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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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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 ...

Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder will tip off around 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 5. The game will be played at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. How to watch the 2025 NBA ...

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 ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver also scored in a key demographic, with nearly half of 18-to-34-year-olds watching TV on Thursday night tuned into the NBA Finals. On social media, Game 1 earned more ...

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.