2025 NBA FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #4 Indiana Pacers (Series tied 3-3, Game 7 Sunday!)

[Jordan45822]

Might be wrong but this one will be a OKC blowout like Game 7 against Denver.

Its a mirror series.

[bledredwine]

Might be wrong but this one will be a OKC blowout like Game 7 against Denver.

Its a mirror series.

I have the same apprehension and am rooting for Indy.

[WestbrookGOATed]

OKC by double digits

The votes made me laugh. The hate is real. I don't see this game being that close either, definitely see OKC winning by double digits.

I don't think it's hate. It's a game 7 and both teams have been pretty even, so at that point it's just who you like more. Judging by the cockiness about the voting on your/thunder fans end, maybe that's why some people are going for Indy

We won 68 games and had an all time great season but aren't getting the respect we deserve. It's not cockiness just annoying more than anything. This franchise and fanbase has done nothing to deserve the hate they're getting.

[Kobe187]

This is it. Where Legends are made! Game 7 NBA Finals! Hope it’s a great game, a nail biter, not a blow out. Buzzer beater or OT would be glorious lol

[Wizop]

This franchise and fanbase has done nothing to deserve the hate they're getting.

I have seen no hate here in Indy. I have however heard a lot of dumb opinions from the national media regarding both of our teams

[SA37]

No Scott Foster for Game 7.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45560877/scott-foster-not-chosen-capers-tiven-wright-ref-game-7

[WestbrookGOATed]

This franchise and fanbase has done nothing to deserve the hate they're getting.

I have seen no hate here in Indy. I have however heard a lot of dumb opinions from the national media regarding both of our teams

Real Pacers fans I have respect for if we were going to lose to any team I wouldn't be mad if it were you guys. 2 small market teams with respectable fan bases and no rings. If we lose I'll be mad for a day or two but yall deserve it if you do take it.

[KyRo23]

The votes made me laugh. The hate is real. I don't see this game being that close either, definitely see OKC winning by double digits.

I don't think it's hate. It's a game 7 and both teams have been pretty even, so at that point it's just who you like more. Judging by the cockiness about the voting on your/thunder fans end, maybe that's why some people are going for Indy

We won 68 games and had an all time great season but aren't getting the respect we deserve. It's not cockiness just annoying more than anything. This franchise and fanbase has done nothing to deserve the hate they're getting.

What respect do you want? It’s game 7 of the finals and people are voting for a team that has won the same 3 games that your team has. The respect you’re looking for comes after you win the finals

When it comes down to it, who cares how many games you won during the regular season. Indy won 50 games this season and are in the same exact spot as your team. No one is going to bow down to OKC if they’re not champs

[WestbrookGOATed]

I don't think it's hate. It's a game 7 and both teams have been pretty even, so at that point it's just who you like more. Judging by the cockiness about the voting on your/thunder fans end, maybe that's why some people are going for Indy

We won 68 games and had an all time great season but aren't getting the respect we deserve. It's not cockiness just annoying more than anything. This franchise and fanbase has done nothing to deserve the hate they're getting.

What respect do you want? It’s game 7 of the finals and people are voting for a team that has won the same 3 games that your team has. The respect you’re looking for comes after you win the finals

When it comes down to it, who cares how many games you won during the regular season. Indy won 50 games this season and are in the same exact spot as your team. No one is going to bow down to OKC if they’re not champs

Since the playoffs began nearly everyone on here has discredited the Thunder and attributed their success to favoritism from the referees and the NBA for whatever reason trying to rig games for a team in Oklahoma. You know exactly what I'm talking about lol. But yes, 1 game left to be played, and if we win I still expect nearly everyone to blame the refs. Unless we win by 20+. The Pacers are also a very well constructed and well coached team. But I didn't say anything about them in my previous post.

[SA37]

Ah, before things get wild:

Good luck to both the OKC and Pacers' fans. I have no horse in this race, so I'll be happy for either team. I'm just hoping for a close, competitive game without it becoming a FT shooting contest.

[bonita_the_frog]

Might be wrong but this one will be a OKC blowout like Game 7 against Denver.

Its a mirror series.

