Indiana Pacers – Oklahoma City Thunder · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 5 June 2025

IND111–110OKC

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Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when OKC leads and falls when IND does.

This is how the game was decided.

Pascal Siakam decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (19, with 10 rebounds and 3 assists; -10 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Aaron Nesmith's (+13). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Oklahoma City Thunder 110-111 Indiana Pacers (June 5, 2025) was hit by Tyrese Haliburton: a jump shot with 0.3 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Indiana Pacers up 111-110. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Oklahoma City Thunder 110-111 Indiana Pacers (June 5, 2025) was a 9-0 run by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second quarter (from 5:13 to 2:39), from 41-37 to 50-37. The Indiana Pacers' best was a 6-0 run in the third quarter (from 57.0 s to 17.1 s), from 70-82 to 76-82.

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Play: Tyrese Haliburton makes 21-foot pullup jump shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Tyrese Haliburton decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 7 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Haliburton decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

5 June 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401766122:721; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · IND

Siakam · Nembhard · Nesmith · Turner · Toppin

Closing lineup · OKC

Gilgeous-Alexander · Williams · Wallace · Holmgren · Caruso

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IND

Tyrese Haliburton

39′ · +12

Pascal Siakam

35′ · -10

Andrew Nembhard

32′ · +11

Aaron Nesmith

31′ · +13

Myles Turner

28′ · +8

Obi Toppin

25′ · +13

Ben Sheppard

9′ · -12

T.J. McConnell

17′ · -13

Bennedict Mathurin

16′ · -8

Thomas Bryant

8′ · -9

OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

40′ · +3

Jalen Williams

36′ · -4

Luguentz Dort

36′ · -3

Cason Wallace

33′ · -13

Chet Holmgren

24′ · +4

Alex Caruso

28′ · +2

Isaiah Hartenstein

17′ · +2

Isaiah Joe

11′ · +3

Aaron Wiggins

9′ · +6

Kenrich Williams

1′ · -2

Ajay Mitchell

4′ · -3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. IND and OKC.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Indiana Pacers

Turner, Siakam, Nembhard, Haliburton, and Nesmith played 13.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Turner, Nembhard, Toppin, Haliburton, and Nesmith played 6.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 14 points.
Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, and McConnell played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Holmgren, Williams, and Wallace played 16.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Caruso, Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Williams, and Wallace played 7.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Caruso, Hartenstein, Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, and Joe played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

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Indiana Pacers

Siakam, Bryant, Mathurin, Sheppard, and McConnell played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Siakam, Nembhard, Toppin, Haliburton, and Nesmith played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Turner, Nembhard, Toppin, Haliburton, and Mathurin played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Turner, Nembhard, Toppin, Haliburton, and Sheppard played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Siakam, Toppin, Mathurin, Sheppard, and McConnell played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Bryant, Haliburton, Mathurin, and McConnell played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Siakam, Bryant, Nembhard, Mathurin, and McConnell played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Bryant, Nembhard, Toppin, Haliburton, and Mathurin played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Turner, Siakam, Mathurin, Sheppard, and McConnell played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Mathurin played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Caruso, Hartenstein, Wiggins, Williams, and Wallace played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Caruso, Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Holmgren, and Williams played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Caruso, Hartenstein, Wiggins, Williams, and Mitchell played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Joe, Holmgren, and Wallace played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Caruso, Hartenstein, Gilgeous-Alexander, Joe, and Wiggins played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Caruso, Hartenstein, Gilgeous-Alexander, Joe, and Wallace played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Tyrese Haliburton covered 4.92 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Haliburton touched the ball 108 times, a game high.
Tyrese Haliburton made 89 passes, a game high.
Aaron Nesmith had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Haliburton	4.92	7.2	108	89
Pascal Siakam	4.44	7.1	60	40
Andrew Nembhard	4.23	7.3	62	45
Aaron Nesmith	4.07	7.4	52	37
Myles Turner	3.48	7.1	36	18
Obi Toppin	3.30	7.3	49	37
T.J. McConnell	2.32	7.7	51	41
Bennedict Mathurin	2.14	7.3	34	24
Ben Sheppard	1.30	7.6	14	12
Thomas Bryant	1.09	7.1	10	7

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	4.70	6.6	77	38
Jalen Williams	4.70	7.3	63	42
Luguentz Dort	4.41	6.9	30	20
Cason Wallace	4.20	7.1	28	19
Alex Caruso	3.68	7.1	45

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Indiana Pacers

Aaron Nesmith drew 0.16 charges per game over his 45 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.
Myles Turner contested 8.7 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 19 of 388 in the league.
Pascal Siakam recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 19 of 388 in the league.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Chet Holmgren defended 6.9 shots at the rim per game over his 32 games, and opponents made 18 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 1 of 138 in the league.
Cason Wallace deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 5 of 388 in the league.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 6 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have won 20 of their 42 games against the Indiana Pacers.

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Game context

Attendance

18.203

100% of capacity

Paycom Center · Oklahoma City

Series

Game 1

NBA Finals

OKC 4-3

Scoring

221

combined points

3.5 above the season average (217.5)