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Fresh off surviving Denver in a seven-game series, the Oklahoma City Thunder are heavy favorites to claim the NBA title ahead of conference finals.
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The New York Knicks haven't won an NBA championship since 1973. The Indiana Pacers won their most recent title that year — in the ABA. The Oklahoma City Thunder franchise has one title in its history, that coming in 1979 when the team called Seattle home. And the Minnesota Timberwolves have never even been to the NBA Finals.
The Thunder left no doubt in Game 7, dismantling the Nuggets behind 22 forced turnovers and a swarming defense.
After the Oklahoma City Thunder punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals with Sunday's Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets, prognosticators expect them to go all the way.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the best player on the floor in the Thunder’s win on Sunday as a young squad passed their biggest playoff test yet.
Which two teams will reach the NBA Finals? We'll have complete coverage of the playoffs all the way until the champion is crowned. (The 2025 Finals tip off June 5 on ABC and the ESPN App.) The league's conference semifinals wrapped on Sunday with the Oklahoma City Thunder outlasting the Denver Nuggets in this round's only Game 7.