Navigating the crucible of the NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers, currently enjoying a slender 2-1 advantage over the Oklahoma City Thunder, approach Game 4 with a tempered equanimity, cognizant of the protracted gauntlet that lies ahead, as articulated by Pacers' talisman Tyrese Haliburton; notwithstanding their Game 3 triumph (116-107), a contest distinguished by the incandescent play of both Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell, precipitating a palpable disparity in bench production (49-18 in favour of Indiana), and the Thunder's periodic quarter-opening surges, Rick Carlisle exhorts his squad to cultivate a decisive "killer edge," acutely aware that a Thunder victory would restore parity at 2-2, affording them the strategic advantage of home-court advantage for a preponderance of the remaining contests, a situation further complicated by the attenuated health of Pacers' stalwart Myles Turner, whose Game 3 contributions proved pivotal, though he is expected to soldier on.