The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Sport 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 dwelling crowd at Oklahoma Metropolis’s Paycom Middle with 29 factors and 12 assists.
That is the primary time the Thunder was successful since its relocation from Seattle to Oklahoma Metropolis on July 3, 2008.
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The group, initially established because the Seattle SuperSonics, an growth facet that joined the NBA in 1967–68, first received the title in 1979.
Within the stated season, the SuperSonics, Western Convention champion, defeated the Japanese Convention topper Washington Bullets 4-1. The collection 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 recreation.
Whereas in Seattle, the SuperSonics had additionally certified for the NBA playoffs 22 instances, received their division six instances, and superior to 3 NBA Finals.