The 2025 NBA Finals tip off Thursday night. Both the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are looking for long-awaited championships. The Thunder have never won a title since moving to Oklahoma City in 2008. The Pacers have never won an NBA title (though the franchise won three ABA championships in the early 1970s).

The Thunder are the clear favorites in these finals. OKC, led by NBA MVP Shai GIlgeous-Alexander, won an league-best 68 games in the regular season. They're 12-4 so far in these playoffs, and, after needing seven games to get past the Denver Nuggets in the second round, dispatched the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games to win the West finals.

The Pacers are the underdogs for their third consecutive series. Indiana knocked out the No. 1 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers

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