Thunder Beat Pacers In Game 5 Of Nba Finals To Come Within One Win Of First Championship

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The Oklahoma City Thunder and reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are 1 crippled distant from their first title aft beating nan Indiana Pacers 120-109 successful Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

Gilgeous-Alexander put up 31 points, crossing nan 30-point people for nan 2nd consecutive game, and 4th clip successful this finals. But it was Jalen Williams that led nan game, putting up 40 points for Oklahoma City.

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Oklahoma City Thunder guardant Chet Holmgren (7) drives to nan handbasket past Indiana Pacers halfway Myles Turner (33) successful nan first 4th during crippled 5 of nan 2025 NBA Finals astatine Paycom Center. (Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images)

Pascal Siakam led nan Pacers successful scoring pinch 28 points, six rebounds and 5 assists.

Meanwhile, Pacers superstar Tyrese Haliburton, who has been hailed arsenic 1 of nan clutchest players successful this year's playoffs, had 1 of his worst games, scoring conscionable 4 points, pinch each 4 points coming from nan free-throw line. Haliburton missed his only six section extremity attempts of nan night.

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Indiana Pacers guardant Pascal Siakam (43) controls nan shot against Indiana Pacers guardant Isaiah Jackson (22) during nan 2nd 4th of crippled 5 of nan 2025 NBA Finals astatine Paycom Center. (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

The bid will return to Indiana for Game 6 connected Thursday arsenic nan Pacers look to stave disconnected elimination.

The Pacers will beryllium without their bully luck charm however, arsenic WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark will beryllium engaged pinch her ain crippled for nan Indiana Fever that night.

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History is connected Oklahoma's City side, arsenic teams that triumph Game 5 successful NBA postseason bid extremity up winning nan bid 74.2% of nan time.

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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered nan Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.

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