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.

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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.

The Pacers are back in the NBA Finals for only the second time in franchise history, 42 years after Herb and brother Mel bought the team.

Will Caitlin Clark be able to attend more NBA Finals games to root on the Pacers? Let's assume she can only come to home games. They play on Friday at home and, if there's a Game

The Indiana Pacers hosted their first NBA Finals game in a quarter-century on Wednesday night, holding Game 3 against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Gainsbridge Fieldhouse. Naturally, Caitlin Clark was in attendance.