The Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals and the Thunder can learn a lot from its second round series against the Denver Nuggets.

The Denver Nuggets took a 2-1 series lead over the Thunder in the second round of the playoffs, and even though Oklahoma City eventually won in seven games, it was a nail-biting series for both sides.

Nuggets Journal: OKC Thunder’s ascent felt inevitable, but Nuggets and Pacers proved me wrong The first four games of the NBA Finals played out in an eerily similar way to the second-round ...

Different verse, same as the first for the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the 2025 NBA Finals, they find themselves tied 2-2 headin back to the Paycom Center for Game 5 on Monday night.

On Monday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder are hosting the Indiana Pacers for Game 5 of the NBA Finals, as each team sits just two wins away from winning a championship.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams will have surgery on his injured wrist and will be ready for the start of the season, GM Sam Presti said.

It had been believed that Denver might be OKC’s least favorable match-up in the West, and the Nuggets stole a Game 1 road win on an Aaron Gordon 3-pointer.