But you can't include Game 7 in the mirror because it hasn't been played yet
A lot of series mirror each other when you don't include one of the games!

[Mavrelous]

This is actually insane stat for a team going into game 7 of thr finals

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[SA37]

This is actually insane stat for a team going into game 7 of thr finals

Read on Twitter

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I'm going to respectfully disagree: Miami's run from the play-in in 2023 was the wildest run.

[Blame Rasho]

Can't wait to find out who Adam Silver scripted to be the winner tomorrow.

Given that Indiana is the underdog and most people are rooting for them, it makes sense that he would script the story with a happy ending. Maybe he's playing the long game though, setting up OKC as the evil empire antagonist for a more satisfying plot payoff in the future? Who knows. I guess we'll find out tomorrow!

The storybook ending is pacers win and then the thunder trade for Durant and then the next year he wins a title with them. It also messes up how we view Durant historically if he wins a finals mvp and how we view him historically.

Well this will not happen, so I expect thunder to win going away now…

[Patches Perry]

We won 68 games and had an all time great season but aren't getting the respect we deserve. It's not cockiness just annoying more than anything. This franchise and fanbase has done nothing to deserve the hate they're getting.

What respect do you want? It’s game 7 of the finals and people are voting for a team that has won the same 3 games that your team has. The respect you’re looking for comes after you win the finals

When it comes down to it, who cares how many games you won during the regular season. Indy won 50 games this season and are in the same exact spot as your team. No one is going to bow down to OKC if they’re not champs

Since the playoffs began nearly everyone on here has discredited the Thunder and attributed their success to favoritism from the referees and the NBA for whatever reason trying to rig games for a team in Oklahoma. You know exactly what I'm talking about lol. But yes, 1 game left to be played, and if we win I still expect nearly everyone to blame the refs. Unless we win by 20+. The Pacers are also a very well constructed and well coached team. But I didn't say anything about them in my previous post.

It seems like people have created their contingencies to align with their rooting interest. If OKC wins, refs. If OKC loses, monumental chokejob. Nevermind the fact that the people who would call it a monumental chokejob are picking Indiana to win the game lol. They want to disregard regular season success pregame because who cares it's 3-3 in the finals, but if OKC loses, they'd turn around and weaponize OKC's regular season success as a means of making the loss more severe (68 win team lost to 50 win team!). Can't have it both ways.

The majority of this forum picking Indiana, and the betting markets moving significantly towards Indiana over the last few days, suggests to me that this is a close evenly matched game 7. If anything, OKC is an underdog on this forum. Currently 62% to 38% in the who will win game 7 poll in favor of Indy.

[Wizop]

Since the playoffs began nearly everyone on here has discredited the Thunder and attributed their success to favoritism from the referees.

And there have been Thunder fans wanting more calls on Nembhard and Nesmith. Losing is never easy to accept. Game one and four turned on missed free throws not missed foul calls.

[WestbrookGOATed]

What respect do you want? It’s game 7 of the finals and people are voting for a team that has won the same 3 games that your team has. The respect you’re looking for comes after you win the finals

When it comes down to it, who cares how many games you won during the regular season. Indy won 50 games this season and are in the same exact spot as your team. No one is going to bow down to OKC if they’re not champs

Since the playoffs began nearly everyone on here has discredited the Thunder and attributed their success to favoritism from the referees and the NBA for whatever reason trying to rig games for a team in Oklahoma. You know exactly what I'm talking about lol. But yes, 1 game left to be played, and if we win I still expect nearly everyone to blame the refs. Unless we win by 20+. The Pacers are also a very well constructed and well coached team. But I didn't say anything about them in my previous post.

It seems like people have created their contingencies to align with their rooting interest. If OKC wins, refs. If OKC loses, monumental chokejob. Nevermind the fact that the people who would call it a monumental chokejob are picking Indiana to win the game lol. They want to disregard regular season success pregame because who cares it's 3-3 in the finals, but if OKC loses, they'd turn around and weaponize OKC's regular season success as a means of making the loss more severe (68 win team lost to 50 win team!). Can't have it both ways.

