Backed by the best playoff crowd yet, the Oklahoma City Thunder put themselves in the driver's seat for the first time in the championship series. A 120-109 Game 5 win over the Indiana Pacers gave them a 3-2 series lead in the 2025 NBA Finals.

Indiana trailed by 16 points in the third quarter before cutting the Thunder's lead to only two points, although they got sloppy in the final minutes of the game, ultimately losing by 11. Tyrese Haliburton scored only four points and missed all six of his shots from the field.

The Indiana Pacers lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5, but it wasn't due to a lack of effort from their backup point guard.

It's been tough sledding for Siakam, who is averaging 17 points on 13 shots per game through two Finals contests, having missed 12 of his 20 attempts inside the arc and four of his six launches from beyond it,