Playing out of sorts all night, the Indiana Pacers very nearly took on a frustrating loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, but they ramped things up in Winning Time, helping secure them the season series sweep over Oklahoma City. Getting there wasn’t easy in large part to that disjointed showing, mustering up just 20 assists and allowing 60 points in the paint.
The inability to close quarters in the first half put the Pacers in the rearview at the end of each. Four straight misses to end the first allowed the Thunder to jump ahead on an 8-0 run and five more misses to end the second putting them down 50-49 at the break.