Premiere! What TV station broadcasts the decisive match of the NBA final between Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Peace
Article by Darius Stanescu – published on Sunday, June 22, 2025, 14:29 / Updated Sunday, June 22, 2025 14:33
Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers will play the decisive match of the NBA final tonight, after the latter prevailed in match 6 of the final with the score 108-91, taking the general score to 3-3. Match 7 of the NBA final will be televised by Antena 1, starting at 3:00.
We are witnessing a rare moment in the NBA finals: it is for the first time after 9 years when the final of the North American basketball is decided in match 7, the decisive one.
Until this point of the season, the NBA matches were transmitted only on the Antena Play streaming platform. The huge stake led to the decision to move the decisive party between OKC and Indiana on TV, on Antena 1.
Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder dispute this night the decisive match in the NBA final
Sending a NBA final in the decisive match is a very rare phenomenon in basketball, confronting the number 7 of Okhaloma and Peace being the 19th final in the NBA history that needs decisive.
Finals that needed decisive throughout the NBA history
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1951: Rochester Royals Vs. New York Knicks
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1952: Minneapolis Lakers Vs. New York Knicks
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1954: Minneapolis Lakers Vs. Syracuse national
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1955: Syracuse National Vs. Fort Wayne Pistons
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1957: Boston Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks
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1960: Boston Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks
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1962: Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers
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1966: Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers
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1969: Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers
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1970: New York Knicks Vs. Los Angeles Lakers
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1978: Washington Bullets vs. Seattle Supersonics
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1984: Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers
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1988: Los Angeles Lakers Vs. Detroit Pistons
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1994: Houston Rockets Vs. New York Knicks
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2005: San Antonio Spurs vs. Detroit Pistons
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2010: Los Angeles Lakers Vs. Boston Celtics
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2013: Miami Heat Vs. San Antonio Spurs
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2016: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors
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2025: Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
The team with the most appearances in decisive matches, in the NBA final, is Los Angeles Lakers, with 9 matches. Boston Celtics has recorded 8 occurrences throughout the history of basketball.
Lakers have won 4 times the decisive matches in the final, while Boston has the record of the most matches won in the last act, 7 victories from 8 finals.
