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,

Now it's the Pacers fanbase's turn to be obnoxiously loud. Bennedict Mathurin revealed he thought the OKC crowd was the moment everything hit him that they were in the NBA Finals. An unlikely destination considering how Indiana was viewed before the playoffs started in April.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Game 1 of the NBA Finals saw an epic fourth-quarter comeback followed by a Tyrese Haliburton game-winning shot that will live forever in Indiana Pacers lore. HALIBURTON WINS GAME 1 FOR THE PACERS. THEY TRAILED BY 15. ANOTHER CRAZY INDIANA COMEBACK 🚨 https://t.co/heI0ELIivW pic.twitter.com/1Qr6XlDbA7

The Indiana Pacers aren't a destination for the NBA's free agents and rarely earn high draft picks. To reach the Finals, they had to buck convention and get creative.

Draymond Green delivers a major Alex Caruso message during the Oklahoma City Thunder-Indiana Pacers NBA Finals.

They say life's two certainties are death and taxes, but for the past 20 years, the Pacers have done a pretty good job of avoiding the latter. They last paid the luxury tax in 2005. The only other teams to have avoided the tax for the two decades that have passed since are the Hornets and Pelicans,

Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander passes a Philadelphia 76ers legend in his NBA Finals debut.

The second-year player suffered an ankle injury in Game 6 against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals.