It's been 25 years, but the Indiana Pacers are back into the NBA Finals. The Pacers pulled away in the second half of Game 6, defeating the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers will take on the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder beginning with Game 1 on Thursday, June 5 at 8:30 p.m. ET.

The Indiana Pacers started the NBA Finals by making the wrong type of history. The Pacers committed 19 turnovers in the first half of Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. It

Indianapolis is the 25th-largest media market in the country and Oklahoma City is No. 47 — would now face each other in the league’s marquee event. Here came Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams as the four horsemen of the ratings apocalypse.