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.

Basketball excitement reaches its peak. Every spring, the NBA's top teams face off in an intense battle for the championship, delivering high-energy matchups, strategic showdowns,

The 2025 NBA Playoffs are underway. Here's a complete look at where the playoff bracket stands and how each series is going: (4) Indiana Pacers vs. (3) New York Knicks *if needed (1) Oklahoma City ...

The New York Knicks returned home facing elimination, and extended the series by at least another game after their Game 5 win over the Pacers.

The NBA's conference finalists don't have the deepest playoff history, but some do have recent familiarity with this stage of the playoffs.

Scottie Scheffler was asked which team he wanted to see win the NBA finals this year. With the Oklahoma City Thunder already in the finals, there is only one more spot left to fill, with the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers in contention.

Gilgeous-Alexander, 26, was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Wednesday on TNT from Madison Square Garden, ahead of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Knicks and Pacers. He averaged a league-best 32.7 points per game for a Thunder team that won 68 games and claimed the league’s No. 1 seed heading into the playoffs.