The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are set for a 2025 NBA Finals showdown, and there are plenty of common threads between the two franchises. Indianapolis and OKC are two of the smallest markets in the NBA. These are the two best teams in the league at avoiding turnovers on offense, and two of the league leaders in pace. Neither is reliant on the three-point shot after both placed in the bottom half of the league in three-point rate during the regular season.
There is one big roster-building similarity between these two teams, as well, and it all comes back to a star player they both traded.
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