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2024/25 National Basketball Association (NBA) season
Finals
Oklahoma City Thunder v Indiana Pacers
Okholama and Indiana, USA
6-23 June 2025
Oklahoma City Thunder will be targeting another win over the Indiana Pacers in the
National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals Game 3 on June 12.
Build-up to Game 3
Thunder are coming into this encounter, having secured a 123-107 victory over the Pacers in Game 2 at the Paycom Center on June 9.
Therefore, the 2025 NBA Finals is tied at 1-1 as the Pacers had defeated the Thunder 111-110 on June 6 in Game 1 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.
Latest Thunder news
Nikola Topic is the only player on the Thunder's injury list at the moment, having sustained an ACL injury that he sustained in April 2025.
Therefore, injury has ruled the 19-year-old Serbian point guard out for the rest of the season, ruling him out of the Finals.
Why Thunder could win Game 3
The recent win over the Pacers in Game 2 has given the Thunder the confidence and belief that they can win the championship.
The Thunder, who came into the Finals with a league-best record of 68–14, defeated the Pacers 120-114 in December 2024 in their last game at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, which is the venue for June 12's Game 3.
Quotes
"We have one of the best coaches in the league (Mark Daigneault) and so we trust whatever choices he makes," Thunder star Isaiah Hartenstein said after Game 2.
"With a winning team, if you want to win a championship, there's going to be sacrifices there. That's what I'm ready to do."
NBA Finals fixtures
Thursday, June 12
00:30 - Indiana Pacers v Oklahoma City Thunder
Saturday, June 14
00:30 - Indiana Pacers v Oklahoma City Thunder
Tuesday, June 17
00:30 - Oklahoma City Thunder v Indiana Pacers
Friday, June 20
00:30 - Indiana Pacers v Oklahoma City Thunder
Monday, June 23
00:00 - Oklahoma City Thunder v Indiana Pacers
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