Game ID: 42400403
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Indiana Pacers
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM ET
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
IND 24 40 20 32 116OKC 32 28 29 18 107
IND vs OKC ScoutingIND vs OKC Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
IND availability going into 5/29 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 90 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 4 since 5/21, returns tonight: 13 min (88% of 15)
OUT Bryant missed 2 since 5/25, returns tonight: 5 min (37% of 13)
NEW Nembhard 30 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Nesmith 26 to 33 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 5/31 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 91 since 11/04, out tonight
BACK Walker back 5/29 after 4, 13 min since (88% of 15)
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 5 min since (37% of 13)
IND availability going into 6/05 · 4 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 92 since 11/04, out tonight
BACK Walker back 5/29 after 4, 10 min since (68% of 15)
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 9 min since (67% of 13)
IND availability going into 6/08 · 2 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 93 since 11/04, out tonight
BACK Walker back 5/29 after 4, 10 min since (68% of 15)
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 9 min since (65% of 13)
IND availability going into 6/11 · 2 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 94 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 2 since 6/05, out tonight
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 9 min since (70% of 13)
IND availability going into 6/13 · 1 day's restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 95 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 3 since 6/05, out tonight
BACK Bryant back 5/29 after 2, 8 min since (61% of 13)
IND availability going into 6/16 · 2 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 96 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 4 since 6/05, out tonight
NEW Toppin 20 to 25 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 6/19 · 2 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 97 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 5 since 6/05, out tonight
NEW Toppin 20 to 25 min over the last 5
IND availability going into 6/22 · 2 days' restOUT Isa. Jackson missed 98 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Walker missed 6 since 6/05, out tonight
OKC availability going into 5/26 · 1 day's restBACK K. Williams back 5/18 after 4, 8 min since (55% of 15)
BACK Jay. Williams back 5/24 after 2, 17 min since (120% of 14)
BACK Mitchell back 5/15 after 3, 7 min since (52% of 14)
OKC availability going into 5/28 · 1 day's restBACK K. Williams back 5/18 after 4, 9 min since (61% of 15)
BACK Jay. Williams back 5/24 after 2, 9 min since (60% of 14)
OKC availability going into 6/05 · 7 days' restBACK Jay. Williams back 5/24 after 2, 8 min since (52% of 14)
OKC availability going into 6/08 · 2 days' restBACK Jay. Williams back 5/24 after 2, 8 min since (52% of 14)
OKC availability going into 6/11 · 2 days' restBACK Jay. Williams back 5/24 after 2, 6 min since (43% of 14)
OKC availability going into 6/13 · 1 day's restNEW Caruso 21 to 29 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 6/16 · 2 days' restOUT Mitchell missed 2 since 6/11, out tonight
NEW Caruso 21 to 28 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 6/19 · 2 days' restOUT Jay. Williams missed 2 since 6/13, returns tonight: 12 min (83% of 14)
OUT Mitchell missed 3 since 6/11, returns tonight: 12 min (85% of 14)
NEW Caruso 21 to 30 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 6/22 · 2 days' restBACK Jay. Williams back 6/19 after 2, 12 min since (83% of 14)
BACK Mitchell back 6/19 after 3, 12 min since (85% of 14)
NEW Caruso 21 to 28 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 115, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 25 free throws a game; Siakam at 22 and Haliburton at 18 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (94 straight), Walker (2 straight). 2 days' rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 116, shooting 46 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 32 and Jal. Williams at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. 2 days' rest.
So: Indiana wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 16 times a game to OKC's 12. Call it Indiana 116, OKC 115, OKC keeping it close.
