The Pacers were hosting the Thunder in probably their most watched game of the regular season. Paul George was back in town for the first time since being traded, and Bankers Life Fieldhouse was as loud and crazy as ever. Given the sentiments around PGs return, this game was as close to the finals for the Pacers as you were going to get.
And now, that isn’t the only parallel that the game shares with the actual finals.
96-94. That was the score the Thunder led by with one minute to go in the game. Then, this happened:
Watch it again.