The Oklahoma City Thunder (84-22 straight up, 66-36-4 against the spread) won the 2025 NBA championship by capturing a 103-91 win over the Indiana Pacers in Sunday’s Game 7 at Paycom Center.

OKC cashed tickets as a 6.5-point home favorite, while the 194 points dropped ‘under’ the 215.5-point total.

Indiana saw its superstar guard Tyrese Haliburton go down with an Achilles injury with 4:55 remaining in the first quarter. He had buried three treys and scored nine points already.

The fear is that – like Jayson Tatum and Damian Lillard earlier in the postseason – Haliburton has a torn Achilles that’ll likely keep him out for most of (if not all of) next season.

Nevertheless, the Pacers took a 48-47 lead into halftime. However, the third quarter was all Thunder, as they outscored Indiana 34-20.

OKC built its lead up to 22 points with 7:41 remaining, but Indiana (65-40 SU, 50-54-1 ATS) responded with an 11-1 run. When Andrew Nembhard drained a 30-foot jumper with 2:32 left, the deficit was cut to 10.

But the Pacers couldn’t get any closer.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won NBA Finals MVP honors. He finished Game 7 with 29 points, five rebounds, two blocked shots, one steal and 12 assists compared to only one turnover.

Jalen Williams had 20 points, four boards, two steals and four assists with just one turnover. Chet Holmgren added 18 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and one steal, while Alex Caruso and Cason Wallace were also in double figures with 10 points apiece.

Turnovers were the story of the game. Indiana coughed up 21 turnovers compared to only seven for the Thunder. The Pacers had a 45-40 rebounding advantage.

Mathurin had 24 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and two steals in the losing effort. Pascal Siakam and T.J. McConnell scored 16 points apiece. Nembhard finished with 15 points, six assists and five rebounds.

If Myles Turner, the longest-tenured Pacer, was playing his last game for the only franchise he’s ever played for, it was a disappointing performance. He struggled throughout the NBA Finals, averaging only 10.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Turner had six points and four rebounds in Game 7. He made only 37.7 percent of his field-goal attempts in the series and 21.4 percent of his treys. Turner averaged 15.6 points and 6.5 RPG during the regular season.

Obi Toppin scored 20 points in Game 6 and had 17 points in Game 1 and Game 4. But Toppin was held scoreless in Game 7.

“It doesn’t feel real,” Gilgeous-Alexander said after the game. “So many hours. So many moments. So many emotions. So many nights of disbelief. So many nights of belief. It’s crazy to know that we’re all here, but this group worked for it. This group put in the hours, and we deserve this.”

OKC’s 84 wins are the third-most in NBA history behind only Golden St.’s 88 in 2016-17 and Chicago’s 87 in 1995-96.

GM Sam Presti began the franchise’s massive rebuild in 2019 when he traded Russell Westbrook and Paul George. Gilgeous-Alexander was a part of the deal that sent George to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Presti added Holmgren and Williams with the #2 and #12 picks, respectively, in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft.

The Thunder still have loads of draft capital, including a pair of first-round picks – #15 and #24 – in the 2025 NBA Draft. In the 2026 NBA Draft, OKC has two first-round picks – the two most favorable selections out of its own, Houston’s (if 5-30) and the L.A. Clippers.

In other words, the present is spectacular for OKC with its status as NBA champions with the league’s youngest roster, and the future looks equally fantastic. We won’t know for years to come, but it certainly seems as if a dynastic run has begun for the Thunder.