5/29 @ NYK 94-111 — IND notes
IND lost 94-111. IND shot 41% (30 of 74) to NYK's 49%, 10 of 30 from three, and went to the line 29 times to NYK's 22 — 24 points from the stripe to their 15. IND turned it over 20 times to NYK's 15, and NYK turned those into 11 steals. Mathurin led with 23 (6 of 10, 2 of 4 from three, 9 of 9 at the line); Siakam added 15, Toppin 11. Q4 was theirs, 21-21, but the other 3 periods went 90-73 against them. Toppin's -26 in 18 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/31 vs NYK 125-108 — IND notes
IND won 125-108. IND shot 54% (46 of 85) to NYK's 48%, 17 of 33 from three, and got to the line 19 times to NYK's 26. IND turned it over 12 times to NYK's 17. Siakam led with 31 (10 of 18, 3 of 5 from three, 8 of 11 at the line); Haliburton added 21, Toppin 18. The hinge was Q3, 34-23: a lead of 4 became 15, and the lead reached 21. Nembhard was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
6/05 @ OKC 111-110 — IND notes
IND won 111-110. IND shot 48% (39 of 82) to OKC's 40%, 18 of 39 from three. IND turned it over 24 times to OKC's 6, and OKC turned those into 14 steals. The glass went 56-39 for them. Siakam led with 19 (7 of 15, 4 of 6 at the line); Toppin added 17, Turner 15. The hinge was Q4, 35-25: IND came in trailing by 9 and left it ahead by 1. IND trailed 45-57 at the half and won the second half 66-53. Nesmith was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
6/08 @ OKC 107-123 — IND notes
IND lost 107-123. IND shot 45% (37 of 82) to OKC's 49%, 14 of 40 from three, and got to the line 26 times to OKC's 33. Haliburton led with 17 (7 of 13, 3 of 8 from three); Turner added 16, Siakam 15. Q4 was theirs, 33-30, the deficit cut from 19 to 16, but the other 3 periods went 93-74 against them. Nembhard's -17 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
6/11 vs OKC 116-107 — IND notes
IND won 116-107. IND shot 52% (44 of 85) to OKC's 47%, 9 of 27 from three, and got to the line 22 times to OKC's 30. Mathurin led with 27 (9 of 12, 2 of 3 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Haliburton added 22, Siakam 21. The hinge was Q4, 32-18: IND came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 9. Toppin was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
6/13 vs OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 23 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Haliburton at 16 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (95 straight), Walker (3 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 26 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 34 and Jal. Williams at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 13. Call it OKC 115, Indiana 113, Indiana keeping it close.
6/16 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 106, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 29 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 33 and Jal. Williams at 22 a game. 2 days' rest. Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 24 free throws a game; Siakam at 21 and Haliburton at 18 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (96 straight), Walker (4 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where OKC has been plus-3 a night and Indiana minus-2 and the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 16 times a game to OKC's 13. Call it OKC 117, Indiana 109.
6/19 vs OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 114, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 26 free throws a game; Siakam at 21 and Haliburton at 15 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (97 straight), Walker (5 straight). 2 days' rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 109, shooting 45 percent and 38 from three, 31 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 32 and Jal. Williams at 26 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 18 times a game to OKC's 12 and the line, where OKC takes 31 free throws a game to Indiana's 26. Call it OKC 115, Indiana 112, Indiana keeping it close.
6/22 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 109, shooting 45 percent and 36 from three, 32 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 29 and Jal. Williams at 26 a game. 2 days' rest. Indiana comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 110, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Haliburton at 15 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (98 straight), Walker (6 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where OKC has been plus-3 a night and Indiana minus-3. Call it OKC 115, Indiana 109.
5/26 @ MIN 128-126 — OKC notes
OKC won 128-126. OKC shot 51% (48 of 95) to MIN's 51%, 16 of 37 from three, and got to the line 21 times to MIN's 28. OKC turned it over 14 times to MIN's 21. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 40 (13 of 30, 2 of 7 from three, 12 of 14 at the line); Jal. Williams added 34, Holmgren 21. The hinge was Q1, 37-30: from level to 7 ahead. Caruso was the night's best plus/minus at +8.
5/28 vs MIN 124-94 — OKC notes
OKC won 124-94. OKC shot 52% (46 of 88) to MIN's 41%, 14 of 35 from three, and went to the line 21 times to MIN's 15 — 18 points from the stripe to their 12. OKC turned it over 14 times to MIN's 21. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 34 (14 of 25, 2 of 4 from three); Holmgren added 22, Jal. Williams 19. The hinge was Q1, 26-9: from level to 17 ahead, and the lead reached 39. Jal. Williams was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
6/05 vs IND 110-111 — OKC notes
OKC lost 110-111. OKC took 16 more shots (98 to 82), fed by 10 offensive rebounds, but shot 40% to IND's 48%, 11 of 30 from three. OKC turned it over 6 times to IND's 24. The glass went 39-56 against them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 38 (14 of 30, 3 of 6 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Williams added 17, Dort 15. Q1 was theirs, 29-20, but the other 3 periods went 91-81 against them. They led by as many as 15. Wallace's -13 in 33 minutes was the worst on the floor.
6/08 vs IND 123-107 — OKC notes
OKC won 123-107. OKC shot 49% (40 of 82) to IND's 45%, 14 of 36 from three, and went to the line 33 times to IND's 26 — 29 points from the stripe to their 19. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 34 (11 of 21, 1 of 4 from three, 11 of 12 at the line); Caruso added 20, Jal. Williams 19. The hinge was Q2, 33-21: a lead of 6 became 18, and the lead reached 23. Wiggins was the night's best plus/minus at +24.
