Which two teams will reach the NBA Finals? We’ll have complete coverage of the playoffs all the way until the champion is crowned. (The 2025 Finals tip off June 5 on ABC and the ESPN App.)
The league’s conference semifinals wrapped on Sunday with the outlasting the in this round’s only Game 7. The 125-93 rout moves the Thunder in the Western Conference finals for the first time since , and led the franchise there in 2016. The win sets up a matchup with the , who ran past the in five games to return to the WCF for the second consecutive season. The teams split the regular season series 2-2, including each taking a game the last time they met in a February back-to-back.
In the East, the and will reignite their rivalry, this time in the conference finals. The Pacers cruised past the No. 1 seed in five games, while the Knicks closed out a hard fought six-game series against the shorthanded defending champion . The last time any of these teams made the NBA Finals was the 2011-12 Thunder and the last time any of the franchises won an NBA championship was the 1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics (now Oklahoma City).
Note: All four rounds of the NBA playoffs are best-of-seven, and teams are not reseeded after each round. The team with the better regular-season record in each series will have home-court advantage for that series. All series are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the team with the better record hosting Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 (if necessary).
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Game 3: Thunder at Timberwolves | Saturday, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 4: Thunder at Timberwolves | Monday, May 26, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 5*: Timberwolves at Thunder | Wednesday, May 28, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 6*: Thunder at Timberwolves | Friday, May 30, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 7*: Timberwolves at Thunder | Sunday, June 1, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
* If necessary
Chet Holmgren rocks the rim with a one-handed flush for the Thunder.
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Game 2: Pacers at Knicks | Friday, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Knicks at Pacers | Sunday, May 25, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Knicks at Pacers | Tuesday, May 27, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5*: Pacers at Knicks | Thursday, May 29, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 6*: Knicks at Pacers | Saturday, May 31 8 p.m. ET TNT
Game 7*: Pacers at Knicks | Monday, June 2, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)
* If necessary
Tyrese Haliburton gets another friendly roll on a contested layup for the Pacers in overtime.
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