The NBA Finals Game 5 has arrived, but there is controversy over how many free throws the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder have taken.

There were seemingly 71 free throws in total between the Pacers and the Thunder during NBA Finals Game 4, which went well beyond the norm. Former NBA shooting guard Lou Williams disagrees with many fans who have expressed disappointment with the excessive number of free throws and easy points in this year's NBA Finals.

Free throws became a method to gain something during the NBA Finals, particularly in Game 4, according to Williams, who mentioned that the games were very physical and aggressive.

"A lot of free throws were made." However, there was also a lot of aggressive and physical play on the court. Once more, we discuss how these teams ultimately dislike one another and are fed up with seeing the same people again and again every other day. And it began to reveal itself in this Game 4. "Fouls started to get a little harder, it started to get a little chippy, everything had to be earned and you gotta earn it from the free throw line," Williams said on the Run It Back podcast.

The ex-Los Angeles Lakers player stated that people should either quit whining about the free throws or cease asserting that fouls are not being called.

"We have to choose a side in this debate. "We were grumbling about a 'free throw merchant' at one point, and then we were grumbling about fouls not being called," he added.

Prior to Game 5, the NBA Finals standings

Prior to Game 5, there has been a nonstop back-and-forth in the NBA Finals. After Indiana won Game 1, Oklahoma City had to regroup for Game 2. After Oklahoma City responded once again in Game 4 to tie the series at 2-2, Indiana regained the series lead in Game 3.

Now it's time for Game 5. The swing game, as it's sometimes called. The victor of the game between the Pacers and Thunder in Oklahoma City on Monday night will take a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals, just one victory away from raising the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

The series will likely be won by the team that wins Game 5. In the last 31 occasions that the NBA Finals have been tied at two games apiece, it has happened 23 times.

Who will prevail in Game 5 of the NBA Finals?