LIVE UPDATES: Follow The Oklahoman's live coverage of Thunder vs. Pacers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. OKC evened the best-of-seven series at 2-2 with a 111-104 road win in Game 4 on Friday. The Thunder will now return home, where it's 9-2 this postseason.

In Game 5 of the NBA Finals, he showed he's pretty good as a more traditional point guard, too. He had 31 points and 10 assists in a secondary role to Jalen Williams as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 120-109 on Monday night. The Thunder took a 3-2 lead in the series and now are a win short of their first NBA title.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers meet in Game 3 of the NBA Finals Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The Oklahoma City Thunder outright stole Game 4 from the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals and many are pointing to the refs being the reason why. The Pacers' bench boss doesn't agree with that thought process.

Fever star Caitlin Clark will return to the lineup after missing several WNBA games recently stemming from a quad injury.

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

Indiana fed off the crowd during its Game 3 win, but players will say the advantage is more about the comfort of routines at home.

It has been reported that the Dallas Mavericks denied a request to interview Jason Kidd, the Minnesota Timberwolves said no to Chris Finch, the Houston Rockets did the same with Ime Udoka, the Atlanta Hawks rejected a Quin Snyder interview, and the Chicago Bulls also shut down the idea of Billy Donovan.