OKCEAL Team Six Hunts Down The Haliban! | Official Thunder (#1) vs. Pacers (#4) 2025 NBA Finals Thread

[Cladyclad]

 

[Hawala Man]

All time upset if OKC loses here, I get that Indiana is a great team but-…come on now their best player does not have a first step- should be a quick and easy series if the Thunder don’t mess around- although I do expect Indiana to win two games at most if they can play at their absolute best- but i don’t see the Thunder allowing that

Miami Heat vs Dallas Mavericks finals the Mavericks were +500 underdogs in that match up. Media and everyone was on the Heat that series. Pistons against Lakers was also a major upset in 2004.

The Pacers are at +600 right now for series.

 

[Oldschooler]

The favorite is most likely to lose game 1. Theres no pressure on Pacers to win this first away game. All they have to do is hit their 3s. Especially from the bigs like Turner and Siakam.

 

[CJ]

Looking forward to this series and seeing how the Pacers step up to match OKC. Had OKC winning it all but I think Pacers surprisingly squeak out 2 in this (one away in a shocker, one at home.) OKC in 6 I think.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

This

Pace, Defense and the 3 are why Indy will win.

Pacers in 7

That's funny as OKC is the better team defensively and has been all season long.

 

[Loose]

Idk if its arrogance in my thinking but this is probably the easiest match-up since the Grizzlies for the thunder. Pacers are legit but they really dont have anyone to guard anyone on the thunder, and thunder have about 20 weapons for siakam and Haliburton.


Our average mov is like +25 at home these playoffs against better defenses

 

[Trav]

@Silkk

 

[Silkk]

@Silkk

Rather have sex with the vacuum cleaner

 

[EarlyEarly]

I’m surprised at the amount of support Indy is getting. OKC coming in with a bunch of awards and accolades. Nobody really cared about Indy but now some people are thinking they’re going to knock off the monster.

 

[Trav]

Rather have sex with the vacuum cleaner

Maybe you can borrow Joe's "Vacuum" that his girl got him then

 

[superchoops]

 

[SchoolboyC]

I love NBA trade lore

- Suns traded Kurt Thomas and two 1sts to Seattle/OKC in the 2007 offseason as a salary dump.
- OKC used one of those picks they got to draft Serge Ibaka
- In 2016 they trade Ibaka to Orlando for Oladipo & Sabonis
- In 2017 they trade Oladipo & Sabonis to Indiana for Paul George
- In 2019 they trade PG to the Clippers for a package that included SGA and the pick they used to take Jalen Williams

On the flip side
- Indiana trades Paul George to OKC for Oladipo & Sabonis
- In 2021 they trade Oladipo in a multi team deal that brings them Caris LeVert
- In 2022 they trade LeVert to Cleveland in a deal that brings them a 2022 2nd and a 2023 1st. They use the 2022 2nd to draft Andrew Nembhard and the 2023 1st to draft Ben Sheppard
- In 2022 they trade Sabonis to Sacramento in a deal for Haliburton

So essentially, the Suns attaching two 1sts to dump Kurt Thomas’s contract in the summer of 2007 to avoid the luxury tax indirectly set the stage for this Finals matchup

 

[Primetime]

I’m surprised at the amount of support Indy is getting. OKC coming in with a bunch of awards and accolades. Nobody really cared about Indy but now some people are thinking they’re going to knock off the monster.

Some people just like to be contrarians or prefer rooting for the underdogs, mixed with denial.

Granted, a number of people know they'll have to eat crow or concede their favorite player is inferior if Shai/OKC complete their historic run. And so IND is the last line of defense against that.

 

[Waka FICO Flamez]

Haliburton is just Andre Miller with a Tiktok. That said would love to see Pacers win.

 

[FAH1223]