Thunder beat Pacers in Game 4 of NBA Finals to even series

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The Oklahoma City Thunder rallied successful the 4th fourth of Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers to gain a 111-104 triumph connected Friday nighttime astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and evened the bid astatine 2 games a piece. 

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of his 35 points successful the 4th fourth to pb the comeback win. The NBA MVP had 9 consecutive points down the agelong to clinch the come-from-behind victory. 

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Jun 13, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers defender  Tyrese Haliburton (0) drives to the hoop arsenic  Indiana Pacers guardant  Aaron Nesmith (23) blocks Oklahoma City Thunder defender  Luguentz Dort (5) during the 2nd  4th   of crippled  4  of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine  Gainbridge Fieldhouse. 

Jun 13, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton (0) drives to the hoop arsenic Indiana Pacers guardant Aaron Nesmith (23) blocks Oklahoma City Thunder defender Luguentz Dort (5) during the 2nd 4th of crippled 4 of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

The Pacers came retired flying, scoring 20 points successful the archetypal 4:59 – lone the 2nd clip each play the Thunder gave up truthful galore truthful quickly. They led by arsenic galore arsenic 9 early, but were incapable to propulsion away.

And things got chippy for the archetypal clip successful the bid wheb Toppin was called for a Flagrant 1 connected Caruso midway done the 2nd quarter, past Toppin was the recipient of a Flagrant 1 from Lu Dort conscionable earlier the half. The Pacers closed connected a 15-6 run, taking a 60-57 pb into the break.

Toppin’s baseline dunk precocious successful the 3rd enactment Indiana up 86-76, its archetypal double-digit pb of the bid coming precocious successful the 15th 4th of the series. Back came OKC: A 13-3 tally tied the crippled aboriginal successful the 4th astatine 89, the archetypal of a fistful of those down the stretch.

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Jun 13, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guardant  Jalen Williams (8) drives to the hoop past   Indiana Pacers halfway  Myles Turner (33) during the 4th  fourth  of crippled  4  of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine  Gainbridge Fieldhouse. 

Jun 13, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guardant Jalen Williams (8) drives to the hoop past Indiana Pacers halfway Myles Turner (33) during the 4th fourth of crippled 4 of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

The crippled was past tied astatine 91, tied astatine 95 and tied astatine 97, earlier Gilgeous-Alexander’s step-back with 2:23 near enactment the Thunder up 104-103, their archetypal pb of the 2nd half. 

Jalen Williams added 27, Alex Caruso had 20 and Chet Holmgren finished with 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Thunder. They did it the hard mode — with a season-low 3 3-pointers, and nary assists from Gilgeous-Alexander for the archetypal clip each season.

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Jun 13, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers guardant  Obi Toppin (1) drives to the handbasket  against Oklahoma City Thunder defender  Luguentz Dort (5) during the archetypal  fractional  during crippled  4  of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine  Gainbridge Fieldhouse. 

Jun 13, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers guardant Obi Toppin (1) drives to the handbasket against Oklahoma City Thunder defender Luguentz Dort (5) during the archetypal fractional during crippled 4 of the 2025 NBA Finals astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

Pascal Siakam scored 20 for Indiana, which got 18 from Tyrese Haliburton and 17 from Obi Toppin.

Game 5 of the bid is astatine Oklahoma City connected Monday night, with the Thunder present having reclaimed home-court advantage.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.

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