The NBA Finals is going to a Game 7 for the first time in nine years, and just the eighth time since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976. The matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers was immediately derided by the public for its small markets and lack of household-name superstars, but this series has been a basketball diehard’s nirvana. The season ends on Sunday night, June 22, in Oklahoma City either way when the Pacers and Thunder play one game for the championship.
The Thunder had a chance to win their first ring in franchise history (no, we’re not counting Seattle’s 1979 championship) in Game 6 on
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