The 2025 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 off against each other with the chance of being crowned champions.

As the NBA Finals head to Indianapolis for a pivotal Game 3 between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, all eyes in the DMV will be on a familiar face: Aaron Wiggins, the University of Maryland alumnus whose breakout postseason is turning heads and fueling OKC’s title hopes.

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 Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are looking to make history when the two sides meet in the 2025 NBA Finals

NBA Finals Game 4 predictions, picks and odds as the Oklahoma City Thunder faces the Indiana Pacers on the road on June 13. Plus injury updates and news.

Game 1 of the NBA Finals starts at 8:30 p.m. ET from Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City franchise has never won a title as the Thunder. But before the team moved to Oklahoma City, they did win a championship in 1979 as the Seattle Supersonics.

The 2023/24 Pistons were one of the worst teams in NBA history. Detroit lost 28 games in a row in the first half and got off to a 4-39 start en route to a 14-68 overall record, which was the worst single-season mark in the franchise's 76-year existence.

The small markets get the big stage in the NBA Finals that begin Thursday. For Oklahoma City, it’s a second trip since moving from Seattle in 2008.