Not many expected the Oklahoma City Thunder to be trailing 2-1 in the NBA Finals, and quite frankly, they are a Tyrese Haliburton buzzer-beater away from the script being flipped.
A deficit is what they face, though, with one more game set to be played in Indy (Friday night, 8:30 PM EST on ABC) before heading back to OKC for a crucial Game 5. Midway through the series, here are two things that are working and two things that are not for OKC.
What’s working
Defense causing turnovers: Oklahoma City has had no issue causing a sometimes laughable number of Indiana turnovers. The Pacers, who averaged 13.2 turnovers in the regular season, have turned the ball over 17.3 times per game in the series.
OKC forced 19 Pacers turnovers in the first half of Game 1, which is an NBA Finals record for turnovers in a single half. It’s disrupted Indiana’s offensive flow throughout the series, but more on this later…
