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Pacers One Win From Completing Unlikely NBA Title in Game Seven

Sunday’s showdown in Oklahoma City presents the Thunder as 8.5-point favorites against a Pacers team chasing its first NBA crown

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Overview

  • Indiana forced the decisive Game Seven by dominating the Thunder 108-91 in Game Six and matched the 2023 Miami Heat’s record for underdog wins in a single postseason
  • The Pacers began the season at +6600 odds to win it all and would set a decades-long record as the biggest preseason long shot to claim an NBA title
  • Oklahoma City has gone 10-2 at home this playoff run and holds a plus-247 point differential at the Paycom Center, the best single-postseason mark in NBA history
  • Home teams are 15-4 in Finals Game Sevens, and the Thunder opened Sunday’s matchup as 8.5-point favorites
  • A Pacers win would place them among only four teams to ever clinch an NBA Finals Game Seven on the road and secure the franchise’s first league championship