NBA Finals: Pacers have one simple path to upsetting Thunder, and the math didn't add up in Game 2

As trite as it sounds, this is a make-or-miss series for Indiana

Miracle comebacks don't happen for one reason alone. But if you were to point to a single number that most defined the Indiana Pacers' against-all-odds 111-110 Game 1 NBA Finals win, which required a 15-point fourth quarter rally, 18 would tell you a lot. 

That was the number of 3-pointers the Pacers hit, six more than they had averaged through the first three rounds of the playoffs. The Pacers took 39 triples in the opener, which accounted for more than 47% of their total shots (up from 40% in the regular season) and was eight more than they averaged against New York in the conference finals. 

Indiana stuck with the bombs-away strategy in Game 2. It didn't go as well, and by extension, the Thunder rebounded from their own Game 1 shooting collapse to win, 123-107, and tie the series at one game apiece heading to Indiana for Game 3 on Wednesday.