Pacers discuss Game 3 NBA Finals win over Thunder
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The Pacers won Game 1 in OKC on Tyrese Haliburton's last-second basket and the Thunder controlled Game 2. League MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA) has powered the Thunder (36.0 points, 5.5 assists, 3.
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).