The Indiana Pacers dominated the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-91 in Game 6, winning outright as 5.5-point underdogs to force a Game 7 in the 2025 NBA Finals on Sunday night back in Oklahoma City. Thursday’s game stayed under the total of 223.5.
Remarkably, it was the 10th outright win this postseason for Indiana as an underdog.
Still, the Thunder opened as 8.5-point home favorites at BetMGM for Game 7 with a total of 214.5. It’s by far the lowest total of these NBA Finals.
Oklahoma City came into the Finals as a massive -700 favorite, with Indiana a huge +500 underdog. Since 1969, there have been 16 NBA Finals where the series underdog had +250 or worse odds, and only the 2004 Detroit Pistons (+500 vs. Los Angeles Lakers) won the series outright, according to Sports Odds History.
The Thunder were also the best team against the spread of any regular season team in the last 35 years, going 55-23-4 ATS, but have struggled in the postseason (10-12 ATS). Oklahoma City was a -2500 favorite up 3-2 in the series.
Sunday’s matchup will be the 20th Game 7 in NBA Finals history.
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