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By chance, the finals series between the Thunder and the Pacers is surprisingly similar to the Nuggets series

12:10am, 27 June 2025【Basketball】

After six games, the Oklahoma City Thunders' Finals Series with the Indiana Pacers is surprisingly similar to their Western Conference Semi-Finals Series.

Oklahoma City Thunder lost 91-108 at the Gainbridge Arena, missing a chance to win the championship with six games. The Pacers overcame a slow start and played a familiar team performance, with Pascal Siakam winning a double-double and Obie Toppin coming off the bench, scoring the highest score of 20 points. The Thunder will now head to Pecom Center to try to accomplish what they have done in the playoffs this season: Win Game 7 at home and end the series.

In fact, the NBA Finals so far have striking similarities to the Western Conference Semi-Finals between the Thunder and the Denver Nuggets. Daman Rangoola noted in a great Channel X report that fans can see hope from the fact that the first six games of both series actually went to the same outcome. In the first game of the NBA Finals, the Thunder led the game, but with 0.3 seconds left, Thales Halliburton miraculously shot the winning goal and eventually lost the game. The first game of the Nuggets and Thunder series was ultimately determined by Aaron Gordon's final three-pointer with 2.8 seconds left in the game.

In the second game against the Denver Nuggets, players such as Shay Gilgers-Alexander, Chet Homgren and Isaiah Haltenstein scored a double-double, adding icing on the cake to Jay Williams' outstanding performance of 32 points and helping the Thunder win easily at home. Similarly, Shay of the Pacers scored 34 points and 8 assists, Alex Caruso, who came on the bench, contributed 20 points, and the Thunder won easily 123-107. In the third game of

, the Thunder lost by 9 points. Michael Porter, Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic all scored more than 20 points, who also contributed 16 rebounds. Pacers substitute Benedict Mathulin scored 27 points, Siakam scored 21 points, Halliburton scored 22 points and 11 assists. In the fourth game of

, the Thunder showed strong resilience. They scored a season-lowest score of 92 points against the Denver Nuggets, but managed to limit Jokic's team to 87 points. In the finals, with the outstanding performance of SGA and Williams, the Thunder won 111-104, with the two scoring a total of 62 points.

In addition, the Thunders had won the fifth game of both series and seemed to have completely finished the series. Against the Denver Nuggets, SGA led by 31 points and the six players scored in double digits. Against the Pacers, Jaylen Williams made history, scoring 40 points and SGA scored a double-double of 31 points, leading the team to win 120-109.

Finally, the sixth game of the two-game series once again witnessed the team's momentum change. Denver went all out and successfully limited SGA's auxiliary lineup and eventually achieved a solid victory at home. The Pacers got what they wanted in the NBA Finals. They overwhelmed the Thunder in speed, strategy and scoring with a 108-91 score and dragged the game into Game 7.

Of course, in Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets, the Thunder won by an overwhelming advantage, and if they can achieve such a record again, they will be crowned the NBA championship.

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