Who will be crowned the new NBA champions?
The Indiana Pacers face the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday, June 22, 2025 at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.
You can watch the action on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.
| Streaming platform | Free trial | Monthly price | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTV | Yes | $89.99 | $30 off your first month |
| fuboTV | Yes | $84.99 | No |
| Sling TV | No | $45.99 | Half off your first month |
How to watch
Here are your best options to watch Game 7 if you don’t already have cable:
- Watch for free with a trial of fuboTV or DIRECTV.
- It isn’t free, but you can also watch with a subscription to Sling TV, which offers half off your first month and one month free of AMC+.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: NBA Finals, Game 7
Who: Pacers vs. Thunder
When: June 22, 2025 (6/22/25)
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Where: Paycom Center
TV: ABC
Live stream: DIRECTV (free trial), fuboTV (free trial), ESPN+
If you do have cable, here’s a channel guide for some of the most popular providers: Comcast Xfinity, DIRECTV, Dish, Verizon Fios, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice.
Here’s an NBA finals story via the Associated Press:
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault knows exactly why the NBA Finals are coming down to a Game 7.
“It’s a contest of wills,” he said.
And to this point, neither side has lost its will.
Back and forth they have gone, the Thunder and the Indiana Pacers. Indiana led the series, then Oklahoma City tied it, then Indiana retook the lead, then Oklahoma City tied it again, then it was the Thunder who moved one win away and then the Pacers knotted the matchup for a third time.
It happens Sunday, with tipoff at 8:07 p.m. Eastern, for the NBA title. After six games — some close, some blowouts, the teams alternating who is in control of the series — there clearly is a mutual admiration between the clubs.
“It’s two teams where the whole is better than the sum of the parts,” Daigneault said. “It’s two teams that are highly competitive. Two teams that play together. Two teams that kind of rely on the same stuff for their success that are squaring off against each other.”
It is the 20th Game 7 in NBA Finals history. Home teams went 15-4 in the previous 19. Indiana is seeking its first NBA title; Oklahoma City would say the same, although the franchise won the 1979 title when the team played in Seattle.
And the winner will become the seventh different champion in the last seven seasons, a run of parity like none other in NBA history. Pacers forward Pascal Siakam was part of the Toronto team that won in 2019, Thunder guard Alex Caruso was part of the Los Angeles Lakers team that won in the pandemic “bubble” in 2020, Milwaukee won in 2021, Golden State in 2022, Pacers forward Thomas Bryant and Denver prevailed in 2023 and Boston won last year’s title.
Late Sunday night, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will hand the Larry O’Brien Trophy to either the Thunder or Pacers — one of whom will become the ninth franchise to win a title in Silver’s 12 seasons leading the league. His predecessor, David Stern, saw eight different franchises win championships in his 30 seasons as commissioner.
“You never know how it’s going to go,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “I’d be lying if I said this has gone exactly as I expected because each playoff series, each game is a different thing. Each game takes on a different personality, has different characteristics. Different guys step up. Different situations happen, etc. The truth is that nothing else previous to this matters at all now. We’re just down to one game and one opportunity. We’re really looking forward to it.”
NBA Finals schedule/results
Thursday, June 5 — Indiana 111, Oklahoma City 110
Sunday, June 8 — Oklahoma City 123, Indiana 107
Wednesday, June 11 — Indiana 116, Oklahoma City 107
Friday, June 13 — Oklahoma City 111, Indiana 104
Monday, June 16 — Oklahoma City 120, Indiana 109
Thursday, June 19 — Pacers 108, Thunder 91
Sunday, June 22 — Game 7, Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET on ABC
NBA key upcoming events
June 25 — NBA draft, first round
June 26 — NBA draft, second round
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