{"id":122485,"date":"2025-06-25T02:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/122485\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T02:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:39:09","slug":"how-okc-thunder-won-first-nba-championship-see-full-playoff-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/122485\/","title":{"rendered":"How OKC Thunder won first NBA championship: See full playoff results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2025\/nba-finals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Finals<\/a>? The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>. That&#8217;s who.<\/p>\n<p>It took seven grueling games against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/22\/tyrese-haliburton-injury-update-pacers-star-exits-nba-finals-game-7-vs-thunder-lower-leg\/84311472007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/indiana-pacers\/11\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/sports\/thunder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder<\/a> broke through to win its first NBA championship.<\/p>\n<p>With MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/shai-gilgeousalexander\/1067856\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> leading the way, OKC won a NBA-best 68 games in the regular season and had the largest point differential (+12.87) in league history. The Thunder became the second-youngest team to win the title.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/22\/thunder-pacers-score-nba-finals-game-7-live-updates-highlights-stats-prediction\/84308073007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder beat the Pacers<\/a> for the championship:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/06\/22\/thunder-nba-championship-gear-books-posters\/84279482007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Celebrate Thunder&#8217;s title with these keepsakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Patterson is the sports editor for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Jeff? He can be reached at jpatterson@oklahoman.com or on X\/Twitter at\u00a0@jeffpattOKC. Support Jeff&#8217;s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.oklahoman.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who won the NBA Finals? The Oklahoma City Thunder. That&#8217;s who. 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