OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Indiana Pacers will begin the NBA Finals as heavy underdogs against the Oklahoma City Thunder , but after an entire playoff run built on being overlooked, they like it that way.

"I don't think we expect anyone to pick us," Pacers forward Pascal Siakam said at NBA Finals media day Wednesday afternoon. "It's been that way the whole playoffs. The whole season. Nothing for us changes. We just continue to be ourselves, focus on us. It's always been us against everyone."

Oklahoma City is currently a -700 favorite to win the Finals, according to ESPN BET. In the past 20 years, only the 2018 Golden State Warriors , who were -1075 against the Cleveland Cavaliers , began a Finals series as heavier favorites, according to ESPN Research.

But it's familiar territory fo

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