A strong performance from Jalen Williams pushed the Oklahoma City Thunder to take a 3-2 series lead over the Indiana Pacers.

“Just trying to keep pace in the game, impact whatever way I can,” Haliburton said of his efforts in the second half. “Just trying to get (Pascal Siakam) the ball in the right spots. Try to get the ball to guys in the right spots if I can. As far as what happened there, we have to watch film to see it.

McConnell’s third inbounds steal followed an Andrew Nembhard jumper that brought Indiana within two early in the fourth. McConnell jumped in front of Caruso, who was inbounding the ball, and came up with the steal; his layup tied the game at 95 with 8:33 left.

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