Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton still give NBA Finals star potential, and despite small local markets, good basketball attracts viewers.

Seated at a podium at the Thunder’s Wednesday media day session ahead of Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals, though, the second-year guard eased off the gas and took a second to think. Wallace, who has blossomed into one of the NBA’s best young point-of-attack stoppers,

It’s the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers clinched their trip with a win over the New York Knicks on Saturday night in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.