The NBA Finals scoreboard is what it is — Pacers 2, Thunder 1 — going into Game 4 of the best-of-seven title series on Friday night. Everybody can count to four, and everybody can see that Indiana is in a better position right now than Oklahoma City,

Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was introduced to the Grateful Dead four decades ago by then-Boston Celtics teammate Bill Walton.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers talked to the media on Thursday. This comes a day after the Thunder suffered a 116-107 Game 3 loss to the Pacers, where they melted away in the fourth quarter.