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Fans react to the number of TV games for Thunder compared to Pacers

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August 16, 2025

Jun 22, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Indiana Pacers fans cheer during the first half of game seven of the 2025 NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images

The 2025 NBA Finals featured a battle between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the surprising Indiana Pacers. After some drama, the Thunder walked away with the title in a Game 7 victory.

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The defending champion Thunder will play 34 times on TV. The runner-up Pacers, however, only have nine nationally televised games.

NBA Finals teams’ # of nationally televised games next season:

34— Oklahoma City Thunder

9— Indiana Pacers pic.twitter.com/zdsDJOdY4B

— HaliMuse (@hali_muse) August 14, 2025

This caused a reaction from fans.

@Pacers against the world.

— Bruce Barnett (@1337secure) August 14, 2025

Such disrespect.

— Sgt_Mac87 (@Sgt_Mac87) August 14, 2025

The Pacers set to become everyone's favorite NBA League Pass team…. except if you're in Indiana, where your home team is blocked out 😤. But the rest of the world fine.

— aimee (@aimee829) August 15, 2025

Why televise the loser???

— Robbie Satraitis Jr (@BROBEARDO) August 14, 2025

Because Hali is out for the year. If he was never injured, or better yet the league did not steal a game from the Pacers and they had won, they would be on national tv a lot more.

— Daniel Lewis (@DanLewisFW) August 14, 2025

Pacers weren’t getting much more than this no matter what. Market size = number of national games

— Bryan Sharp (@BryanSharp2) August 14, 2025

Most Pacers fans were upset, calling it disrespectful. Other fans pointed out some solid points. The Pacers will be without their star guard, Tyrese Haliburton, all season long. This is certainly a gut blow to their chances of showing on TV.

Also, Indiana is a small market and it is hard to get games shown there. Unless you’re like Oklahoma City and boast the MVP and the championship-winning team.

About the Author Published Aug 16, 2025

TITAN FREY

Titan Frey is a dedicated father to three wonderful children, whom he takes immense pride in. His passions include reading, writing, basketball, both playing and watching, and playing chess. Titan spent five years working as a journalist for the basketball website fadeawayworld.net, where he served as editor-in-chief for four and a half years. One of his most notable achievements was interviewing Chuck Cooper III, the son of Chuck Cooper, the first African American ever drafted by an NBA team, and writing a biography that has been praised as the most definitive article about Cooper’s legacy. Titan is the author of more than ten novels and the screenwriter of three produced short films. His newest young adult novel, Echoes of the Hardwood: Braxton Foxworthy’s Time‑Travelling Book Report, blends basketball history with heartfelt storytelling and is now available. Order here: https://a.co/d/bo7BYz1