The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Recreation 7 of the NBA 2025 Finals to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy on Sunday.
League MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the scoring in entrance of a raucous residence crowd at Oklahoma Metropolis’s Paycom Heart with 29 factors and 12 assists.
That is the primary time the Thunder was profitable since its relocation from Seattle to Oklahoma Metropolis on July 3, 2008.
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The crew, initially established because the Seattle SuperSonics, an enlargement facet that joined the NBA in 1967–68, first gained the title in 1979.
Within the stated season, the SuperSonics, Western Convention champion, defeated the Japanese Convention topper Washington Bullets 4-1. The sequence was a rematch of the 1978 NBA Finals, the place the Bullets had triumphed 4–3.
Dennis Johnson of the SuperSonics was named because the NBA Finals MVP, whereas Gus Williams of the SuperSonics was the highest scorer, averaging 28.6 factors per sport.
Whereas in Seattle, the SuperSonics had additionally certified for the NBA playoffs 22 occasions, gained their division six occasions, and superior to 3 NBA Finals.