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	The '''2025 NBA Finals''' was the championship series of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)'s [[2024–25 NBA season\|2024–25 season]] and conclusion to [[2025 NBA playoffs\|the season's playoffs]]. The [[best-of-seven]] series ended with the [[Western Conference (NBA)\|Western Conference]] champion [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] defeating the [[Eastern Conference (NBA)\|Eastern Conference]] champion [[Indiana Pacers]] in seven games. The Thunder's [[Shai Gilgeous-Alexander]] was voted the [[NBA Finals Most Valuable Player]] (MVP). The series began on June 5 and ended on June 22 with the first NBA Finals Game 7 since [[2016 NBA Finals\|2016]].<ref name="schedule">{{cite web\|title=2025 NBA playoffs: Full schedule and results\|url=https://www.nba.com/news/2025-nba-playoffs-schedule\|website=NBA.com\|access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref>		The '''2025 NBA Finals''' was the [[NBA Finals\|championship series]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA)'s [[2024–25 NBA season\|2024–25 season]] and conclusion to [[2025 NBA playoffs\|the season's playoffs]]. The [[best-of-seven]] series ended with the [[Western Conference (NBA)\|Western Conference]] champion [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] defeating the [[Eastern Conference (NBA)\|Eastern Conference]] champion [[Indiana Pacers]] in seven games. The Thunder's [[Shai Gilgeous-Alexander]] was voted the [[NBA Finals Most Valuable Player]] (MVP). The series began on June 5 and ended on June 22 with the first NBA Finals Game 7 since [[2016 NBA Finals\|2016]].<ref name="schedule">{{cite web\|title=2025 NBA playoffs: Full schedule and results\|url=https://www.nba.com/news/2025-nba-playoffs-schedule\|website=NBA.com\|access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref>

	With a league-best regular season record of 68–14, the [[2024–25 Oklahoma City Thunder season\|Thunder]] held [[home-court advantage]] in the Finals. They came into the series as heavy favorites against the 50–32 [[2024–25 Indiana Pacers season\|Pacers]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Glenesk \|first1=Matthew \|title=NBA Finals Game 7 predictions: Can Pacers pull off championship upset? Belief is rising \|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2025/06/21/nba-finals-game-7-expert-predictions-who-will-win-pacers-or-thunder-championship-picks/84298590007/ \|website=The Indianapolis Star \|access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> The Pacers set an NBA postseason record with five 15-point comebacks.<ref>{{cite web \|title=The Pacers were kings of the comeback, with NBA records for 15-point comebacks in the postseason (fi… \|url=https://hoopshype.com/rumor/3714436/ \|website=HoopsHype \|access-date=23 June 2025 \|date=23 June 2025}}</ref> One such rally was in Game 1 of the Finals, when [[Tyrese Haliburton]] made a game-winning two-point jumpshot. The two teams would end up with three wins each, requiring a decisive [[Game seven\|Game 7]], in which Haliburton tore his right [[Achilles tendon]] in the first quarter.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thompson \|first1=Marcus Thompson \|last2=Amick \|first2=Sam \|title=Tyrese Haliburton was making noise in Game 7. Then injury 'sucked the soul out of' the Pacers \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6444733/2025/06/23/tyrese-haliburton-injury-game-7/ \|website=The New York Times \|access-date=23 June 2025 \|date=23 June 2025}}</ref> The Thunder's victory secured their second championship in franchise history, after their [[1979 NBA Finals\|1979]] title as the [[Seattle SuperSonics]], and their first since their [[Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City\|2008 move to Oklahoma City]].		With a league-best regular season record of 68–14, the [[2024–25 Oklahoma City Thunder season\|Thunder]] held [[home-court advantage]] in the Finals. They came into the series as heavy favorites against the 50–32 [[2024–25 Indiana Pacers season\|Pacers]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Glenesk \|first1=Matthew \|title=NBA Finals Game 7 predictions: Can Pacers pull off championship upset? Belief is rising \|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2025/06/21/nba-finals-game-7-expert-predictions-who-will-win-pacers-or-thunder-championship-picks/84298590007/ \|website=The Indianapolis Star \|access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> The Pacers set an NBA postseason record with five 15-point comebacks.<ref>{{cite web \|title=The Pacers were kings of the comeback, with NBA records for 15-point comebacks in the postseason (fi… \|url=https://hoopshype.com/rumor/3714436/ \|website=HoopsHype \|access-date=23 June 2025 \|date=23 June 2025}}</ref> One such rally was in Game 1 of the Finals, when [[Tyrese Haliburton]] made a game-winning two-point jumpshot. The two teams would end up with three wins each, requiring a decisive [[Game seven\|Game 7]], in which Haliburton tore his right [[Achilles tendon]] in the first quarter.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Thompson \|first1=Marcus Thompson \|last2=Amick \|first2=Sam \|title=Tyrese Haliburton was making noise in Game 7. Then injury 'sucked the soul out of' the Pacers \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6444733/2025/06/23/tyrese-haliburton-injury-game-7/ \|website=The New York Times \|access-date=23 June 2025 \|date=23 June 2025}}</ref> The Thunder's victory secured their second championship in franchise history, after their [[1979 NBA Finals\|1979]] title as the [[Seattle SuperSonics]], and their first since their [[Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City\|2008 move to Oklahoma City]].