{"id":532166,"date":"2026-01-12T18:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532166\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:07:22","slug":"nba-finals-2025-thunder-pacers-news-schedule-scores-and-highlights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532166\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Finals 2025: Thunder-Pacers news, schedule, scores and highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NBA Finals are officially in the books! The Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> outlasted the Indiana Pacers<\/a> in seven games with a 103-91 win.<\/p>\n

The Thunder got to the Finals by routing the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> in five games in the Western Conference finals. Oklahoma City’s appearance in the Finals is its first since Kevin Durant<\/a>, Russell Westbrook<\/a> and James Harden<\/a> led the franchise there in 2012. It’s the franchise’s first title under the Oklahoma City Thunder moniker.<\/p>\n

In the East, the Pacers and New York Knicks<\/a> reignited their rivalry, with the Pacers overcoming the Knicks in six games. Indiana was back in the Finals for the first time since 2000. The franchise is yet to win an NBA title.<\/p>\n

Playoff recaps: First round<\/a> | Second round<\/a> | Conference finals<\/a><\/p>\n

NBA FINALS<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Pacers 111, Thunder 110<\/a>
Game 2: Thunder 123, Pacers 107<\/a>
Game 3: Pacers 116, Thunder 107 <\/a>
Game 4: Thunder 111, Pacers 104<\/a>
Game 5: Thunder 120, Pacers 109<\/a>
Game 6: Pacers 108, Thunder 91<\/a>
Game 7: Thunder 103, Pacers 91<\/a><\/p>\n

Finals coverage<\/p>\n

Game 7: Thunder 103, Pacers 91<\/p>\n

Box score<\/a> | Highlights<\/a> | Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 6: Pacers 108, Thunder 91<\/p>\n

Recap<\/a> | Box score<\/a> | Highlights<\/a> | Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 5: Thunder 120, Pacers 109<\/p>\n

Recap<\/a> | Box score<\/a> | Highlights<\/a> | Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 4: Thunder 111, Pacers 104<\/p>\n

Recap<\/a> | Box score<\/a> | Highlights<\/a> | Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 3: Pacers 116, Thunder 107<\/p>\n

Recap<\/a> | Box score<\/a> | Highlights<\/a> | Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 2: Thunder 123, Pacers 107<\/p>\n

Recap<\/a> | Box score<\/a> | Highlights<\/a> | Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n

Game 1: Pacers 111, Thunder 110<\/p>\n

Recap<\/a> | Box score<\/a> | Highlights<\/a> | Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n

PREVIEWING THE NBA FINALS<\/p>\n

The 2025 NBA Finals are here! Our NBA insiders break down everything you need to know ahead of this Pacers-Thunder showdown. Read here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Two of the league’s deepest teams are meeting in the Finals. Here are the top 20 players in this championship series. Read here<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Thunder and the Pacers can trace their superstars and their cores back to trades involving the nine-time All-Star wing. Read here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NBA Finals are officially in the books! The Oklahoma City Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,6,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-532166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115883465049195311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}