The Indiana Pacers face the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of a best-of-7 NBA Finals series Monday. Tip-off from Paycom Center is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET (ABC). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA Playoff odds around the Pacers vs. Thunder odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

The NBA Draft is less than 10 days away, and while Oklahoma City is still competing in the NBA Finals, the team will have two first round picks.

So transfixed by not only the team, but also the city, Anderson’s magazine story was the precursor to “Boom Town” — Anderson’s book, published in 2018, that intertwines the rise of Oklahoma City with Thunder basketball. “Boom Town” is equal parts historical and hysterical in telling the story of Oklahoma City.

Former UConn student manager Mark Daigneault is looking to become the sixth former Husky to have won an NBA championship.