The Indiana Pacers will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Buy Pacers gear here.

Two of our top three candidates will wage battle when the Indiana Pacers host the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

On The Ringer's podcast "The Zach Lowe Show," Lowe quickly ranked every East team's future over the NBA's next 3-5 years. Here's where he had Pistons.

The New York Knicks kept their finals hopes alive with a Game 5 victory over the Indiana Pacers, fueled by the ongoing rivalry between Jalen Brunson a

Still, the evidence is right in front of them: The teams advancing and the teams booking flights to Cancun have distinct differences. The NBA will always be a star’s league. But the teams that win it all? They’re deeper than the headlines.