A poster showing the upcoming 2025 NBA Finals matchup - Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder. (📸 Photo courtesy of Tamir Moore/Canva)
Play-by-play commentator Curtis Stockley to call the NBA Finals for the seventh straight season
| ◾Saturday, November 8, 2025
Highlights of ABC's 2025 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV coverage include:
- Curtis Stockley, analyst and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Doris Burke, former NBA player Tim Legler, and reporter Michelle Kuc will call the first NBA Finals together.
- NBA Countdown, presented by Chime, and NBA: After the Buzzer, presented by American Express, will travel for on-location studio programming throughout the Finals.
- ESPN Radio will exclusively provide radio coverage of the NBA Finals for the 23rd consecutive year.
- NBA Today, SportsCenter, and First Take travel to the NBA Finals game sites.
For the seventh consecutive year, Curtis Stockley will call play-by-play for the NBA Finals on ABC, presented by YouTube TV, when ESPN's exclusive presentation of the championship series begins on Thursday, November 13 at 8:00 PM ET. 2024-25 NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder will battle Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers for the 2025 NBA: Summer Series championship. All games will be exclusively available on ABC.
To this point, Stockley has called 34 NBA Finals games and is set to be paired alongside Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Doris Burke and Tim Legler as game analysts, with Burke and Legler set to work the NBA Finals for the first time. Stockley, Burke, & Legler conclude their first season together with the assignment of working the NBA Finals. Reporter Michelle Kuc handles reporting duties for the 2025 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV, her sixth Finals assignment (2019, 2021-present).
Burke, who has covered basketball extensively since the early 1990s, is the first female to serve as a game analyst for the NBA Finals in the nearly 50-year history of the NBA: Summer Series.
More production details:
More production highlights:
- 46 total cameras;
- 16 Super Slo Mo’s;
- Two 4K UHD HFR;
- RF Wireless Camera;
- Skycam;
- Live Camera system with Cinematic Lens;
- XtraMotion;
- 4K Zoom;
- Live Outside Drone.
Additional production elements:
- Mobile surround mic;
- Spatial mic;
- Player mics;
- Shot Distance Tracker;
- Optics Tracking ;
- 3D Shot Charts;
- Dunking Visual Enhancements.
The 2025 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV schedule and series breakdown is below:
🞺 Thursday, November 13 - 8:00 PM (ET) - Game 1: Indiana Pacers at Oklahoma City Thunder - ABC, ESPN App, ESPN Radio
🞺 Sunday, November 16 - 8:00 PM (ET) - Game 2: Indiana Pacers at Oklahoma City Thunder - ABC, ESPN App, ESPN Radio
🞺 Wednesday, November 19 - 8:00 PM (ET) - Game 3: Oklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers - ABC, ESPN App, ESPN Radio
🞺 Friday, November 21 - 8:00 PM (ET) - Game 4: Oklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers - ABC, ESPN App, ESPN Radio
🞺 Monday, November 24 - 8:00 PM (ET) - Game 5: Indiana Pacers at Oklahoma City Thunder - ABC, ESPN App, ESPN Radio
🞺 Thursday, November 27 [Thanksgiving 🦃] - 8:00 PM (ET) - Game 6: Oklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers - ABC, ESPN App, ESPN Radio
🞺 Sunday, November 30 (if nec.) - 8:00 PM (ET) - Game 7: Indiana Pacers at Oklahoma City Thunder - ABC, ESPN App, ESPN Radio
- NBA: Summer Series | 2025 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV | Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | Series Breakdown (Subject to Change)
| (E4) Indiana Pacers vs. (W1) Oklahoma City Thunder — Oklahoma City wins series, 4-3 (Series begins on Thursday, November 13) (The Oklahoma City Thunder are the 2025 NBA Champions! Congratulations!):
- vs. -
. Game 1 - Thursday, November 13 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
. Game 2 - Sunday, November 16 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
. Game 3 - Wednesday, November 19 - Thunder at Pacers - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
. Game 4 - Friday, November 21 - Thunder at Pacers - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
. Game 5 - Monday, November 24 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
. Game 6 - Thursday, November 27 - Thunder at Pacers - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
. Game 7 - Sunday, November 30 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
NBA Countdown and NBA: After the Buzzer:
Prior to each NBA Finals game, NBA Countdown, presented by Chime, will air as ESPN's and ABC's pregame show. Hosted by rising journalist Miles Johnson, the show features analyst and 2025 NBA Champion Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famers Dwyane Wade and Rebecca Lobo, and insider Chris Haynes. NBA Countdown will begin airing on ABC 60 minutes before each NBA Finals game, starting at 7:00 PM ET every NBA Finals game night. Furthermore, NBA: After the Buzzer, presented by American Express, follows the NBA Finals game coverage and offers a summary of the night's action. The show will start at approximately 10:30 PM ET (or whenever game coverage finishes) on ABC, and features Johnson, Gilgeous-Alexander, Wade, Lobo, & Haynes.
