The comeback kings had it happen to them for a change, and once again, the 2025 NBA Finals are tied because of it.
The Oklahoma City Thunder erased a 10-point second-half deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers in Game 4, 111-104, behind 35 points from NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and 27 points from his fellow All-Star Jalen Williams.
The Pacers had made it a habit of pulling off stunning victories in these playoffs after falling behind by sizable margins with seemingly not enough time left on the clock to fix it. They have more 15-point comebacks, and more seven-point comebacks with a minute left, than anyone in NBA playoff history. But on Friday, with a chance to take command of the series, they went uncharacteristically cold in the fourth quarter — failing to score from the 3:19 mark until Bennedict Mathurin’s free throw with just 20 seconds left.
The Thunder, heavy favorites to win the finals at its outset, evened the series at two games apiece.
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Thunder flip script against comeback-king Pacers, rally in fourth to tie NBA Finals
