The Pacers started the season 10-15, but now they're two wins away from their first NBA championship. They've earned our respect.

McConnell’s third inbounds steal followed an Andrew Nembhard jumper that brought Indiana within two early in the fourth. McConnell jumped in front of Caruso, who was inbounding the ball, and came up with the steal; his layup tied the game at 95 with 8:33 left.

Jay-Z bet $1,000,000 against Indiana Pacers originally appeared on Athlon Sports. As sports betting sweeps the nation, celebrities and streamers have gotten in on the action, often wagering hundreds of thousands of dollars as an entertainment stunt.

Twenty-five years ago, the Indiana Pacers faced another pivotal NBA Finals Game 4. It was the game where the legend of Kobe Bryant was born.

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has attended eight Pacers playoffs games this postseason, and the Pacers have won all eight.

However, what won the 68 games and got them to the Finals was their defense, and the Pacers torched that for a long stretch of Game 3. Indiana took better shots and capitalized on them, finishing with a 116 offensive rating (9.5 points higher than the Thunder allowed on average during the playoffs coming into the game).

Udonis Haslem hypes up the crowd after telling Pat McAfee he's siding with the Pacers and trusting Rick Carlisle's leadership.