This is always a what if while injury is part of the game challenge. Also even on the first quarter good run by Haliburton OKC is still closing the score.

Pacers manage to have a close fight even until 3rd quarter without Hali so I think his presence will just make the game more competitive but not to the point that Pacers will guarantee win that game since Pacer already lose 3 games with Haliburton on the floor.

OKC deserves the champ.

Names who became the Scoring King, MVP and Champion in the same season in NBA history:

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
• Shaquille O'Neal
• Michael Jordan
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Shai finished the game with 29 points and 12 assists and had a big share in the championship.

Well that already state that fate already dictate on which team will win a championship this season.

Its just to bad that the hot start of Haliburton didn't end up well since he fall down and his injury became more serious.

Also what an amazing achievement gotten by SGA this season then create a record which few legends only get those records. Sad that NBA already ends and congratulations for those people placed their bet on OKC since they are lucky gainer on this event.

Now for sure many are curious to know the further moves done by each team and its somehow great that Suns also Rockets made a big move for trading KD also those young assets on their teams.

He has learned the business the hard way and now for sure he has realized that even the other stars, they've also shared the same feelings when they were traded. It's pure business for all of the teams and even the known potential franchise players, they were traded like Luka.

That's true, he's given a lot of opportunity by them but still, he didn't improved at all and took that for granted.

Spurs is a good one with Wemby but he should know that he's not going to be treated the way he's treated by the Rockets.

You’re right, I frequently place bet on handicap with both OKC and Pacers on live games. It gives me a high odds since I timing my bet on the score when it’s huge.

The recent NBA finals makes a huge deficit easy to cut so I always place my bet when the lead is at the peak or near since I’m confident that the other team will recover it.

I become profitable on this playoffs by avoiding the ML pick since the winner keeps changing per game. It sucks if you bet in alternating patterns but in opposite result.

Betting ML on Thunders is not worth it considering Pacers has comeback magic on the last quarter of the game. Thunders on 4th quarter can still beatable if Haliburton was not injured. Pacers is still trying to rally on the 2nd half but they commit a lot of turnover that give Thunder opportunity to increase their lead.

I believe you are already in profit if you bet same amount on Pacers from Game 1 to Game 7 since their odds is high on their 3 wins despite losing 4 games.

It was just a desperate attempt, right?    But if Pacers were able to resist more during Q3 then maybe there'd be a silver lining...

Haliburton's achilles injury in Q1 was a big loss for them. He scored three 3-PT in his 7-minute performance. I can't imagine his potential impact if he was able to play until the end.

Congrats to all Thunder fans! Enjoy your title...

I think failing to get rid of Bradley Beal in that trade is going to really hurt the Suns going forward. Potentially for many years. After the failure that was last season, to be stuck with the worst contract and a bunch of round 2 picks is the icing on the cake. The Suns need to fire their GM and do it immediately.

Nah, they weren't just lucky, they actually played a very good basketball since the regular season, finishing up the best record in the 2024-2025 NBA season. It's just that nobody was expecting that the Pacers are putting up a good fight against the best team in the NBA. Some people even said the Thunders would sweep the Pacers, but obviously did not happen.
It was just a sad ending for the finals series as Hali was forced to leave the game early. Though I would not think the Pacers will win, as I always have Thunder winning the championship, but If Hali didn't get injured, the game may have ended better than that.
I knew the Thunder would roll in the 2nd half and the Pacers just lost their primary scorer, so that crippled their ability to catch up with the OKC in scoring. It was clear during the 3rd quarter run for the OKC, the Pacers score just literally froze for several minutes at some point in the 3rd quarter as they are unable to get a bucket.