One.
That’s the biggest number from the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 120-109 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night at Paycom Center.
The Thunder is one win away from the franchise’s first NBA title.
“Obviously, we know the position we’re in,” Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins said. “Can’t think about it.”
Everybody on the outside, though, is thinking about it.
With massive games from Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, another titanic performance defensively and plenty more to break down in Game 5, there were plenty of numbers to come out of the victory.
Here’s a look at OKC’s Game 5 victory by the numbers:
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Jalen Williams makes history
40: Points for Jalen Williams, the 69th all-time 40-plus point game in NBA Finals history.
2: 40-point games in the NBA Finals for Thunder players. Russell Westbrook scored 43 points in Game 4 of the 2012 NBA Finals, a 104-98 loss in Miami.
0: 40-plus points in NBA Finals games combined for Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Kawhi Leonard and Dirk Nowitzki in a combined 94 career finals games.
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15: Games with 30 or more points in these playoffs for SGA, who is averaging 30.4 points per game in 21 postseason games this season.
4: Players in NBA history with 15 games of 30 or more points in one playoffs. Gilgeous-Alexander joined Michael Jordan (1992), Hakeem Olajuwon (1995) and Kobe Bryant (2009) in reaching that mark.
2: Players to have at least 30 points, 10 assists, 4 blocks and 3 or fewer turnovers in an NBA playoff game all-time. The other was Hakeem Olajuwon on May 18, 1995, in Game 6 of Houston’s second-round series vs. Phoenix.
10: Assists for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who did not have an assist in Game 4 in Indianapolis.
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28:53: Game time elapsed before Pacers’ star Tyrese Haliburton scored. Haliburton’s first points came on a pair of free throws nearly five minutes into the second half.
0: Field goals for Haliburton in Game 5, his first career playoff game without a field goal.
2: First-half points for Indiana’s Tony Bradley, two more than Haliburton. Bradley had not played in the series before Game 5.
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32: Points off turnovers for the Thunder, including 13 in the fourth quarter.
23: Turnovers forced by the Thunder, the second time in the series OKC forced 20 or more turnovers.
1: Fourth-quarter turnovers for OKC, who won the turnover battle by 12 (23-11).
T.J. McConnell keeps Pacers in it
13: Points for Indiana reserve guard T.J. McConnell, who went 6 for 8 from the field in the quarter.
5: Points in the other three quarters for McConnell, who was 2 of 6 in those quarters from the field. He did not score in 4:33 of action in the fourth, missing his only shot.
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3: 3-pointers for the Thunder in Game 4, the fewest by an NBA team in a Finals victory since 2010.
4: Players with three or more 3-pointers for the Thunder in Monday’s victory. Wiggins led the way with four while Williams, Lu Dort and Cason Wallace added three each.
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