When the Thunder set out to build a champion, they learned hard lessons from how their historic trio of KD, Russell Westbrook and James Harden flamed out a decade ago.

ESPN’s NBA Finals coverage drew a ton of scrutiny and criticism throughout the seven games of the series. But the network also showed the very best of what it is capable of when covering live sports thanks to Scott Van Pelt and the SportsCenter postgame show from Game 7 of the NBA Finals after the Oklahoma City Read

And the winner will become the seventh different champion in the last seven seasons, a run of parity like none other in NBA history. Pacers forward Pascal Siakam was part of the T