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NBA Finals 2025: How Thunder avoid a 2-0 deficit against Pacers


[From ESPN]

The Oklahoma City Thunder forced 25 turnovers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the most in any Finals game this century. Their star point guard scored 38 points, 24 more than their opponent's star guard. They trailed for all of 0.3 seconds of game time.

And yet, the Indiana Pacers went into Oklahoma City, weathered a terrible start and stole Game 1 by a 111-110 score. As the Pacers continue a postseason full of miraculous comebacks, the Thunder are left to wonder what went wrong -- and how they can prevent it from happening again in Sunday's Game 2 (8 p.m. ET, ABC).

Oklahoma City is still the better team in this series and therefore remains heavily favored despite the 1-0 deficit. But the Thunder used up a lot of their margin for error in Game 1. Here are their five steps to bouncing back, to both even the Finals and reclaim the advantage beyond.

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