UPDATED Thunder vs Pacers Odds, Game 1 Spread, & Schedule for NBA Finals
By Sascha Paruk in NBA Basketball
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- The OKC Thunder are set to face the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals
- The Thunder are heavily favored to win their first NBA championship
- See the opening Thunder vs Pacers series odds for the best-of-seven NBA Finals, plus the full schedule and Game 1 spread
The Eastern Conference-champion Indiana Pacers (62-35, 47-48-2 ATS) and Western Conference-champion Oklahoma City Thunder (80-18, 59-35-4 ATS) will meet in the 2025 NBA finals, with the winner bringing home the first NBA title to its hometown.
The best-of-seven series will commence with Game 1 on June 5 in Oklahoma City. The Thunder blitzed the West, needing just 15 games to win a trio of best-of-seven series, and they have opened as massive favorites over the Pacers in the NBA championship odds.
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OKC Thunder vs Indiana Pacers Odds for NBA Finals
The Thunder, who opened as hyper-short -800 favorites to win the title, are now down to -675 chalk. After opening at +550, the Pacers have improved to +490. The game spread opened at OKC -2.5 (-140) and has come down to -115. Indiana has improved from +125 to -105 to at least force a Game 6. The game total is sitting at 5.5 with the under favored at -130, which has come down from -145 in the opening odds.
The Thunder won both regular-season meetings with the Pacers, covering the spread in both, as well. OKC earned a 120-114 road win on Dec. 26 as five-point road chalk. They also took a 132-111 rout at home on March 29 as 8.5-point home favorites.
Both games also went over the total fairly comfortably; the meeting in Indianapolis landed on 234 points against a total of 227, while the rematch in OKC hit 243 points against a total of 234.
OKC vs IND Recent H2H Results
Indiana found considerably more success against the Thunder last season, going 2-0 SU and ATS against OKC, both times as underdogs.
Indiana won 126-112 at home on April 5, 2024, as 6.5-point underdogs, and 121-111 on the road on March 12, 2024, as 5.5-point underdogs. The April meeting also went over the total meaning that OKC and Indiana enter the 2025 NBA Finals on a three-game over streak against one another.
Thunder vs Pacers NBA Finals Schedule
The 2025 NBA Finals will open at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Thursday, June 5. The teams will get two days’ rest between all games except Games 3 and 4, which will have just a one-day gap in between.
The tip-off time for five of the seven games is set for 8:35 pm ET. Only Games 2 and 7 have a slightly earlier tip time of 8:05 pm ET.
Pacers vs Thunder Game 1 Odds
The odds for Game 1 of the series, which – as mentioned – is on June 5, still favor Oklahoma City by nine points. On the moneyline, the Thunder are listed at -385 to take a 1-0 lead, which translates to a 79.38% implied win probability, though is slightly lower than its -395 opening ML. As +300 underdogs, Indiana carries a 25.00% implied win probability (slightly higher than its +310 opening price).
At DraftKings, the line is half a point higher (OKC -9.5) and the OKC moneyline is slightly shorter: OKC is -420 at DraftKings.
The game total, which opened at 229.5, has been bet up to 230.5 with -110 odds both ways at most books.
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
