Eight seconds into Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Andrew Nembhard earned a small victory. Frustrated with how the Indiana Pacers guard was harassing him off the ball, Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shoved Nembhard twice.

The Pacers started the season 10-15, but now they're two wins away from their first NBA championship. They've earned our respect.

The Oklahoma City Thunder battle the Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of their best-of-7 NBA Finals series Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Metta Sandiford-Artest reveals the heartfelt reason he's rooting for the Indiana Pacers to win the NBA title this year.

The Pacers have a 2-1 series lead primarily because the Thunder have gotten away from team basketball. Can that change in Game 4?

"It was just one of those nights where you literally could not miss," Caitlin from downtown said. "It was Aaron [Nesmith], it was Myles [Turner], it was Pascal [Siakam]. It was just one to the next. It was really,

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He has been the same great story and terrific bench player in the NBA Finals that he was here. Too bad the Sixers let him walk away.