If the Indiana Pacers and head coach Rick Carlisle needed some added motivation ahead of Sunday\u2019s Game 7 matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder, he certainly got it from a viral video of what appeared to be parade of buses already painted in Thunder blue.<\/p>\n
Hours before the Game 7 matchup, a video surfaced on social media from an account on X called \u201cMr. Milkman702\u201d, who shared a ten-second video of a number of topless buses with the words \u201c2025 champions\u201d on the side of them, which appear to be for a potential championship parade in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m so sorry bro I got the script @BookitWithTrent<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CKepGlvAnz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MR. MILKMAN \ud83c\udf7c (@mrmilkman702) June 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n As you would expect, this video was picked up by many notable sites like Bleacher Report<\/a> and Barstool Sports<\/a>. And as it continued to get aggregated, it even got to Rick Carlisle, who took the time to bring the video to light in his pregame press conference on Sunday.<\/p>\n When asked by a reporter how his team has handled pressure throughout the season ahead of the pressure-filled Game 7, Carlisle ignored the question and instead talked about the bus video, which he said was the \u201conly thing on his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI just saw a video that\u2019s probably gonna go viral,\u201d said Carlisle. \u201cOf some buses, open-top buses, presumably for their parade, that are already made for them as champions. So that\u2019s all I\u2019m thinking about right now.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/t.co\/4BEoo3Qt2C<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ccewJBtiY7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n This is not the first time that a team\u2019s championship parade plans have been leaked publicly before they had actually won the championship.<\/p>\n Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban<\/a> was famously quoted in an article from The Dallas Morning News after his team took a 2-0 series lead in the 2006 NBA Finals that he planned to wear only a Speedo when he accepted the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy<\/a> from then-NBA Commissioner David Stern. The Miami Heat, of course, had other plans, winning the next four games of the series.<\/p>\n For Rick Carlisle though, this video appears to have added further fuel to his fire as he looks to claim his second NBA championship as a coach and the first for the Pacers in the history of their organization.<\/p>\n \t