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The Oklahoma City Thunder are now NBA champions after defeating the Indiana Pacers in Game 7. It was a long series, but the Thunder were able to take care of business in a win-or-go-home situation, and it was a total team effort. All season, everyone has expected this team to be here holding up the […]

One of the reasons why the Oklahoma City Thunder acquired Alex Caruso last June was to help them learn how to become a championship team. He held up his end of the bargain, displaying invaluable leadership and defensive tenacity in the regular season and tallying 10 points and three steals in Game 7 of the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder prevailed in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers, giving them their first championship in franchise history. However, after the win, the Thunder didn’t exactly have a crazy celebration, and according to general manager Sam Presti, there’s a simple reason why that’s the case. After earning the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2025 NBA championship run was a masterclass in youth development, roster construction, and star power. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander capped off a historic season by winning the MVP, scoring title, and Finals MVP, leading the Thunder to their first title since relocating to Oklahoma City. Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren emerged as elite […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder were victorious over the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Sunday night, with superstar guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander unsurprisingly taking home Finals MVP for his squad. After the game, Gilgeous-Alexander earned a new label from his veteran backcourt running mate, Alex Caruso, that will certainly catch fans’ […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder can now call themselves NBA champions after they triumphed in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals, 103-91, over an Indiana Pacers team that ended up being shorthanded after Tyrese Haliburton injured his Achilles in the early goings of the ballgame. After two rebuilding processes since relocating to OKC, a Sam […]

Jalen Williams may not have been able to recapture the heights he reached when he dropped 40 in Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Finals, but there is one thing no one can ever take away from him — he is an NBA champion. Williams and the Oklahoma City Thunder were able to hold off […]

Following their 103-91 win in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers, the Oklahoma City Thunder won their first championship in the OKC era. The Thunder do not claim the Seattle Sonics’ history, so this is essentially their first championship in franchise history. The question then becomes, when is the Thunder’s championship […]

Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti has long been regarded as one of the greatest executives in the history of the NBA. He has architected plenty of contending Thunder teams in the past, however, they have not gotten over the hump — until now. On Sunday night, the Thunder overcame one last gasp from […]

When the Oklahoma City Thunder traded away one of their recent lottery picks in Josh Giddey, whom many believed was going to be a part of the eventual OKC championship-winning squad, for Alex Caruso, it showed that they meant business after suffering a second-round exit in the 2024 NBA playoffs. This trade has now paid […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder got the job done in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals, beating the Indiana Pacers at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Sunday night via a 103-91 score. With that win, the Thunder are no longer part of the unenviable club of ringless NBA franchises, as they raised their first […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder etched their names into the NBA record books. They capped off their 68-14 campaign with a 103-91 victory over the Indiana Pacers, snatching Game 7 inside the Paycom Center. OKC’s 2024-25 team now rearranges this league list. The Thunder joins the 1968 Philadelphia 76ers as 68-win teams who won the title. […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander expressed shock towards Tyrese Haliburton’s heartbreaking injury during Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. Haliburton suffered an Achilles injury midway through the first quarter. The injury shut him down for the remainder of the game, which might put his availability for […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder won their first NBA championship in the OKC era after their 103-91 win against the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Helping lead the way for the Thunder in Game 7 was Jalen Williams who proved to be a good complimentary star to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander during the NBA […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the promised land, 13 years after the Thunder first experienced heartbreak in the NBA Finals. On Sunday night, the Thunder were able to seal the deal, taking a 103-91 victory in Game 7 over the Indiana Pacers thanks to a dominant third-quarter effort. Gilgeous-Alexander finishes the […]

Fresh off earning his first NBA championship, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren left no doubt he earned it the hard way. Standing before fans and teammates after the Thunder’s Game 7 victory, the towering 7-foot-1 dropped one of the most memorable acceptance speeches of the season. “I’ve been through so much personally this year. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder witnessed Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hit a level of greatness never seen in franchise history. He capped his Most Valuable Player winning performance by leading OKC to its first-ever NBA Finals victory Sunday. But he deferred the credit to a “once in a lifetime” player after beating the Indiana Pacers. That generational talent […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has just stepped into basketball immortality. With the Oklahoma City Thunder clinching the elusive NBA title, the 26-year-old superstar has joined an elite club of players who have won the regular season MVP, led the league in scoring, and capped it all off with an NBA championship in one season. Achieving this rare […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s rebuild is complete. Five years after tearing it down and building from the ground up, and 13 years after previously making it to the NBA Finals, the Thunder have finally climbed the mountaintop, claiming the Larry O’Brien trophy after warding off the shorthanded Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the 2025 […]

