The NBA Finals are a gas, but after an 82-game regular season and countless playoff contests, we need some time away from the tube.

Like, five months.

Listen, we already know who's repping each conference (the West's 68-win Oklahoma City Thunder and the East's 50-win Indiana Pacers) and we already know who's favored (OKC: -700), so do we really need to wade through another two weeks of pro hoops?

Nah.

That's why we paid super-close attention when Chicago Sports Stuff and the O.G. of fantasy sports, Strat-O-Matic , gamed out the 2024-25 NBA Finals.

Spoiler alert: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a beast.

Game 1

INDIANA PACERS: 120 - OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER: 124

OKC opened up an 18-point lead late in the second half, but the Pacers shaved off 17, with a late Andrew Nembhard

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