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NBA regular season with very few question marks after a breakthrough 57-win campaign. The questions are what any contending team would want asked of it. Can the Thunder repeat as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference?

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of his 35 points late, capping the Oklahoma Thunder’s rally for a 111-104 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday to tie the NBA Finals at 2-2.

The Thunder took a five-point lead into the fourth quarter when Jalen Williams drained a 3-pointer with two seconds on the clock to give them a 89-84 lead. However, the Pacers kept bouncing back and took the win thanks to a massive game from Bennedict Mathurin.

When the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008, the franchise needed a new identity, but OKC Thunder wasn't always the front-runner.

No team in NBA history has scored more points in a season than the Thunder. That gave the Thunder 12,162 for the season, breaking the mark of 12,161 scored by the Golden State Warriors in 104 games during the 2018-19 season.