The 2025 NBA Finals matchup is set, as the Indiana Pacers will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder with Game 1 tipping off on June 5. Both teams are battle-tested and will now face off against each other with the chance of being crowned champions.

As the NBA Finals head to Indianapolis for a pivotal Game 3 between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, all eyes in the DMV will be on a familiar face: Aaron Wiggins, the University of Maryland alumnus whose breakout postseason is turning heads and fueling OKC’s title hopes.

Indiana similarly heads into the Finals looking to break a lengthy championship drought: The Pacers haven’t raised a title banner since the great Slick Leonard led them to three ABA championships in four years between 1970 and 1973,