Thunder Make NBA History After Game 4 Win Over Pacers originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Oklahoma City Thunder flirted with disaster in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. However, in the process of avoiding a worst-case scenario, they made NBA history.

An endless amount of digital ink will be spilled over Gilgeous-Alexander's Game 4 performance. Down 2-1 on the road, he joins all-time basketball pantheons like LeBron James and Stephen Curry for this backs-against-the-wall scenario. He showed once again why he could be well on his way to being viewed as those future Hall-of-Famers.

Jalen Williams didn't want to leave anything in tank for Oklahoma City Thunder's Game 4 win over Indiana Pacers.

Gilgeous-Alexander was off his game for much of the night, but played like the league MVP in the fourth to lead the OKC rally.

The Oklahoma City Thunder delivered in a 111-104 Game 4 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday. They tied the 2025 NBA Finals at 2-2 apiece. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way with an efficient 35 points.

During a free-throw attempt by Bennedict Mathurin in the first quarter, Oklahoma City's Luguentz Dort knocked Tyrese Haliburton down with his left elbow. The referees did not call a foul.

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).