6/11 @ IND 107-116 — OKC notes
OKC lost 107-116. OKC shot 47% (37 of 79) to IND's 52%, 10 of 22 from three, and went to the line 30 times to IND's 22 — 23 points from the stripe to their 19. Jal. Williams led with 26 (9 of 18, 7 of 11 at the line); Gilgeous-Alexander added 24, Holmgren 20. Q3 was theirs, 29-20, turning a 4-point deficit into a 5-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 96-78 against them. Caruso's -15 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
6/13 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 23 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Haliburton at 16 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (95 straight), Walker (3 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 26 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 34 and Jal. Williams at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 13. Call it OKC 115, Indiana 113, Indiana keeping it close.
6/16 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 106, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 29 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 33 and Jal. Williams at 22 a game. 2 days' rest. Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 24 free throws a game; Siakam at 21 and Haliburton at 18 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (96 straight), Walker (4 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where OKC has been plus-3 a night and Indiana minus-2 and the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 16 times a game to OKC's 13. Call it OKC 117, Indiana 109.
6/19 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 114, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 26 free throws a game; Siakam at 21 and Haliburton at 15 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (97 straight), Walker (5 straight). 2 days' rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 109, shooting 45 percent and 38 from three, 31 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 32 and Jal. Williams at 26 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Indiana giving it away 18 times a game to OKC's 12 and the line, where OKC takes 31 free throws a game to Indiana's 26. Call it OKC 115, Indiana 112, Indiana keeping it close.
6/22 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 109, shooting 45 percent and 36 from three, 32 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 29 and Jal. Williams at 26 a game. 2 days' rest. Indiana comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 110, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Haliburton at 15 a game. Without Isa. Jackson (98 straight), Walker (6 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where OKC has been plus-3 a night and Indiana minus-3. Call it OKC 115, Indiana 109.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BM B. Mathurin
BS B. Sheppard
MT M. Turner
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
TB T. Bryant
TH T. Haliburton
TM T. McConnell
OKC/IND the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Game 3: Pacers rally in the 4th, beat Thunder 116-107 to take 2-1 lead in NBA Finals
INDIANAPOLIS -- — Every time Indiana has lost a game in the last three months, it simply has come back to win the next one.
Even in the NBA Finals — against a huge favorite who the Pacers now have in some trouble.
Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points off the bench, Tyrese Haliburton finished with 22 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, and the Pacers retook the lead in the NBA Finals by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 in Game 3 on Wednesday night.
“This is the kind of team that we are," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “We need everybody to be ready. It’s not always going to be exactly the same guys that are stepping up with scoring and stuff like that. But this is how we've got to do it.”
Pascal Siakam scored 21 for Indiana, which enjoyed a whopping 49-18 edge in bench points. The Pacers, who lost Game 2 in Oklahoma City, improved to 10-0 since mid-March in the game immediately following a loss.
"So many different guys chipped in," Haliburton said.
Jalen Williams scored 26 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 24 and Chet Holmgren had 20 for the Thunder, who led by five going into the fourth.
Game 4 is back in Indiana on Friday night.
“We had a lot of good stretches of the game,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “But they had more good stretches than we did — and outplayed us over the course of 48 minutes.”
History says the Pacers are in control now; in the 41 previous NBA Finals that were tied at a game apiece, the Game 3 winner went on to hoist the trophy 33 times — an 80.5% clip.
Advantage, Pacers.
It was back-and-forth much of the way. There were 15 ties; to put that in perspective, there were 13 ties in the five-game entirety of last year’s finals between Boston and Dallas. The last time there was a finals game with more ties: Game 1 between Cleveland in Golden State in 2018, which was knotted 17 times.
TJ McConnell finished with 10 points, five assists and five steals for Indiana; since all those stats started being charted, nobody had ever come off the bench and done all that in an NBA Finals game.
“We just had guys make plays after plays,” Haliburton said. “Our bench was amazing.”
The Thunder were 61-2 when leading going into the fourth quarter in the regular season. They're 1-2 when leading going into the fourth quarter in this series. Indiana — at home in an NBA Finals game for the first time in 25 years, with Caitlin Clark, Reggie Miller , Oscar Robertson and many other stars in the crowd — simply owned the final 12 minutes.
Indiana outscored OKC 32-18 in the fourth, holding the Thunder to 35% shooting with the game and control of the series on the line.
“There's a lot of areas we can clean up,” Holmgren said. “Everybody who stepped out there can be better.”