Indiana Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton's Game 5 Performance Was Historically Bad originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Indiana Pacers dropped Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Finals 120-109 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Coming into the game, the series was tied 2-2, with the winner laying claim to the series advantage.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from an NBA championship. OKC defeated the Indiana Pacers 120-109 in Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Monday at Paycom Center. It now leads the series 3-2 after overcoming a deficit in crunch time of Game 4 on the road to avoid a 3-1 hole.

The jerseys both have ''Indiana'' across the front, but the similarities end there between IU and the NBA's Indiana Pacers. Still, I was curious, and went to Twitter to take a poll. Hoosiers fans, how big is your love for the Pacers?

As the Pacers push through the NBA Finals, their balanced approach and defensive identity are drawing strong comparisons to a team that shocked the league in 2011.

Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle offered an impassioned and somewhat unprompted defense of referee Scott Foster, evidently aware of mountains of online criticism.