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The 2025 NBA Finals are underway! The Oklahoma City Thunder got here by routing the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games in the Western Conference finals. Oklahoma City's appearance in the Finals is its first since Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden led the franchise there in 2012.

SportsLine's model simulated Oklahoma City vs. Indiana 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Monday's NBA Finals 2025 Game 5 contest

Ahead of Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder, viewers at home will finally get to take in the pregame atmosphere at the Paycom Center. According to Shams Charania, ESPN plans to air the intro video and player introductions in their entirety on ABC — a practice that ESPN abandoned after 2013 in favor of commercials.