It's not limping to the finish line — it's sprinting. Yet, the Pacers still found a way. MUSSATTO: OKC vs Indiana in NBA Finals shows how system created by Adam Silver & Co. works “We're battle-tested,” Pacers center Myles Turner said. “We do well ...

Winning Results: OKC’s bench owns a Playoff-best +67 point differential. That impact shows up individually, too, as three of OKC’s top six players in Playoff plus-minus are reserves – Wallace (2), Caruso (5) and Aaron Wiggins (6) The Secret? Cohesion and a total commitment to making winning plays — no matter who’s on the floor.

Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner beamed as they carried the Indiana Pacers shiny, new Eastern Conference championship trophy into their postgame news conferences Saturday night.

“Hats off to Oklahoma City and (Indiana), two incredibly well-run franchises top to bottom that deserve to be here.” And if the Thunder or Pacers managed to repeat as champs? “I wouldn’t then be saying this isn’t working because I didn’t go ...