The Oklahoma City Thunder took home the 2025 NBA Championship with a 103-91 victory over the Indiana Pacers. This is their first championship in their 17-year history. The Thunder went from winning 24 games in 2022 to having the best record in the West the past two seasons. Oklahoma City finished this season with 68 wins, which makes it one of the seven best single-season marks. Oklahoma City ultimately won 84 games between the regular season and the playoffs, tying the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls for third most in any season. Only Golden State (88 in 2016-17) and the Bulls (87 in 2015-16) won more.

It was the night of the Thunder, but the injury to Tyrese Haliburton hovered over this game. Pacers superstar Tyrese Haliburton suffered what his father confirmed was a right Achilles injury while trying to drive to the basket with 4:55 left in the first quarter. He would be ruled out for the rest of the game a short time later because of the injury — bringing what had been, to that point, a breathtaking postseason to a heartbreaking conclusion. The Pacers hung tough immediately following Haliburton’s injury and took a 48-47 lead into halftime. Oklahoma City came out in the second half dominating the Pacers. Oklahoma City outscored Indiana 34-20 to take a 13-point lead into the fourth quarter. My picks saw Oklahoma City beating Indiana, but my thinking it would take five games. The Pacers played an amazing throughout the series.

The championship is the culmination of the vision of the team’s general manager, Sam Presti, who has been in charge since the franchise’s final season in Seattle in 2007-08. Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder have the second-most regular-season victories, behind only the Boston Celtics, and the fifth-most postseason victories. The Thunder lost to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals back in 2012. They reached the Western Conference Finals in 2014 and 2016. Kevin Durant lead those teams and he was in the news before Game 7. Kevin Durant was traded to Houston earlier in the day.

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