Here are three lessons Golden State can take away from the last series of the 2024-25 NBA season: Both rosters are stacked with rangy, bouncy athletes between 6-foot-4 and 6-7 who can make open 3-pointers – and sometimes not-so-open triples – and manufacture shots while also playing hounding defense.

The Indiana Pacers had the lead late in Game 4, but the Oklahoma City Thunder were able to even the series at 2-2 with a 111-104 win on June 13. Late in the game, Bennedict Mathurin missed three critical free throws for the Pacers.