Indiana Pacers v Oklahoma City Thunder: NBA finals Game 7 – live updates

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Thunder host Pacers in winner-take-all Game 7Send David an email at david.lengel@theguardian.comPredictionI don’t like to brag, but if you followed our Game 1 blog as I am sure you did, you may have noticed that I picked Indiana to win in seven games. Well, here we are, Game 7 and that means I am one Indiana victory from prediction immortality. I plan on making that leap tonight along with the Pacers, who will also have achieved a little something special. How will Indy do it? The same way they always do, a few McConnell in bounds steals here, a Toppin monster dunk there, great defense from Mathurin and Nembhard, some threes from the healing Nesmith, a steady Haliburton, who somehow grabs 10 rebounds and hits an off balance last-second shot, and a lot from Siakam, who will win a Finals MVP award to go along with his Eastern Conference Finals MVP award - sorry Tyrese. The skittish Thunder tip their caps and wait till next year, 107-104. Done. Continue reading...