The Oklahoma City Thunder used a huge fourth quarter to come back and beat the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Friday night. OKC evened the series at 2-2 and outscored Indy by 14 points in the fourth quarter of a 111-104 win. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 11 points in the final three minutes as the Thunder came up clutch.

The result was only the second clutch game the Pacers lost this postseason, a 111-104 Thunder win that ties the series up at 2-2. What has been a highly entertaining, well-played Finals will see Game 5 Monday night in Oklahoma City. It also feels like a series that is going to go seven games.

How Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Sparked Game 4 NBA Finals Win over Pacers With Clutch Rally originally appeared on Athlon Sports. To his opponent’s dismay, the sequences seemed painfully familiar. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander punished his defender with a step-back jumper, a 3-pointer and a few trips to the free-throw line.

The Indiana Pacers blew a 7-point fourth-quarter lead to drop Game 4 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The NBA Finals are tied, 2-2

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).