Oklahoma City Thunder vs Indiana Pacers

Date
Mon 23rd June 2025 (UTC)
Sun 22nd June 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-06-23T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (19:00:00 Local)

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League
NBA

Season
2024-2025

Round
180

Status
FT

Location
Oklahoma City, OK
United States
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This was the 20th Game 7 in NBA Finals history. This was the first Game 7 of an NBA Finals in Pacers' franchise history, while the Thunder, then known as the Seattle SuperSonics, lost a Game 7 in the 1978 NBA Finals at home to the Washington Bullets.

With five minutes left in the first quarter, Tyrese Haliburton, already playing with a right calf strain, tore his right Achilles tendon on a non-contact drive to the basket. The entire Pacers team left the bench to huddle around Haliburton, who got up and was helped off the court; he was ruled out of the game a few minutes later. Before the injury, Haliburton had made 3-of-4 three-pointers. Despite Indiana losing who many felt was their best player, the Pacers still took a 48–47 lead to enter the half.

However, the third quarter saw Oklahoma City break through; with three consecutive three pointers midway into the third quarter giving the Thunder a 65–56 lead. Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams, who both struggled in the first half, combined for 16 points in the quarter. A lone bright spot for Indiana in the third was T. J. McConnell, who scored the last 12 points for the Pacers; however, they were down by 13 at the end of the quarter, 81–68. Indiana's poor play continued over into the fourth quarter, as they did not score a basket until Pascal Siakam made a mid-range jump shot with 7:29 left. The Pacers were able to cut the Oklahoma City lead to 10 in the quarter, but that was the smallest margin for the remainder of the game. The Thunder's three key players (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Williams, and Holmgren) led Oklahoma City to a 103–91 Game 7 victory; Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and 12 assists, Holmgren recorded 18 points, eight rebounds, and five blocks, and Williams scored 20 points. With 103 points scored, the Thunder became the first team to score 100 points or more in a Finals Game 7 since the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons did so in 1988.

Gilgeous-Alexander was voted the Finals MVP; he was the first player to win a regular season MVP and Finals MVP in the same season since LeBron James in 2013. He also became the fourth player to win the league scoring title along with regular season and Finals MVPs in one season, and the first since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000.

This was the first championship for the state of Oklahoma in a major professional sport. The Thunder were also the second youngest team to win a NBA championship, behind the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers.