The Oklahoma City Thunder are your 2024-25 NBA champions. That sentence has felt inevitable not just this year, but really, for the past several at least. We’ve been barreling towards this moment ever since that fateful night in July of 2019 when the Los Angeles Clippers handed them Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a mountain of first-round … Read more
147 shares share post pin sms send email By HoopsHype staff | June 22, 2025 Some youngsters had essential roles in clinching the NBA title, like Kobe Bryant against the Indiana Pacers in 2000. Others, like Celtics forward Jordan Walsh, only played five minutes and 25 seconds in the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas … Read more
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 2025 NBA champions after beating the Indiana Pacers, 103-91, in Sunday’s Game 7, capturing the franchise’s first title since relocating from Seattle. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was awarded Finals MVP to cap off what’s been a season of winning for the Canadian guard, who also earned league MVP. The Thunder were supremely … Read more
OKC Thunder win 2025 NBA Championship. How does that sound? After years of rebuilding, heartbreak, and doubt, the young and hungry Thunder have climbed to the mountaintop, capturing the franchise’s first-ever NBA title in what will be remembered as one of the most thrilling Finals series in league history. Game 7 of the 2025 NBA … Read more
The Oklahoma City Thunder are the 2025 NBA champions after outlasting the Indiana Pacers in a thrilling seven-game series. Oklahoma City captured its first title Sunday night behind a standout performance from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, becoming the seventh different team in the last seven years to win it all. And even though the celebration for this … Read more
3.2k shares share post pin sms send email By HoopsHype staff | June 22, 2025 The Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP award is one of the most prestigious in the sport of basketball. As such, when a player receives the distinction, it’s a huge honor, one that takes their legacy to another level. Check out … Read more
Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton was helped off the court in the first quarter of Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Sunday after a noncontact right lower leg injury. Editor’s Picks Haliburton — who had nine early points — received a pass on the wing and proceeded to dribble toward the basket with … Read more
The Houston Rockets have pulled off a stunning move, acquiring superstar forward Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster trade that immediately changes the landscape of the Western Conference. Kevin Durant traded to Rockets, wow! We knew it was imminent and it’s finally happened. What the Rockets Gave Up Guard Jalen Green Forward … Read more
Jun 22, 2025, 11:00 PM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder captured their first NBA championship since moving to Oklahoma, and now Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and crew are the favorites to do it again in 2026. The Thunder open as championship favorites, with the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets next in line. Editor’s Picks … Read more
Tim MacMahonJun 22, 2025, 11:30 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander put the finishing touches on one of the most impressive individual seasons in NBA history by hoisting the Bill Russell Trophy awarded to … Read more
Not only did the Oklahoma City Thunder win the NBA title, they did so with one of the youngest cores in league history – actually the fifth-youngest ever, according to our research. For this analysis, we looked at the three players with the highest statistical impact during each team’s playoff run. In OKC’s case, that’s … Read more
The Oklahoma City Thunder capped off one of the most successful seasons in NBA history with one final piece of the puzzle on Sunday — a championship. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals to clinch their first title since relocating to Oklahoma … Read more