NBA Finals Game 4 picks: Thunder vs. Pacers predictions
NBA Finals Game 4 picks: Thunder vs. Pacers predictions
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Pacers and Thunder NBA Finals is better than it's 'small-market' billing
USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the star-studded NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder.
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This was supposed to be a deciding NBA Finals victory for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Or so many experts predicted.
The Thunder, the No. 1 overall seed after a 68-win season, are quick, play a suffocating defense and have the league MVP in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Indiana Pacers, who upset the No. 1 seed in the East in Cleveland — albeit playing without some of its stars because of injuries — and squeaked by the New York Knicks on come-from-behind victories, were not seen as the complete package. Still a year or two away.
Well, the Pacers are ready now. They're two wins from the franchise's first NBA championship with Game 4 on Friday, June 13, at 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC) in Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
USA TODAY Sports' experts make their NBA Finals Game 4 picks for Oklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers:
NBA Finals Game 4 picks
Scooby Axson: Pacers 118, Thunder 108
Pacers 118, Thunder 108 Cydney Henderson: Thunder 108, Pacers 106
Thunder 108, Pacers 106 Jordan Mendoza: Thunder 109, Pacers 102
Thunder 109, Pacers 102 Lorenzo Reyes: Thunder 106, Pacers 97
Thunder 106, Pacers 97 Heather Tucker: Thunder 103, Pacers 90
Thunder 103, Pacers 90 James Williams: Pacers 110, Thunder 104
Pacers 110, Thunder 104 Jeff Zillgitt: Thunder 111, Pacers 99
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