Thunder prematurely celebrating before Game 7 of NBA Finals with championship buses

Alex Walsh

Thunder prematurely celebrating before Game 7 of NBA Finals with championship buses image

The Thunder and Pacers are squaring off in Game 7 of the NBA Finals Sunday night.

It's practically a one-game playoff, and despite all the pressure, there's nothing else either team has to focus on besides winning the game.

The Thunder might have gotten a little ahead of themselves, though, as one viral clip showed them preparing for championship celebrations before the game even started.

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How are the Thunder preparing?

A viral clip showed the Thunder putting the 2025 championship wraps on buses.

Of course, one team will come out victorious, but doing this so early seems like the wrong move even with the players likely having no part in the decision.

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Rick Carlisle reportedly saw the clip and was not happy about it.

If you're the Thunder, you might regret this decision later if you lose, because you'll know that it gave the Pacers even a small bit of extra motivation going into the biggest game of the year.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.