Featured on the Paycom Center court are logos for the Thunder (in the center of the court), Paycom Center (diagonally adjacent from the Thunder logo) and YouTube TV (adjacent to the free-throw lane).

Thunder forward Jalen Williams put it more bluntly: “It sucks, but we have been here before.” He added: “Regardless, if it’s the finals or Round 1, Round 2, you still have to win four games.

The Thunder dominated the Pacers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, winning 123-107 and tying the series, thanks to the same formula for success that helped Indiana in Game 1.

And then — like everyone else who wears the Thunder logo — he had to learn. “I think it just helped me kind of understand what the city’s been through,” Hartenstein said.