Jalen Williams on NBA Finals Game 2 stakes: ‘Pressure is a privilege’

With the entire sports world’s attention on the 2025 NBA Finals, Jalen Williams has come a long way over the last four years from small-school Santa Clara, which likely only…

Pacers beat Thunder on Tyrese Haliburton’s last-second shot

Jamal CollierJun 5, 2025, 11:29 PM ET Close Jamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. Collier covers the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and the Midwest region of the NBA,…

Pacers vs. Thunder: History repeats, and OKC stands stunned after letting Finals opener slip away

OKLAHOMA CITY — The lead wasn’t big enough. The Thunder had opened the 2025 NBA Finals with a borderline-unbelievable half of defensive basketball. They’d forced the visiting Pacers into a…

Thunder drop Game 1 of NBA Finals, but loss ‘not an end point’

Tim MacMahonJun 6, 2025, 01:38 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM OKLAHOMA CITY —…

Indiana Pacers ‘cheated death’ again to stun OKC Thunder in NBA Finals

The Indiana Pacers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.  OKC was in control for…

NBA Finals 2025 — How Paul George blockbusters built Thunder and Pacers

Kevin PeltonJun 4, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system The Indiana Pacers and…

‘We want to go out and conquer’

Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Over the last three years, we’ve seen the Oklahoma City Thunder graduate from the young team that snuck up on contenders to…

Here’s what was said in OKC Thunder’s June 1 NBA Finals practice

After a little bit of a wait, the 2025 NBA Finals matchup is officially set. The Oklahoma City Thunder will face the Indiana Pacers in the championship round. The global…

Trends the last time the Thunder made it to the NBA Finals

The Oklahoma City Thunder are on their way back to the NBA Finals. Editor’s Picks Host Oklahoma City punched its ticket Wednesday after defeating Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves…

Thunder overwhelm T-Wolves to advance to NBA Finals

Oklahoma City, sparked by 34 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012 by routing Minnesota 124-94 on Wednesday. Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA Most…