Sorry. I love this Pacers team, but they aren’t beating the Thunder. The Thunder just match up too well with everything the Pacers do well.
The truth is either of these teams and groups of young players will have "broken through" taking very few lumps compared to what most teams go through before they win a title.
Siakam is the only guy on either team who has remotely "been there". The next "been there" is Carlisle as coach.