The Thunder dominated their way to the NBA Finals. They went 12-4 against the West playoffs with mostly double-digit point wins. They beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games in the Western Conference Finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was given the Western Conference Finals MVP.

Here are the winners and losers from the closeout game of the Eastern Conference finals between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks:

It’s the Paul George finals — albeit without George, whose trade from Indiana to Oklahoma City in 2017 planted the seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals.

The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers are meeting once again in the NBA playoffs, and this time, there is a Finals berth on the line. The Knicks kept their season alive Thursday night, winning Game 5 at Madison Square Garden with 32 points from Jalen Brunson and a strong defensive showing.

It would be the first NBA title for either of the two energetic fan bases and their exciting young teams. The Thunder, led by newly minted league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is the early favorite.

The seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals began getting planted unknowingly in 2017, back when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was about to enroll at Kentucky and Tyrese Haliburton was getting ready for his senior year of high school in Wisconsin.

The Knicks hope to stave off elimination again and beat the Pacers in Game 6. Here's the celebrities at Pacers vs. Knicks game tonight.

With the way the 2025 NBA Playoffs are panning out, Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George wants to make sure Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton gets his proper respect in the conversation. On a recent episode of ‘Podcast P,