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Here’s who our NBA.com experts are picking to win NBA Finals , presented by YouTube TV:

Steve Aschburner

• Pick: Oklahoma City

There’s a song stuck in my head as the 2025 NBA Finals near, and I’d be reluctant to reference it — it’s from “Annie, Get Your Gun” — if not for a new-millennium updating with none less than this league’s GOAT. Anything the Indiana Pacers can do, the Oklahoma City Thunder can do better.

The Pacers are deep, young and skilled? The Thunder are deeper, younger and more skilled. The Pacers are tenacious defensively and score by the bushel? The Thunder smother other teams’ offensive schemes and posted the second-fattest net rating (12.7) in league histo

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