After one of the best series, tactically, narratively and aesthetically, it’s proven difficult to come up with many losers coming out of the 2025 NBA Finals. So, let’s stay positive and focus on the winners from a delightful championship round.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA champions for the first time in franchise history, outlasting the Indiana Pacers in a dramatic seven-game NBA Finals.
The Houston Rockets were unable to make it out of the first round of the playoffs this year, but oddsmakers are expecting things to be much different for the team with Kevin Durant now in the fold.
The Rockets traded guard Jalen Green, forward Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and five second-round picks to the Phoenix Suns for Durant on Sunday.
No one on the Indiana Pacers has gone full superhero mode in the NBA Finals, and they've still pushed the series to a Game 7. The Pacers are toe-to-toe with one of the most electric young teams in the league: the Oklahoma City Thunder.