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With the Indiana Pacers‘ win over the New York Knicks, the 2025 NBA Finals matchup is set, featuring a pair of teams that have only reached the Finals a combined two times (not counting the Thunder’s pre-Oklahoma City incarnation as the Seattle SuperSonics), with neither team having won one.
That is to say that whichever city emerges victorious will be hoisting its first-ever Larry O’Brien Trophy. Clearly, both the Pacers and Thunder have a lot to play for, so this series might come down to which player on either team can find that extra level deep within them. Who can be the player to etch their name in the NBA history books by rising to the moment?
Will it be MVP winner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander? That makes the most sense right? After all, he was arguably the main reason the Thunder reached this far in the first place. Could it be Tyrese Haliburton, who has earned himself the clutch badge after nearly averaging a double-double thus far? Who knows? That’s why we’re leaving the odds to the experts.
Here are the top candidates to win the Bill Russell Trophy as the 2025 NBA Finals MVP, based on odds:
2025 NBA Finals MVP odds:
*All odds via BetMGM
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder (-700)
- Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers (+700)
- Jalen Williams, Thunder (+2500)
- Pascal Siakam, Pacers (+3000)
- Chet Holmgren, Thunder (+8000)
- Myles Turner, Pacers (+25000)
NBA Finals schedule:
*- if necessary
- Game 1: Pacers at Thunder (Thursday, June 5, 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC)
- Game 2: Pacers at Thunder (Sunday, June 8, 8 p.m. ET on ABC)
- Game 3: Thunder at Pacers (Wednesdsay, June 11, 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC)
- Game 4: Thunder at Pacers (Friday, June 13, 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC)
- Game 5: Pacers at Thunder, (Monday, June 16, 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC)*
- Game 6: Thunder at Pacers (Thursday, June 19, 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC)*
- Game 7: Pacers at Thunder (Sunday, June 22, 8 p.m. ET on ABC)*
Conference Finals results:
Western Conference
Thunder win series 4-1
- Game 1: Thunder 114, Timberwolves 88
- Game 2: Thunder 118, Timberwolves 103
- Game 3: Timberwolves 143, Thunder 101
- Game 4: Thunder 128, Timberwolves 126
- Game 5: Thunder 124, Timberwolves 94
Eastern Conference
Pacers win series 4-2
- Game 1: Pacers 138, Knicks 135 (OT)
- Game 2: Pacers 114, Knicks 109
- Game 3: Knicks 106, Pacers 100
- Game 4: Pacers 130, Knicks 121
- Game 5: Knicks 111, Pacers 94
- Game 6: Pacers 125, Knicks 108
