The Thunder swept the two head-to-head meetings between the clubs this season. Game 1 of the finals is Thursday night in Oklahoma City.

Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner beamed as they carried the Indiana Pacers shiny, new Eastern Conference championship trophy into their postgame news conferences Saturday night.

Here are the winners and losers from the closeout game of the Eastern Conference finals between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks:

The Indiana Pacers are heading to the NBA Finals. After taking down the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, Indiana has now clinched a spot to go

While the Knicks traded for Towns back in 2024 in a deal that sent Julius Randle to the Minnesota Timberwolves, there's already been speculation throughout the playoffs that the New York big man could be a potential player that the team looks to move on from next season.

The NBA Finals matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers is poised to make history in nearly 20 years.

Tyrese Haliburton's First Post After Pacers' East Finals Win Against Knicks originally appeared on Athlon Sports. For the first time in his career, Tyrese Haliburton is headed to the NBA Finals.