In the history of the NBA the finals have been decided in game 7 of the series 19 times before this year. The 2016 Finals were the last edition to go the distance. The Cavaliers’ comeback from a 3-1 series deficit was the headline, led by Finals MVP LeBron James en route to securing Cleveland’s first NBA championship. That game went down to the final possessions. Game 7s in the NBA Finals are normally closely contested with low-scoring and an average margin of victory of less than 7 points. In the last 50 years no team has won the Finals Game 7 by double-digits. And no team has reached 100 points in Game 7 of the Finals since the Lakers beat the Pistons 108-105 in 1988. Well, the Oklahoma City Thunder just rewrote the history books.
