The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are on the brink of an unlikely matchup in the 2025 NBA Finals. The Thunder and Pacers each hold a 3-1 lead in their respective conference finals series, and while 13 teams in league history have overcome such a deficit to advance in the NBA Playoffs, it doesn’t feel like the Minnesota Timberwolves or New York Knicks are playing well enough right now to pull off that kind of feat.
The Thunder are elite defensively while the Pacers win with their offense, but these teams also have more in common than just their small market backdrops. Both teams acquired their superstar guards
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