NBA 2024-25

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This is a go-home-or-go-to-Game-7 game.  The Thunder are looking to secure their first NBA title in the Oklahoma City era in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.  Updates to come.

UPDATE:  Better go put the champagne back in the cooler.  The Pacers are in total control, leading the Thunder, 90-60, entering the fourth quarter and needing a win to force Game 7.

UPDATE 2:  One game will decide it all.  The Pacers dominated the Thunder, 108-91, to force the first NBA Finals Game 7 since 2016 and fifth since 2000, which will be on Sunday in Oklahoma City.

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Here is the second-biggest story of the day from the Association.  According to Shams Charania, the Rockets are acquiring power forward Kevin Durant from the Suns for shooting guard Jalen Green, small forward Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick and five second-round picks.

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It all comes down to this.  Game 7 of the NBA Finals is on now in a winner-take-all contest as the Thunder and Pacers attempt to win their first championship.  Updates to come.

UPDATE:  Oh no.  Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton was helped off in Game 7 of the NBA Finals after slipping on the court.

UPDATE 2:  I hate to see this in the last game of the season, but his teammates need think that it is “next man up.”  Haliburton went down with a lower right leg injury.  He was questionable for Game 7 with a right calf strain.

UPDATE 3:  This is awful.  Haliburton’s father confirmed to ESPN’s Lisa Salters his son exited Game 7 with an Achilles injury.

UPDATE 4:  This game has all the makings of an instant classic.  The NBA Finals is tight as the Pacers lead the Thunder after Haliburton went down with an Achilles injury.  The second half is starting now.

UPDATE 5:  We are 12 minutes away from crowning a champion.  The Thunder surged in Game 7 as the Pacers fight for a championship without Haliburton.  The fourth quarter is starting now.

UPDATE 6:  Is this how the series will end?  The Pacers need another playoff comeback against the Thunder for an NBA championship.

UPDATE 7:  Somebody play (for the sake of irony) “It Was a Good Day” by Ice Cube or (for actual joy) “Race for the Prize” by The Flaming Lips.  The Thunder defeated the Pacers, 103-91, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to win the franchise’s first title in Oklahoma City.