🏀 Indiana's Game 1 victory over Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals on ABC peaked with 11 million viewers at the end of the 4th quarter when Tyrese Haliburton hit the game-winning shot. 🏀 Game 1 averaged nearly 3 times more viewers than the next most-watched program on any other...

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton offered a strange admission with his comments on Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

The Indiana Pacers may have some mixed feelings about Thursday's nail-biter win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

The 2025 NBA Finals got off to a rousing start with the Indiana Pacers' miraculous 111-110 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 on Thursday night. Tyrese Haliburton made a game-winning pull-up jumper with 0.3 seconds to complete a 15-point fourth-quarter comeback and steal home-court advantage from OKC.

The Thunder dropped the first game of their second-round series against Denver in similar, heartbreaking fashion on Aaron Gordon's late shot. Oklahoma City stormed back to win Game 2 by 43 points. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points in Game 1, the third-most for a player in his NBA Finals debut.

The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder set several records after Game 1 of the NBA Finals, shredding the narrative that this series would have extremely l

Oddsmakers know this as well, which is why the Thunder are 10.5-point home favorites in Game 2 with a total of 228.5. The betting public is backing the Pacers so far at BetMGM, with 69% of the wagers on Indiana to cover.

Indiana stole Game 1 of the NBA Finals on the road, 111-110. The Pacers hold a 1-0 series lead, with Game 2 set for Sunday in Oklahoma City.

For the first time in almost 15 months, the Thunder lost at home to an Eastern Conference team. Their opponent that night? The Pacers.