NBA Finals matchup is set, as the Indiana Pacers will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder with Game 1 tipping off on June 5. Both teams are battle-tested and will now face

Indiana similarly heads into the Finals looking to break a lengthy championship drought: The Pacers haven’t raised a title banner since the great Slick Leonard led them to three ABA championships in four years between 1970 and 1973,

The Thunder have been better in transition than the Pacers this postseason. OKC’s defense is a turnover forcing machine that scores 1.42 points per transition possession — Haliburton and Indiana are very good at taking care of the ball, but that will be tested in the Finals.

The Pacers stole home-court advantage, but they haven’t played well. It’s becoming an issue as the NBA Finals move to Indianapolis for Games 3 and 4.

Thursday, May 29 at 8:00 PM ET at Madison Square Garden One more win, and the Indiana Pacers will advance to the 2025 NBA Finals. The Pacers (3-1) can wrap-up their seven-game Eastern Conference Finals series with the New York Knicks (1-3) as soon as Game ...