The Oklahoma City Thunder faced another game-winning shot in its playoff run, this time coming from Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton to steal Game 1 of the NBA Finals on the road.

How Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein downplayed concern heading into Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Pacers. For Hartenstein, if the Thunder stick to a game in which his team controls what they can and remains efficient,

The chances that the Oklahoma City Thunder find themselves on the wrong side of a historic NBA Finals upset are palpable. Game 1 was a fluke. Game 3 is replicable for the Indiana Pacers, who took a 2-1 series lead with a 116-109 victory Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

The Oklahoma City Thunder now trail 2-1 in the NBA Finals after falling 116-107 in Game 3 to the Indiana Pacers. While the box score offers the usual suspects for concern — a turnover disparity, Chet Holmgren’s inefficient shooting night, or another explosive outing from Bennedict Mathurin off the bench — the real issue lies beneath the surface.

Alexander's dad, Vaughn Alexander, gives an interesting take on his son's "Free-throw merchant" moniker. During the Western Conference Finals, Gilgeous-Alexander addressed the label/chants he's heard on the road throughout the regular season,

All season long, the Thunder dominated with the top defense and third-most efficient offense. But the playoffs have been far more difficult.

Oklahoma City Thunder were a great basketball team, as they were the last team in franchise history to make the Western Conference Finals before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led his side to the NBA Finals this season.

Oklahoma historian Bob Blackburn said that MAPS was “instrumental in bombing recovery efforts. There is a rebirth of that old boom spirit that built Oklahoma City, the spirit of 1889, that sense of confidence that tomorrow will be better than today if we invest and work together.”