Two games into the 2025 NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder are all squared up at a win apiece, and the script hasn't deviated much from expectations going in.
For instance, we knew that if the Pacers were going to steal one on the Thunder's home court, Indiana probably would need some of the same magic that has carried it throughout this playoff run. And indeed, Game 1 gave the Thunder a taste of the same medicine Indiana fed the Milwaukee Bucks, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks earlier in the postseason.