The Oklahoma City Thunder are just one win away from being named NBA champions for the first time in history. The Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, moving the series to 3-2. The team said it is the trust in one another that got them to this moment.

The Pacers star had a rough shooting performance against the Thunder in Game 5 of the NBA Finals after failing to make a single field goal.

With that performance, Jalen Williams joined Kyrie Irving (2016), Kevin Durant (2012), Dwyane Wade (2006), and Shaquille O'Neal (1995) as the only players in the last 40 years to score 25+ points in three straight NBA Finals games. Williams had 26 in Game 3 and 27 in Game 4.

All series long, Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle has described the task of slowing the Oklahoma City Thunder — heavy betting favorites from the start of the 2025 NBA Finals — as a "daunting" one.

Oklahoma City Thunder's series unfolded almost identically to their Western Conference battle with the Denver Nuggets.

After defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 116-107, on Wednesday to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers, who started the season as a 66-1 title long shot and started the playoffs at 80-1,