As the NBA's latest collective bargaining agreement, specifically its widely chronicled tax aprons, continues to reshape the modern model of championship-contending roster construction, a common denominator in these 2025 NBA Finals has emerged.

Sporting an Aaron Wiggins shirt in his pregame warmups, Jalen Williams looked like Nostradamus four hours later. Sometimes you need your role players to get hot to secure a playoff win. The Oklahoma City Thunder received that in bunches in Game 2.

Sunday night, in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Aaron Wiggins was The Man Who Saved the Thunder against the Pacers. One 3-pointer at a time.