Oklahoma City Thunder didn't do what they did in the first game and won the second game easily.
I said before that they would win the second game because they couldn't throw away their home advantage again.

Shai Gilgeous Alexander played great again.

It was also the first time since the 2019 Toronto Raptors that 5 players from a team scored 15+ points in the same game in the NBA Finals.

The fact that the Thunder has never lost back to back in this playoff run, means they are still the heavy favourites to win the championship.
Also, SGA just showed us why he is the MVP. The OKC offense ran through him. He's splitting double teams, drawing 3-4 opponents when he drives to the rim. Thus, creating wide open shots for his teammates.
The Pacers just don't have answers in game 2 and I knew they won't gonna make another comeback as the OKC are more careful this time.

I think a lot of NBA teams when they look at both teams in the finals would realize that it’s much more easier, sustainable and better to build a championship team mostly through the draft picks and a very few trades either for experience or mentorship rather than the opposite.

Having a player like Kevin Durant would surely improve your chances of winning a ring, but that’s only if you already have every other core ingredients in place, and that’s youthfulness missed with talents and hunger for success, we all talk about how important the trades for the likes of Siakam, Hartenstein and Caruso have been for Pacers and OKC respectively admitting that they’re in better place now with these trades than without, but the cores of both teams were made through proper draft and recruitment processes not the recent rampant superteam building trade process, like we saw from Brooklyn Nets (when they did Irving, Harden and Durant trades) and what the Suns have been doing for the past few years now.

It more likely that the game 3 will be on the Indiana. While they're an unpredictable team, they might be able to get that game.

What's good then with the OKC is they've learned the mistake they did on the game 1. If they will continue to do this, even if it's the Indiana's base.

They know what to do, and all of the role players have to do their jobs respectively. This is going to be an easy game for them. That's what even the bookies tell.

You're right, they showed strong offense and defense throughout the game. And look at that 29/33 from the free throw line, that’s huge. SGA was just being SGA with 34 points. But yeah, even though the series is now tied, the next two games will be on the Pacers’ home court. Maybe they can limit SGA’s field goals this time. They really need to win Game 3 to take back the lead, and they should always stay ahead in the series if they want to keep their championship hopes alive. Because if not, once OKC gains momentum, they’ll carry it and try to finish the series as early as possible.

This is a long series, and adjustments are necessary after every game. We saw how OKC adjusted well, which led to their big win.

However, let’s not forget that the Pacers already stole a game on the road—that alone should give them more confidence, especially heading into Game 3 after a loss. If I were to bet on the Pacers, I’d go big in Game 3 and also take the over on the total, because I’m pretty sure their three-point shooting will bounce back as well.

Pacers needs everything that they can do to play good defense and offense as they'll going to play in their homecourt, fans participation will give them additional boost to work harder, let see if how they will execute whatever system that they are planning to use better to have that early offensive arsenal to avoid lacking of time trying to rally back then win the game, it's not always that they've got that opportunity to win the game.

I watched Game 2 again, and it's obvious that it's Haliburton who is missing in action during the first half of the game. Like what RJ said during that game, he should be aggressive at all times because it will open up a lot of his teammates to be an offensive threat, too.

Plus, they need to provide backup for Haliburton, too. He cannot be the burden during defensive stances. Maybe they need to watch tapes from the GSW defense where many teammates of Steph Curry are providing help when he is the target, and it happens a lot of times. Hali is now the target because he is weak on the defensive end, which has to change.

The Suns know what to do and they shouldn't shoo Booker because it all started from them and they have to keep him as their face. This KD-Booker-Beal thing is already a failure and they need to move on with a plan Booker's tandem will be gone and has to rebuild the team with him.

Yes, that's exactly what most of the fans think about him. If the topic goes by about the rings he's got, most fans will say that it's from the effort of Steph, Klay, Dray, and the others and him just rode it. Anyway, the last rumor that I've read is that there is a mutual interest with the Spurs and KD.