Thunder win first NBA title with Game 7 triumph over Pacers ...Middle East

The Oklahoma City Thunder are on top of the basketball world.

For the first time since moving to OKC, the Thunder have captured the NBA title, beating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 on Sunday at home.

The Thunder franchise claimed its lone previous title in 1979 as the Seattle Supersonics before relocating to Oklahoma City in 2009. 

Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the regular-season MVP, led the way for the Thunder with 29 points, five rebounds, 12 assists (a playoff career-high), one steal and two blocks while shooting eight of 27 from the field. Meanwhile, Montreal’s Luguentz Dort can also now call himself an NBA champion.

Chet Holmgren had a stellar game defensively, blocking an NBA Finals record five shots while adding 18 points and eight rebounds. Jalen Williams, the Thunder’s second star, added 20 points and two steals.

Gilgeous-Alexander’s all-around impactful game kept the Thunder’s head above water in the first half, contributing to 34 of his team’s 47 first-half points and helping OKC back to the locker room with only a one-point deficit.

He turned it up further in the third, scoring six points and dishing out three assists to help the Thunder pull away from the Pacers with a double-digit lead to end the frame.

The Thunder continued to build on their lead in the fourth, taking it all the way to 21 points and putting the title out of reach of a notoriously miraculous Pacers comeback effort.

Coming into the Finals as the underdog, the Pacers were already fighting an uphill battle. Making it worse was a gutwrenching injury to superstar guard Tyrese Haliburton in the opening minutes of this Game 7, as the 24-year-old exited with an Achilles injury.

The rest of the Pacers fought hard to stay in this one, with Pascal Siakam netting 16 points and guard T.J. McConnell adding 16 points off the bench in place of Haliburton. Montreal native Bennedict Mathurin scored a team-high 23 points and 13 rebounds off the bench.

However, turnovers would prove to be their undoing as they gave the ball up 23 times to the Thunder’s seven. OKC took advantage of those mistakes, scoring 32 points off turnovers.

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