The majority of this forum picking Indiana, and the betting markets moving significantly towards Indiana over the last few days, suggests to me that this is a close evenly matched game 7. If anything, OKC is an underdog on this forum. Currently 62% to 38% in the who will win game 7 poll in favor of Indy.

Nailed it man.

[KyRo23]

We won 68 games and had an all time great season but aren't getting the respect we deserve. It's not cockiness just annoying more than anything. This franchise and fanbase has done nothing to deserve the hate they're getting.

What respect do you want? It’s game 7 of the finals and people are voting for a team that has won the same 3 games that your team has. The respect you’re looking for comes after you win the finals

When it comes down to it, who cares how many games you won during the regular season. Indy won 50 games this season and are in the same exact spot as your team. No one is going to bow down to OKC if they’re not champs

Since the playoffs began nearly everyone on here has discredited the Thunder and attributed their success to favoritism from the referees and the NBA for whatever reason trying to rig games for a team in Oklahoma. You know exactly what I'm talking about lol. But yes, 1 game left to be played, and if we win I still expect nearly everyone to blame the refs. Unless we win by 20+. The Pacers are also a very well constructed and well coached team. But I didn't say anything about them in my previous post.

See now I can agree with the referee ****. I hate when people bring that up constantly so I see your point there. However I don’t see the respect being due for who will win this game based on the poll. We will see how the game goes and what haters will say, as I think you may be right about them blaming the refs

[jkvonny]

The only time I can ever remember a game 7 of the finals where the road team won, was Cleveland in '16.

The good news is there has never been a blowout win either, at least since 1984, not gonna bother checking before that.

Indy just needs to keep this a close game, all the pressure is on OKC to win.

2016 finals game 7: 93-89
2013 finals game 7: 95-88
2010 finals game 7: 83-79
2005 finals game 7: 81-74
1994 finals game 7: 90-84

It's been 37 years (Lakers/Pistons in '88) since a team cracked 100 in a finals game 7, kinda crazy.

It tends to be the case in game 7s in general. Either they are blowouts (OKC vs Denver) or close rock fights (Tor vs Philly in 2019). Both teams are exhausted and both are feeling the pressure so they tend to play safer.

All the NBA Finals game 7s I’ve witnessed have been lower scoring. The nerves are insane, defensive intensity at its peak, and officials letting guys play. This is baked in to the betting lines with the over/under total points set at 215.5, the lowest total of the series thus far by a good margin. If it were to go over that total, it would be the highest scoring game 7 since 1962 celts vs lakers (13 game 7s ago for context). No team has scored more than 95 points in a finals game 7 in almost 40 years (have to go back to 1988).

I hope we’ll see a physical game 7 where ticky tack fouls aren’t called, both teams have to really dig deep to score which makes every basket and every scoring run important.

That tends to be how they go. In my experience, refs are balanced and also let them play in-game 7s. Which is also why we haven't seem a team score 100 in a finals game 7 in almost 40 years.

The last Game 6 winner to lose Game 7 in the NBA Finals was the Pistons in 2005.
Spurs were the home team in Game 7.
Before that was the 1984 Lakers. Lost to Celtics in Game 7.

The last road team to win Game 7. We're the Cavs at GSW in 2016 NBA Finals.
That was the last time there was a Game 7 the NBA Finals.
Prior to that, 1978 Washington Bullets/Wizards were the last road team to win Game 7 in the NBA Finals. Vs Seattle.

Majority of Game 7s in the NBA Finals have been close.
You can include the 1988 Lakers over Pistons 108-105
Also 1984. Celtics over Lakers 111-102
1978 Washington Bullets (Wizards) over Seattle SuperSonics (now OKC Thunder) 105-99
There hasnt been a Game 7 blowout wins in the NBA Finsls since the early '70s. Not huge blowouts, but comfortable wins.
1974 Celtics over Bucks 102-89
1970 Knicks over Lakers 113-99

It's typically close in Game 7s of NBA Finals.

[bonita_the_frog]

Its not a surprise to see OKC lose Game 7 at home they are probably the worst #1 seed in NBA history they let Minnesota score 70 points in each half of Game 3 and that's the first time its ever happened in NBA playoff history!