indianapolis for Games 3 and 4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,7996,2624,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,114,209,312,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-92367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oklahoma-city-thunder","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-gainbridge-fieldhouse","10":"tag-indianapolis","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-oklahoma","13":"tag-oklahoma-city","14":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","15":"tag-oklahomacity","16":"tag-oklahomacitythunder","17":"tag-pacers","18":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","19":"tag-thunder","20":"tag-tyrese-haliburton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114667235854277245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}