The Indiana Pacers’ journey to the NBA Finals was never going to be easy, but it got a little more complicated, and it had nothing to do with basketball. The team’s flight bound for Oklahoma City for a Game 1 tilt with the Thunder was detoured and forced to land in Tulsa due to a tornado warning in the capital on Tuesday.

It's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder against Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals. Who will win?

The 2025 NBA Finals pit the Western Conference’s top seeded Oklahoma City Thunder (68-14) vs. the Eastern Conference’s No. 4 seed Indiana Pacers (50-32). Indiana advanced to the NBA Finals on Saturday evening with a 125-108 victory over the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, as series MVP Pascal Siakam netted 31 points.