Following the Oklahoma City Thunder's 111-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night, the 2025 NBA Finals are tied at two games apiece.

Warriors Guard's Role in Pacers' Remarkable Finals Run Revealed originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Game 1 of the NBA Finals saw an epic fourth-quarter comeback followed by a Tyrese Haliburton game-winning shot that will live forever in Indiana Pacers lore. HALIBURTON WINS GAME 1 FOR THE PACERS. THEY TRAILED BY 15. ANOTHER CRAZY INDIANA COMEBACK 🚨 https://t.co/heI0ELIivW pic.twitter.com/1Qr6XlDbA7

The Indiana Pacers aren't a destination for the NBA's free agents and rarely earn high draft picks. To reach the Finals, they had to buck convention and get creative.

Indiana's big man has often been viewed as everybody else’s “missing piece,” but he continues to succeed on the team that drafted him — with a big payday ahead.

Stephen A. Smith was photographed and videoed playing Solitaire on his phone during Game 4 of the NBA Finals -- and proceeded to get dragged on social media about it. The ESPN personality was in Indianapolis for the game -- won by the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-104 over the Indiana Pacers -- when several social media accounts caught him playing on his phone.