Crunch time: Pacers, Thunder square off

One game to win it all in Oklahoma City

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The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are poised for an epic championship showdown this morning, Thai time, the Thunder seeking to crown an historic season with a victory over a tenacious Pacers team who have stunningly forced a rare NBA Finals game seven.

"We've got one game," Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton said. "One game. Nothing that has happened before matters and nothing that's going to happen after matters. It's all about that one game."

The Thunder certainly know it too.

"One game for everything you ever dreamed of," Oklahoma City's newly minted NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said after the Thunder slumped to a blowout loss in game six.

"If you win it, you get everything. If you lose it, you get nothing."

The Thunder remain heavy favourites. A victory on their home floor this morning would crown a dazzling campaign in which they led the league with 68 regular-season wins and set a league record for average scoring margin.

Gilgeous-Alexander led the NBA in scoring with 32.7 points per game and could become the first player since Golden State's Stephen Curry in 2015 to win the MVP award and the title in the same season.

In addition, home teams are 15-4 in Finals game sevens.