With a 116-107 win in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals, the Pacers have taken a 2-1 series lead vs. the Thunder. Indiana’s bench outscored the Thunder, 49-18, on Wednesday evening.
Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin came off the bench and scored a team-high 27 points. He was 2-3 from beyond the arc and 7-8 from the charity stripe. After Game 1, Bill Simmons of The Ringer said Mathurin “looked comfortable in the chaos.” He said he wouldn’t be surprised if Mathurin scored 27 points in 22 minutes this series. Wildly, that was his exact stat line in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals.
