After Thursday night's dramatic loss, the Thunder pointed to their collapse against the Nuggets in Round 2 as proof that they can bounce back from heartbreaking Game 1 setbacks.

The game plan was the obvious one. Just chip away, the Indiana Pacers said, because there was no other option that would have made any sense at that point.

Down 15 points in the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder and nine points with less than three minutes left, Haliburton and the Pacers found yet another improbable way to steal a 111-110 victory on the road after Haliburton hit another winning jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining.