The Oklahoma City Thunder are the favorites to win the NBA title heading into the postseason. Here is the odds breakdown for every series.

The second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs is here, and our NBA insiders have you covered for every game of the Eastern and Western Conference semifinals. The No. 4 seed Indiana Pacers kicked off the East semis by taking a 2-0 lead over the No.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points, Pascal Siakam added 21 and the Indiana Pacers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a 114-105 victory over Cleveland, eliminating the top-seeded Cavaliers in five games.

Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers surged held on late on Tuesday night to grab a 114-105 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena in Game 5 of their series. That officially gave the Pacers the 4-1 series win and punched their ticket to a second consecutive finals.

Sam here, reporting at 10pm Tuesday from my tear-stained home office. The Cleveland Cavaliers have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs, vanquished by a pack of demon hellcats out of Indianapolis who evidently cannot miss.

Though he missed the playoffs in his first two seasons back, Carlisle led the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals last year. Sunday’s win marked his 33rd playoff victory with the team, surpassing both Larry Bird (32 wins from 1997 to 2000) and Frank Vogel (31 wins from 2011 to 2016).

Now, the top seed in the Eastern Conference is just a single game away from an early postseason exit.