NBA Finals | Series tied 2-2
Thunder 111, Pacers 104

5 things to know:
• SGA lived up to his MVP award in the last 5:00 versus Indiana.
• He scored 15 points in final 4:38 of game.
• OKC only hit three 3-pointers!
• Thunder had a big advantage on the boards, 43-33.
• While SGA scored 35, J-Dub and Caruso had 27 and 20, respectively.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have home-court advantage and only need to win their home games to clinch the franchise’s first NBA title.

Game 5 is Monday night at 7:30 on ABC from Paycom Center.

What’s happening, Oklahoma? It is Monday, June 16, and this morning’s edition of Oklahoma Memo comes to you from Crans Montana, Switzerland.

Is this place even real?

It’s been an event-filled weekend with a concert band, jazz band and a choir performance at this place in Crans Montana, Switzerland, called L’Orangerie. The entire community came out to get a taste of American music and that Oklahoma spirit.

And then we boarded a bus early Sunday to see the almighty Matterhorn!

For more photos from the trip, follow me @ryanweltondigital on Instagram or @ryanisthatdude on TikTok or YouTube. I’m going to do the best I can to keep up with the newsletter this week. The WiFi here in Switzerland was iffy on night No. 1, but it’s been good since. If I miss an edition before next week, chalk it up to technology.

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Weather Update ⛅

The heat is starting to settle in. How about partly cloudy and upper 80s to start the week.

🌡️ Monday's high in OKC 89°
🌡️ Monday’s high in Tulsa 87°

Thousands of Oklahomans gather to protest the Trump Administration under the ‘No Kings’ rally-cry

By Lionel Ramos, Abigail Siatkowski and Robby Korth, KOSU
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What started as a relatively quiet march of hundreds of demonstrators from Oklahoma City’s Scissortail Park to City Hall eventually turned into a thunderous – and soaked – crowd of thousands of Oklahomans.

The majority of them were there to peacefully protest what some have called President Trump’s authoritarian overreach. Some advocated for more action.

The rally in Oklahoma City was one of roughly 2,000 “No Kings” protests nationwide, organized in response to actions by the Trump administration, including a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary, which coincided with the President’s 79th birthday.

Local organizers with the advocacy groups Indivisible Oklahoma and 50501OK, which helped organize the protests, made their approach clear to the crowd.

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A hand-curated list of the best journalism from across the state:

• Stitt tells Newsmax he's pre-empting protest violence, local organizers say their purpose is peace (KOSU)

• PHOTOS | Best moments from the US Army’s 250th birthday parade (KTUL)

• Fort Sill Celebrates Army’s 250th Birthday (KSWO)

• Teacher incentives, math education bills become law in Oklahoma (Oklahoma Voice)

• Oklahoma's tribal nations tout $12.7 billion economic impact (KOSU)

• OU Board of Regents votes for tuition hike, pay increase for president (KGOU)

• OKCPD investigate stabbing at Buddhist monastery that leaves one in critical condition (KFOR)

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