The seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals began getting planted unknowingly in 2017, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was about to enroll at Kentucky and Tyrese Haliburton was getting ready for his senior year of high school.

NBA Finals are set! The Oklahoma City Thunder got here by routing the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games in the Western Conference finals. Oklahoma City's appearance in the Finals is its first since Kevin Durant,

The Oklahoma City Thunder is favored to defeat the Indiana Pacers, and Gilgeous-Alexander is favored to win the NBA Finals MVP award, in odds released Saturday by FanDuel Sportsbook. Here's a look at the latest betting odds for the 2025 NBA Finals.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers might have just proved that losing in the In-Season Tournament is your team’s best path to the NBA Finals.

The Pacers come in as decided underdogs against the team that had the NBA's best record this season (68-14). These teams met twice in the regular season, with the Thunder winning both ( 120-114 on Dec. 26 in Indianapolis; 132-111 in March 29 in OKC).

The run of “Inside the NBA” on TNT came to an end Saturday night after nearly four decades as a fixture of the league.

Pacers forward Jarace Walker was on crutches with a right ankle injury following Indiana’s 125-108 victory over the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night and coach Rick Carlisle said he was uncertain of Walker’s availability for the NBA Finals.

The playoffs used to be the domain of older, savvy vets deep into their 30s, but is contending for a title increasingly becoming a young man’s game?