Thunder Beat Pacers in NBA Finals G4
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It's the Pacers vs the Thunder in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Follow along for live updates from Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Oklahoma City center Isaiah Hartenstein returns to the starting lineup for Game 4 of the NBA Finals vs. Indiana.
The Pacers' reserve has athleticism, fearlessness and a level of defiance toward the law of gravity. In Game 3, Indiana needed all three.
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However, what won the 68 games and got them to the Finals was their defense, and the Pacers torched that for a long stretch of Game 3. Indiana took better shots and capitalized on them, finishing with a 116 offensive rating (9.5 points higher than the Thunder allowed on average during the playoffs coming into the game).
Turnovers were a major problem for Oklahoma City in Game 3 and now the Thunder have hit their second danger point in these playoffs.
On this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Vince and Sam Amick do a quick recap of Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers before previewing Game 3. LeBron James claps back at detractors on social media,