All that’s at stake is legacy.
The victor of Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers will shape the narrative, the frame through which the winning team is remembered.
If it’s the Thunder...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will go down as having an all-time great season. He will have notched a regular season Most Valuable Player award — and probable Finals MVP — and will have led Oklahoma City, which tied for the fifth-most victories in a regular season (68), to its first NBA championship since moving to the city and the franchise’s first since 1979, when it was the Seattle SuperSonics.
Jalen Williams will emerge as a legitimate star whose Game 5 heroics in a 40-point masterpiece lifted the Thunder.
