Jarace Walker will miss a least the first two games of the NBA Finals with a sprained right ankle, Rick Carlisle said in a radio interview Monday.

So, the matchup is set. It’s the Paul George finals, albeit without Paul George — who had arguably the best season of his career with the Thunder, averaging 28 points and finishing third in the MVP voting for 2018-19 — starting at OKC on Thursday.

Still days away from Game 1, Jalen Williams sees some similarities between the Thunder and Pacers. Sure, OKC was a winning machine in the regular season and a buzzsaw in the West playoffs and Indiana got hot at the right time, but both teams have more in common than the average fan might think.

Alex Caruso is the only current Oklahoma City Thunder player who has previous experience playing in the NBA Finals.

Not only will the Oklahoma City Thunder be playing in this year’s NBA Finals, but so will a team holding a considerable stake of the Miami Heat’s draft future. In this case, it’s

Seventeen years ago, then-Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson said teams must win 40 regular-season games before losing 20 games to be seen as elite. The