The Oklahoma City Thunder are the 2025 NBA champions after defeating the Indiana Pacers,103-91, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals at Paycom Center. 

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the 2025 NBA MVP, finished Sunday’s game with 29 points, 12 assists and five rebounds.

“A lot of hard work, a lot of hours in the gym. This isn’t just a win for me, this is a win for my family, this is a win for my fans, this is a win for everybody that was in my corner growing up, this is a win for the fans, the best fans in the world, we love you,” Gilgeous-Alexander said after being named NBA Finals MVP during the 2025 NBA Finals postgame championship ceremony.

Jalen Williams recorded 20 points, four rebounds and four assists in Game 7.

The Thunder finished the 2024-25 NBA regular season with a league-best 68-14 record, and swept the Memphis Grizzlies in the first-round, defeated the Denver Nuggets, 4-3 in the second round, and beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 4-1, in the Western Conference Finals.

The Florida Panthers are once again Stanley Cup champions.

Thanks to a historic four-goal night from Sam Reinhart, the Panthers rolled over the Edmonton Oilers and grabbed a dominant 5-1 win in Game 6 on Tuesday night at Amerant Bank Arena in South Florida. That officially closed out the series 4-2 and gave the Panthers back-to-back titles and their second championship in franchise history.

The Panthers also beat the Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final last season in seven games. They are now the first team to win back-to-back titles since the Tampa Bay Lightning did so in 2020 and 2021. The Oilers’ loss also ensured that Canada’s 32-year dry spell — the country hasn’t had a team win a Stanley Cup since 1993 — continues.

Though he didn’t score on Tuesday night, Sam Bennett won the Conn Smythe trophy. He had 15 goals throughout the postseason, including five in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Oilers haven’t won a title since the 1989-90 campaign, which marked their fifth championship in seven seasons. This was their third Stanley Cup Final appearance in the past two decades.

Pete Alonso wasn’t satisfied just tying for second place on the Mets’ all-time home run list Sunday, so he claimed the spot as his own.

The sizzling first baseman had already homered once to tie David Wright with 242 homers as he approached the plate in the eighth inning at Coors Field. 

Two pitches later he was ahead of Wright, with only Darryl Strawberry remaining ahead of him.

Alonso and Jeff McNeil each blasted two homers on a day the Mets totaled six. 

Juan Soto reached base six times, becoming the first Mets player to accomplish that feat in a game since Alonso in 2019.

Alonso was a beast on the seven-game road trip, delivering five home runs and 15 RBIs. 

Alonso, with his 23rd career multi-homer game, moved ahead of Strawberry as the all-time Mets leader in that category. 

Alonso needs nine homers to match Strawberry at 252 as the leader in franchise history.