[NBA] The 2025 Finals

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Thunder with a chance to win it all in front of their fans. Which is the way all championship series (in any sport) should be. I just enjoy watching the home crowd be able to celebrate a championship with the team.

Pacers ain't gonna make it easy for them to win it, though, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them take that trophy with them to Indiana.

I'd be shocked if the series ends by way of a blowout in the final game. Game 7 is gonna be fun!

 

[kingdivac]

Doubtful the Pacers win on Sunday with Mathurin scoring 2 pts and Turner 3 points. They've gotta pick it up greatly offensively. The Thunder will not go 8-30 from 3 again with 6 or 7 of them in garbage time; the Thunder starters went 1-13 from 3.

 

[kingdivac]

Thunder with a chance to win it all in front of their fans. Which is the way all championship series (in any sport) should be. I just enjoy watching the home crowd be able to celebrate a championship with the team.

Pacers ain't gonna make it easy for them to win it, though, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them take that trophy with them to Indiana.

I'd be shocked if the series ends by way of a blowout in the final game. Game 7 is gonna be fun!

They blew out the Nuggets and Wolves in home close-out games. The Pacers are playing better than both those teams though. Holmgren, Caruso, and Dort were very poor for the Thunder this game 6. I think the Thunder will be formidable in game 7 back on defense and forcing turnovers again at home in front of their crowd. They looked listless tonight. Pacers will need to shoot 3 pointers at a high % to balance that out. Halliburton can't have a tough game either. Hoping the Pacers show up offensively at least across much of their team....given a final game, it could be a foul-fest with multiple foul outs - especially with Alexander throwing his bones around.

 

[kingsboi]

a game 7 for the last game of the season? I'm good with that. let's get some better competition this time around. Thunder played like they wanted to win the ship in front of their crowd

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Doubtful the Pacers win on Sunday with Mathurin scoring 2 pts and Turner 3 points. They've gotta pick it up greatly offensively. The Thunder will not go 8-30 from 3 again with 6 or 7 of them in garbage time; the Thunder starters went 1-13 from 3.

If they went off and combined for 40 we’d be saying they won’t do it Sunday… they’re more do for a good game now

 

[LoungeLizard]

Thunder showed up and played like a team who thinks theyre good enough to let one go and win at home for the fans; flip the switch, so to speak. It’s a dangerous game to play. That being said, I think they cover the 9 points that Vegas has them favored. For entertainments sake, I hope it’s a close game, but OKC is a different animal at home, their crowd is Arco Arena level crazy and it took a miracle game 1 for the Pacers to steal that one. I’ll go 121-109 Thunder. SGA MVP.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

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[NewArena]

Thunder showed up and played like a team who thinks theyre good enough to let one go and win at home for the fans; flip the switch, so to speak. It’s a dangerous game to play. That being said, I think they cover the 9 points that Vegas has them favored. For entertainments sake, I hope it’s a close game, but OKC is a different animal at home, their crowd is Arco Arena level crazy and it took a miracle game 1 for the Pacers to steal that one. I’ll go 121-109 Thunder. SGA MVP.

Yup. The dangerous thing about this is injuries can happen and then boom - you've really screwed yourself with the whole "hey, at least we'll be in front of our fans" approach.