There have been 19 Game 7s in NBA Finals history. The 20th will come Sunday night in Oklahoma City. Not since 2016 has there been a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. The encouraging news for OKC: Home teams are 15-4 in these situations. Ahead of the final Thunder-Pacers clash, we look at both teams’ path to victory and which we think will prevail.

Yahoo Sports is winding back the clock to unravel the story behind the unlikely June showdown between the Thunder and Pacers: two small market, rebuild darlings duking it out for first-time NBA supremacy.