All season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been the engine behind what will go down as one of the most historic runs in the NBA. The Oklahoma City Thunder star won the regular-season MVP award, he was the Thunder’s MVP in the Western Conference Finals, and now, he is adding more than a championship ring to his […]

As the Oklahoma City Thunder inch closer to winning an NBA championship, they have Chet Holmgren to thank for that. Chet Holmgren has been a game-changing force on the defensive end in the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers, and in Game 7 he set a Finals record with blocks, as per StatMuse. With five […]

For the first time in Oklahoma City Thunder history, they can finally call themselves NBA champions. With suffocating defense and the leadership of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the floor, the Thunder ended the team’s title drought on Sunday night, as they defeated the Indiana Pacers at home in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals to […]

In the middle of the storm that is Game 7 of the NBA Finals, one player has stolen the show—literally. Alex Caruso, the gritty guard off the bench for the Oklahoma City Thunder, has cemented his place in NBA Finals history. With more than 20 steals in the series, Caruso now joins an elite group […]

Game 7 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers had just begun when heartbreak struck. Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana’s floor general and leader, collapsed on a drive to the basket with 4:55 remaining in the first quarter. As he fell to the hardwood, the 25-year-old guard pounded the court in visible […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder came into Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers looking to win their first championship in the OKC-era. Early in the first quarter, it was key reserve Alex Caruso who got the Thunder’s Game 7 crowd hyped up with a big throwdown dunk. The Thunder social media team […]

Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton, who has been battling a calf injury throughout the 2025 NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, has exited Game 7 after appearing to once again hurt his right calf. Tyrese Haliburton is on the ground and screaming in pain 😬 Prayers up for Hali 🙏 pic.twitter.com/T5cI8vPlt8 — […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA champions and just completed of one of the most incredible rebuilds in NBA history going from contender to lottery team, then back to a contender in just six seasons. All this could not have been done without 2025 NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Los […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander only played one season with Chris Paul, but it made a bigger impact than anyone could’ve imagined, according to Gilgeous-Alexander’s father, Vaughn Alexander. The future Hall of Fame point guard was traded to the Thunder in July 2019, just days after Oklahoma City acquired Gilgeous-Alexander. The […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became a basketball star for the Oklahoma City Thunder, he was a little kid out in Toronto who just wanted to play … soccer? According to father Vaughn Alexander, that was the sport Gilgeous-Alexander loved before he happened to switch over to basketball. Shai’s journey to discovering that basketball […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has taken the league by storm over the last few years and even emerged as the NBA’s leading scorer in the 2024-25 season. But as with anything in the NBA, fans are going to find something to complain about. Shai’s father, Vaughn Alexander, doesn’t want to […]

Like most players on the Indiana Pacers, T.J. McConnell is participating in the first championship series of his career. However, McConnell is acutely aware of what Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals will mean to Oklahoma City Thunder fans. Within hours of tip-off, McConnell revealed the message he sent to his team in the […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Win or lose, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander relishes “the moment” that every star experiences when their team’s backs are against the wall down the stretch and it’s time to perform. It’s what happened when Gilgeous-Alexander closed out Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers in the fourth quarter of Game 4 […]

With the Indiana Pacers preparing for Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team looks to win the first championship in franchise history. While the Pacers will need their X-factors the most on Sunday night in the biggest game of the season, a win for the team would check the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers are going into Game 7 with everything on the line, and whoever comes out with the win will be holding up the NBA Championship. The Pacers were able to come out in Game 6 and do what they had to do to extend the series, while the […]

The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder will be playing in a pivotal Game 7 to see who takes home the NBA championship. One of the more important things that people want to know is who is officiating the game, and Scott Foster’s name has come up a lot. Luckily, for some fans, they will […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Amidst an NBA career with very few promises for a journeyman, Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein inked a three-year, $87 million contract to join the Thunder last summer. His unique background is similar to that of teammates Alex Caruso and Lu Dort, whose paths to the NBA began in the G […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — With the stage set at the Paycom Center, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams addressed the fans, the ambiance, and the anticipation that awaits Oklahoma City’s first Game 7 of the NBA Finals. With their season on the line, Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sent a message to his team before facing the […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — As experience between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers was a storyline throughout the NBA Finals, Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams deemed the shifted focus towards Mark Daigneault and Rick Carlisle unnecessary ahead of Game 7. Daigneault is one win away from his first championship. His five years of experience include […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren vowed to bounce back from Game 6 of the NBA Finals, where he finished with four points on 2-of-9 shooting against the Indiana Pacers. After a 108-91 loss on the road, Holmgren promised to be better in a do-or-die Game 7 at the Paycom Center for […]