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NBA Finals
It’s all come down to this. Sunday night, either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Indiana Pacers will be crowned NBA champions.
Few things in sports are more dramatic than a winner-take-all championship series finale. This is the 20th time the NBA Finals have gone the full seven games, and while this edition lacks the stature of 2016 — when LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a legendary 93-89 victory over Steph Curry’s 73-win Golden State Warriors — the Thunder and Pacers have delivered a captivating back-and-forth series. A victory Sunday could mark a new era of NBA basketball as aging stars give way to younger ones, and superteams cede to super depth.
One thing is for certain: Picking against either team is perilous. Oklahoma City is a juggernaut at home, winning by an average of more than 20 points per game during the playoffs. But Indiana thrives as the underdog in the face of overwhelming odds. Tyrese Haliburton has already hit four game-tying or game-winning shots at the buzzer in these playoffs: Can he do it one more time?
