Three adjustments Thunder need to make in Game 4 of NBA Finals

Moving Hartenstein to the starting lineup might be ideal, but the Thunder have another obvious option. Alex Caruso has shot 7-for-14 from three-point range and played impressive defense. Coach Mark Daigneault would have to adjust his rotations, but Caruso was already playing starter minutes in Game 3, logging 32 minutes. Wallace is in only his second season. Perhaps he'd play better coming off the bench.

2. Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander need to play with each other, not just together

The Thunder's two leading scorers in the Finals are Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The two All-Stars have played the most minutes — 39.3 per game for SGA, 35.7 for Williams, and they're averaging 32 and 20.7 points, respectively. But they're starring separately more than together.

In the Finals, Gilgeous-Alexander has assisted Williams on two baskets in three games. Williams has assisted on 12 SGA baskets. The two share the court for a large majority of the games, but the MVP isn't doing enough to get his team's second-best scorer going.

It's not that Gilgeous-Alexander is playing badly. It's just that the Pacers are encouraging him to go one-on-one, which he's great at, but it makes the Thunder easier to defend. If Gilgeous-Alexander looked more to his hyper-talented teammate, perhaps the Thunder's offense wouldn't bog down as much late in games.

3. Tyrese Haliburton needs to be uncomfortable

One reason the Pacers point guard was able to put up a near-triple double in their Game 3 win was that Indiana managed to get Haliburton free of some of the defensive pressure that had been bothering him for two games.

The Thunder surely have a counter for the Pacers, but if the choice is between jamming Haliburton and leaving his teammates open, the Thunder should err on the side of making the other Pacers beat them. Perhaps Pascal Siakam, Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard can make plays to punish a Haliburton-centric defense, but Oklahoma City needs to at least start the game pressuring Haliburton full-court, marking him after Pacers rebounds and extending their pressure to 30+ feet.

They might get beat by the Pacers in Game 4. They can't let Haliburton be the one to beat them.