SportsLine's model simulated Oklahoma City vs. Indiana 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Monday's NBA Finals 2025 Game 5 contest

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.

Through four NBA Finals games, OKC and Indiana are separated by just six total points. These plays can help uncover why.

Be ready for tonight's NBA Finals Game 5 between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder: Expert predictions, injuries, start time, betting odds.

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Heading back to Paycom Center for Game 5, the Oklahoma City Thunder must outperform an Indiana Pacers team who thrives in road environments.

The result was only the second clutch game the Pacers lost this postseason, a 111-104 Thunder win that ties the series up at 2-2. What has been a highly entertaining, well-played Finals will see Game 5 Monday night in Oklahoma City. It also feels like a series that is going to go seven games.