INDIANAPOLIS >> The Oklahoma City Thunder showed their bounce-back capability in Game 2. The Indiana Pacers know they better do the same in Game 3.

The NBA Finals resume Wednesday night with the series tied at a game apiece, the matchup shifting to Indianapolis for Game 3 and what will be the first finals game in that city in 25 years. And the Pacers know it’s on them to respond after Game 2 wasn’t much of a contest.

It’s obviously possible: The Pacers haven’t lost back-to-back games in three months, going 9-0 after losses in that span.

“Biggest game of the year,” Pacers forward Pascal Siakam said.

That’s technically accurate when said before any finals game, but it does ring especially true in this case. Indiana did what it had to do in Oklahoma City; it got a win and stole home-court advantage. Win three games at home over the next week or so, and the Pacers will be NBA champions. Lose any game at home, and the Thunder get the edge right back.

But the Pacers have shown a penchant for resiliency. It’s much like how Oklahoma City is 17-2 after losses this season (or 18-2, if counting the NBA Cup final); the latest bounce-back effort for the Thunder came in Game 2 after Indiana won Game 1 of the finals.

“I think that we try not to dwell on things,” Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton said. “As NBA players, just as basketball players in general, it’s easy to make a mistake and dwell on it, give up a bucket or whatever. I feel like we do a great job of getting to the next play.”

When the finals are tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner eventually wins the title 80.5% of the time. It’s a big, big game and everybody knows the stakes.

Haliburton’s status

Haliburton was limping after Game 2 and acknowledged there’s an issue with his lower leg. He didn’t offer much in the way of details, and it doesn’t matter. He’s playing.

“He practiced. He went through everything,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “I know he has some discomfort. He feels it. But each day it’s getting better. I don’t think you’re going to hear him making a big deal out of it. This is the time of year where it just doesn’t get any better than this.”

Pacers at home

The Thunder have a big home-court edge thanks to their crowd at Paycom Center. The Pacers are hoping for just as much energy — if not more — from their crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Games 3 and 4.

“That’s one thing we have to be ready for coming in here, is understand they’re going to be playing with a lot of energy,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “They play very well here. They play very comfortable here. We’ve got to level up to that if we want to give ourselves a chance to compete.”

Winning on the road

Road teams are still winning at about a 44% clip in these playoffs, which is on pace to be the best record in 30 years. Entering Wednesday, road teams are 35-44 in this postseason.

Oklahoma City is 4-3 on the road in these playoffs. Indiana is 7-3.