Oklahoma City Thunder Wins NBA Championship

On June 23, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 103-91 at home, won the Finals tiebreak, and won the 24-25 NBA championship.

In this game, the Pacers' main player Halliburton played with an injury and made 3 of 4 three-pointers at the beginning, helping the Pacers stabilize the situation. But in the middle of the first quarter, he suffered a right calf injury without a confrontation and then withdrew from the game. The Pacers still played very tenaciously in the subsequent games and led the Thunder with a 1-point advantage at the end of the first half. In the first half, the two sides had 10 alternate leads and 9 draws. The Thunder opened fire in the third quarter, with a goal of 14 points in a single quarter, entering the fourth quarter with a double-digit lead. The Thunder still played strongly in the last quarter and widened the gap to more than 20 points in one go. In the end, the Thunder defeated the Pacers at home, defeated their opponents 4-3 in a big score, and won the 2025 NBA championship, which was their first championship since moving to Oklahoma City. The Thunder inherited the history of Seattle Supersonics in team history, which won the NBA championship in 1979, which is also their second championship in team history.

In this game, in the Thunder, Alexander scored 29 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists, Jaylen Williams scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Chet Homegren scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks. For the Pacers, Mathulin scored 24 points and 13 rebounds, Siakam scored 16 points and 4 rebounds, McConnell scored 16 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and Nembhard scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

This season, the Thunder achieved a record of 68 wins and 14 losses in the regular season. They swept the Grizzlies 4-0 in the first round of the playoffs, defeated the Nuggets 4-3 in the second round, defeated the Timberwolves 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals, and defeated the Pacers 4-3 in the finals.