NBA Finals: Thunder, Gilgeous-Alexander own fourth quarter, level series

INDIANAPOLIS Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored of his points in the fourth quarter and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a -point second-half deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers - on Friday night and tie the NBA Finals at two games apiece Jalen Williams added Alex Caruso had and Chet Holmgren finished with points and rebounds for the Thunder They did it the hard way with a season-low three -pointers and no assists from Gilgeous-Alexander for the first time all season Pascal Siakam scored for Indiana which got from Tyrese Haliburton and from Obi Toppin Competition of the series now essentially a best-of-three is at Oklahoma City on Monday night with the Thunder now having reclaimed home-court advantage And the Thunder saved their realistic chance at winning the title Teams with a - series lead in the NBA Finals have gone on to win the championship times in past chances The Pacers looked well on their way to being the th club with such an edge before the Thunder unveiled their championship in the nick of time The MVP led the way too Gilgeous-Alexander had nine straight points down the stretch as the Thunder took control The Pacers came out flying scoring points in the first only the second time all season the Thunder gave up so various so fast They led by as a multitude of as nine early but were unable to pull away And things got chippy for the first time in the series Toppin was called for a Flagrant on Caruso midway through the second quarter then Toppin was the recipient of a Flagrant from Lu Dort just before the half The Pacers closed on a - run taking a - lead into the break Toppin s baseline dunk late in the third put Indiana up - its first double-digit lead of the series coming late in the th quarter of the series Back came OKC A - run tied the battle early in the fourth at the first of a handful of those down the stretch Tied at Tied at Tied at And at last the lead Gilgeous-Alexander s step-back with left put the Thunder up - their first lead of the second half They kept it the rest of the way