The Game 1 winner in the NBA Finals wins the series 70.1% of the time, and the Game 1 winner at home wins the Finals 78% of the time. Game 2 is Sunday in B o ston (8 p.m. ET, ABC) .

ABC announcing crew makes NBA Finals history. Mark Jones, Mark Jackson and Lisa Salters are calling Game 1 of the NBA Finals on ABC, becoming the first all-Black announcing crew to call a Finals game.

In Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals, former Dallas Mavericks center Kristaps Porzingis led his new Boston Celtics squad to a 107-89 win over his old team.

The results of the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs Presented by Google are below: • Game 1: Cavaliers 121, Heat 100 • ...

Boston went on a 23-5 run to close out the first quarter and didn't look back in the opening game of the NBA Finals. Skip to content. NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 at Noon.

The Indiana Pacers rallied in the fourth quarter to win Game 1 of the NBA Finals on a Tyrese Haliburton game-winner. The 111-110 win stole home-court advantage from the Oklahoma City Thunder and ...

Catch up on all the highlights, analysis and postgame comments from Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Finals. Navigation Toggle. Home; Tickets; ... • Video Recap • Game 1 Recap & Box Score ...

Nikola Jokic got a triple-double, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets rolled past the Miami Heat 104-93 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Tyrese Haliburton did it again. The Knicks killer struck down Thunder with a dagger of a shot with less than a second left on the clock to lift the Pacers to a 111-110 win in Game 1 of the NBA ...

NBA Finals Game 1 score by quarter. Get IndyStar's Pacers coverage sent directly to your inbox with our Pacers Update newsletter (This story was updated to add a video.) ...

As you can see, this is an experienced crew. Goble, Davis and Guthrie have officiated a combined 42 NBA Finals games. Additionally, Kevin Scott, the alternate for Thursday's Game 1, is in his 14th ...

The first game of the finals averaged a 4.7 rating and 8.91 million viewers on ABC. It was one of the lowest-rated and least-watched NBA Finals openers since Nielsen tracking began in 1988.