While the Pacers won Game 1, they lost to the Thunder in Game 2, leaving the two teams tied for a chance at the championship. Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder to victory with 34 points in Sunday's game, the final score a comfortable 123-107.

The Oklahoma City Thunder could not go down 0-2 dropping both at home, and the team didn't. Let's take a look at three takeaways from the Thunder's most important game to date.

Holmgren shot 2-of-8 within four feet of the rim in Game 1, finishing the night with six points on nine shot attempts. It was a night where Daigneault leaned more into Isaiah Hartenstein (9 points on 3-of-5 shooting, plus 9 rebounds).

Game 1 of the NBA Finals could have been an especially crushing defeat for a young Oklahoma City Thunder team had they not dealt with nearly the exact same scenario earlier in these same playoffs