The 2025 NBA Finals are set, as the Indiana Pacers will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

It’s hard to predict how this series will go exactly, as Oklahoma City and Indiana boast two of the best rosters in the entire league.

Whereas the Thunder have MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Pacers have a red-hot Tyrese Haliburton. Oklahoma City compliments SGA with superstars like Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams, while Indiana supports Haliburton with excellent players like Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin.

These two teams feel pretty even with each other, although Oklahoma City will enter this year’s NBA Finals with more rest. Indiana could ride its hot hand after eliminating the New York Knicks in six games. Both arenas are treacherous to play in, and both teams have the depth needed to go the distance in a seven-game series.

Will the Thunder cement Gilgeous-Alexander’s MVP season with a championship? The team will need its superstar to really lead the pace on offense and its stonewall defense to do its part, as the Pacers have flashed so many ways to score in their playoff run. It’s that Indiana offense’s completeness that really wows you, even though Oklahoma City has so much star power and have plenty of ways to find the basket, too.

We’re going to guess this series goes the full seven games, and that Haliburton and the Pacers ultimately emerge victorious on the power of their offensive depth and the general momentum they’ve built in this playoff run to give the franchise its first proper NBA title.

Maybe it’s controversial with how good the Thunder has been this season, but Pacers in 7.

This article originally appeared on For The Win: 2025 NBA Finals prediction: Who will win between the Pacers and Thunder?