Thunder on verge of NBA championship after holding off Pacers rally to win Game 5

Three days after the Thunder appeared headed toward a 3-1 series deficit in the best-of-seven NBA Finals, they’re now just one win away from a championship.

If the lesson of these NBA playoffs is how quickly fortunes can change, then the latest example is the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Three days after the Thunder appeared seemingly out of offensive options, fatigued and headed toward a 3-1 series deficit in the best-of-seven NBA Finals, they’re now just one win away from claiming an NBA championship.

Summoning the same offensive heroics and defensive tenacity that saved their season in the final quarter of Friday’s Game 4, the Thunder on Monday burst open a double-digit lead to start Game 5 on their home court, then held off Indiana’s attempted comeback to win 120-109 and lead the series 3-2.

Oklahoma City can close out the finals, and win the franchise’s first championship since it relocated in 2008, as early as Game 6 on Thursday in Indianapolis.

It is the first time since March that Indiana has lost consecutive games and the first time at any point during the postseason that it has trailed in a series. It was done in by its 23 turnovers, which Oklahoma City turned into 32 points.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nba/thunder-verge-nba-championship-holding-pacers-rally-win-game-5-rcna213320


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