The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA champions for the first time. The Thunder won the 2025 NBA Finals on Sunday night, pulling away in Game 7 for a 103-91 win over the Indiana Pacers. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander completed his historic season with 29 points, five rebounds and 12 assists to lead the way for the Thunder. SGA, the regular-season MVP, was also named Finals MVP. The Pacers struggled offensively in the second half after star guard Tyrese Haliburton . This is the Thunder's first title since relocating to Oklahoma City in 2008. The franchise also won the 1979 championship as the Seattle SuperSonics. They won the 2025 title by being the best team all season long. The Thunder, whose average age is under 26 years old, won and NBA-best 68 games in the regular season. They went 16-7 in the playoffs and needed seven games to get by both the Pacers and the Denver Nuggets. The Pacers, meanwhile, were massive underdogs in the series. They pushed it to seven games, but their pursuit of the first title in franchise history still came up short.Game 7 turned when Haliburton went down. The Pacers star strained his calf in Game 5 five days earlier, but he played through the injury in Game 6 and started out hot in Game 7, hitting three 3-pointers in the opening minutes. But with five minutes to go in the first quarter, Haliburton crumbled to the floor and immediately was in serious pain. Haliburton did not return and the fear is he tore his Achilles.The Pacers stayed in the game throughout the first half and led by one point at halftime, but the Thunder blew things open in the third quarter. OKC began a 19-2 run late in the third quarter and eventually took a 22-point lead. The spurt was sparked by defense. OKC forced a total of 21 turnovers in the game. Chet Holmgren had five blocks, and Lu Dort, Alex Caruso, Cason Wallace and Jalen Williams all had multiple steals.Gilgeous-Alexander did not have his most efficient night scoring, hitting just two of his 12 3-point attempts, but he dished out the 12 assists and hit 11 free throws. Gilgeous-Alexander became the first player since LeBron James in 2013 to win Finals MVP and regular-season MVP in the same season. He is the first player since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 to win MVP, Finals MVP and the NBA's scoring title in the same season.OKC also got 20 points from Williams and 18 points from Holmgren. The Pacers did not go quietly, making a late push to get the lead down to 10 points. But after a few miracles in these playoffs, they did not have a final stunning comeback in store. Bennedict Mathurin led the Pacers offensively, scoring a team-best 24 points.This was the 20th Game 7 in Finals history, and the 15th won by the home team. The Thunder are also the first team to hit 100 points in a Finals Game 7 since 1988.Haliburton's injury changes the game, Pacers' futureIn the middle of the first quarter, Tyrese Haliburton tried to drive to the basket and collapsed to the ground. He immediately began slapping the floor with his hands and screamed out in distress as the Pacers' entire contingent rushed to his side. His teammates and coaches formed a circle around him as the medical staff assessed the situation, which was clearly not good. Haliburton was eventually lifted to his feet but could not put any weight on his right leg and had to be helped off the floor. Replays appeared to show Haliburton possibly tearing his Achilles tendon, but that has not yet been confirmed. The team officially ruled him out with a lower leg injury. Haliburton had been playing with a calf strain. , 7 stats to know for Game 7 of NBA Finals The 2024-25 NBA championship is down to 1 game. Brush up on all the series trends before Sunday's winner-take-all clash., Halftime: Pacers 48 -- Thunder 47. After an entertaining start, the 20th Game 7 in NBA Finals history took an unfortunate turn when Tyrese Haliburton collapsed to the ground on a drive to the basket..