The Indiana Pacers made an impressive run in the 2025 playoffs, coming just one win shy of capturing the first NBA championship in franchise history. Indiana won 15 postseason games but fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a tough Game 7 loss in the NBA Finals.

People talk all the time about it being a copycat league, how teams take from other successful ones. Well, the Pacers and Thunder may be the two most versatile screening teams in the NBA. And they’re the two still playing. https://t.co/gZzJZQdv2L

ESPN announced that the Thunder's Game 7 win over the Pacers was their most-watched NBA Finals game in six years. It averaged 16.4 million viewers with a peak of 19.3 million viewers.