OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Thunder took home the 2025 NBA championship -- the first in the franchise's 17 years here -- thanks to a 103-91 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals -- a game that saw the Pacers lose their star guard, Tyrese Haliburton, to a potentially devastating lower right leg injury in the first quarter.
After trailing 48-47 at halftime, Oklahoma City -- behind a brilliant stretch of play from the league's Most Valuable Player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander -- had one of its patented dominating third quarters, outscoring Indiana 34-20 across the 12 minutes to take a 13-point lead into the fourth quarter that the Thunder would never relinquish.