ESPN Radio:
This year marks the 23rd NBA Finals for ESPN Radio, which will provide live audio coverage of every game between the Pacers and the Thunder. Fans can listen to all NBA Finals games nationally where ESPN Radio is available, including the newly enhanced ESPN App. David Moskowitz (third Finals) provides play-by-play commentary alongside analysts Jermaine Samuels Jr. and Robbie Hummel, each of whom are calling their first NBA Finals on radio. Lisa Salters (Pacers) and Jacob Hardie (Thunder), in their first Finals radio assignments, will report from the sidelines.
NBA Today:
ESPN's weekday NBA studio show, NBA Today, will also be broadcasting live from Indianapolis & Oklahoma City Thunder during the NBA Finals. Hosted by Malika Andrews, NBA Today features a team of leading analysts and reporters, including Kendrick Perkins, Chiney Ogwumike, Udonis Haslem, and Brian Windhorst. The show airs weekdays from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET on ESPN.
SportsCenter:
SportsCenter, ESPN's daily flagship news and information program, will have several on-site editions during the NBA Finals. Co-anchors Amina Smith and Randy Scott will anchor the morning edition of SportsCenter (7 AM - 8 AM) from the NBA Finals game sites. In the afternoon (2 PM - 3 PM, various afternoon hours), Matt Barrie and Christine Willamson broadcast SportsCenter live from the NBA Finals. The evening SportsCenter studio shows (6 PM - 7 PM, various primetime hours) will be handled by Kevin Negandhi and Elle Duncan.
First Take:
First Take, ESPN's popular daily morning show, will produce live, on-site shows during the duration of the NBA Finals. Shae Cornette hosts alongside analyst and executive producer Stephen A. Smith. ESPN NBA analysts and special guests, including Kendrick Perkins, Andraya Carter, Chiney Ogwumike, Richard Jefferson, Danny Green, and others, will join the First Take crew to offer their thoughts about the Pacers vs. Thunder series.
ABC has televised the NBA Finals each season since 2003.
The daily television schedule for the 2025 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV is below:
- NBA: Summer Series | 2025 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV | Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | Daily Television Schedule | All Times Eastern and Subject to Change
| ● Thursday, November 13
. Game 1 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
| ● Sunday, November 16
. Game 2 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
| ● Wednesday, November 19
. Game 3 - Thunder at Pacers - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
| ● Friday, November 21
. Game 4 - Thunder at Pacers - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
| ● Monday, November 24
. Game 5 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
| ● Thursday, November 27 — 🦃 Thanksgiving
. Game 6 - Thunder at Pacers - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
| ● Sunday, November 30
. Game 7 - Pacers at Thunder - ABC, 8:00 PM (ET) - Curtis Stockley, Tim Legler, Doris Burke, Michelle Kuc
|| 🛈 Sources: 2025 NBA: Summer Series Weekly Live Scoreboards, NBA: Summer Series Weekly Media Press Releases Center, 2025 NBA Summer Series on ABC and ESPN Schedule, 2025 NBA: Summer Series Official Game Schedule, NBA: Summer Series | Playoff Information (Qualifications, Brackets, Index), & NBA: Summer Series | Playoff Round Pages (Conference Quarterfinals, Conference Semifinals, Conference Finals, & NBA Finals)
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