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The New York Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau after losing to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
If the Pacers lose this series, they will look at the Game 4 loss as the one that made the difference, the one that altered the direction of the NBA Finals.
SportsLine's model simulated Oklahoma City vs. Indiana 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Monday's NBA Finals 2025 Game 5 contest
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The Indiana Pacers made a crucial mistake that might have cost them the Game 4 win against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4.
Charles Barkley doesn't hold back when talking about Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers.
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Thunder Wire on MSNMark Daigneault explains why he returned to Isaiah Hartenstein as starter against PacersAfter three games, Mark Daigneault shook his starting lineup once again. Isaiah Hartenstein returned to his usual role. Cason Wallace's three starts were an up-and-down journey that didn't work out on the court like anticipated.
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OKC Thunder Wire on MSNHow Jaylin Williams helped Thunder win Game 4 against Pacers despite DNPSeveral parallels have been made to the Thunder's Round 2 series against the Denver Nuggets. They were also down 2-1 before they gutted out a critical Game 4 win. Let's just say history repeated itself again. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander carried OKC across the finish line with 15 fourth-quarter points in a 111-104 Game 4 win.
In the playoffs thus far, Mathurin has been averaging 11.1 points on .504/.326/.865 shooting splits, plus 2.5 rebounds and 0.7 assists. He's converting the aforementioned 86.5 percent of his free throws while attempting 4.7 takes per bout, which makes it all the more disconcerting that he couldn't nail his attempts late.