A champion will probably be topped when the Oklahoma Thunder host the Indiana Pacers for Sport 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Sunday at Paycom Heart. Oklahoma Metropolis, which was unable to shut out the collection in Indiana on Thursday, is searching for the second title in franchise historical past after successful in 1979 because the Seattle SuperSonics. The Pacers are vying for his or her first NBA championship.
Indiana pressured the decisive seventh sport with a 108-91 victory in Sport 6. Obi Toppin led six Pacers in double figures with 20 factors off the bench and Tyrese Haliburton scored 14 whereas battling a strained proper calf. Pascal Siakam recorded a double-double with 16 factors and 13 rebounds for Indiana, which is a 7-point underdog at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Along with the primary Sport 7 within the NBA Finals since 2016, Sunday’s sports activities schedule encompasses a 15-game slate within the MLB that concludes with the rubber match of a three-game collection between the Nationwide League East co-leaders New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday Night time Baseball, in addition to 4 WNBA contests. Under is a snapshot of what to observe and guess on for Sunday, June 22.
🏀NBA finest bets, the place to observe
Pacers at Thunder NBA Finals Sport 7
Time: 8 p.m. ET | Location: Oklahoma Metropolis | TV: ABC
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Thunder -7 | Professional: Over 214.5 (-110)
Oklahoma Metropolis has but to lose back-to-back video games this postseason and is 10-2 at house. A type of victories got here in a Sport 7, because the Thunder rolled previous the Denver Nuggets 125-93 within the second spherical. The Thunder have alternated blowout wins and shut triumphs after their six losses on this yr’s playoffs and the sample requires a giant victory Sunday, which the SportsLine Projection Mannequin sees taking place. SportsLine skilled Bruce Marshall (77-53-1 in his final 131 NBA over/underneath picks, +1884) believes Sport 7 will probably be a high-scoring affair. “Sport Six was the primary time within the collection that both workforce landed beneath 100 (factors) within the Finals, and each had been trending Over many of the postseason,” Marshall stated. “There’s sufficient established firepower each methods to counsel this scoreline handily clears 214.5.”
⚾MLB finest bets, the place to observe
Mets at Phillies
Time: 7:10 p.m. ET | Location: Philadelphia | TV: ESPN
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Phillies -1.5 (-186)
These rivals sport equivalent 46-31 data after splitting the primary two video games of the collection. The Phillies cruised previous the Mets 10-2 within the opener for his or her eighth win in 9 contests, whereas New York belted seven house runs en path to an 11-4 triumph Saturday to finish its seven-game dropping streak. Philadelphia left-hander Jesus Luzardo (6-3, 4.41 ERA) has been lit up in three of his final 4 begins, whereas New York southpaw David Peterson (5-2, 2.60) is unbeaten in his final seven outings. Regardless of Luzardo’s latest struggles, the mannequin has the Phillies protecting the unfold in 70% of its simulations.
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🏀WNBA finest bets, the place to observe
Fever at Aces
Time: 3 p.m. ET | Location: Las Vegas | TV: ESPN
Professional decide: Fever -1.5 (-106)
Caitlin Clark and the Fever try at hand the Aces their fourth consecutive loss after they go to T-Cell Enviornment. Indiana is coming off simply its second loss in six video games, an 88-77 setback at Golden State on Thursday, whereas Las Vegas’ 90-83 house loss to Seattle on Friday was its fifth in six contests. SportsLine’s WNBA analysts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai imagine Indiana’s protection can comprise an Aces workforce that can have A’ja Wilson again within the lineup.
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Max Meyer has picks for Fever vs. Aces and Liberty vs. Storm
