Despite being a 7.5-point underdog in Sunday's Game 7 vs. the OKC Thunder, belief the Indiana Pacers can be NBA champions is rising.

The Indiana Pacers dominated the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-91 in Game 6 to force a Game 7 on Sunday in the NBA Finals. Like every win this series, it was unexpected for the Pacers, but not because the Thunder came into this series as this dominant force that everyone expected them to just completely steamroll Indiana.

It started with 30 teams, most of them fairly optimistic about their chances when the season began eight months and 1,320 games and 35,543 3-pointers and 299,608 points ago.