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The Thunder have been a championship favorite all year. Now, the Knicks are emerging as potentially their closest foe.
After the Oklahoma City Thunder punched their ticket to the Western Conference Finals with Sunday's Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets, prognosticators expect them to go all the way.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are the clear favorite to win the NBA title before the conference finals get started.
The Denver Nuggets take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of their second-round NBA Playoffs match-up at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Sunday, May 18, 2025.
Which two teams will reach the NBA Finals? We'll have complete coverage of the playoffs all the way until the champion is crowned. (The 2025 Finals tip off June 5 on ABC and the ESPN App.) The league's conference semifinals wrapped on Sunday with the Oklahoma City Thunder outlasting the Denver Nuggets in this round's only Game 7.
The Oklahoma City Thunder had an incredible regular season where they were the first seed in the Western Conference with a 68-14 record. They have a loaded ros