INDIANAPOLIS -- — Pascal Siakam scored 31 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 21 points and 13 assists, and the Indiana Pacers pulled away for a 125-108 victory over the New York Knicks in Game 6 on Saturday night to reach the NBA Finals for the second time in franchise history.

In many ways, being terrible makes a team just as memorable as being great. There's something about watching a trainwreck (figuratively) that sticks in our memories.

Here are the winners and losers from the closeout game of the Eastern Conference finals between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks:

The Thunder dominated their way to the NBA Finals. They went 12-4 against the West playoffs with mostly double-digit point wins. They beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games in the Western Conference Finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was given the Western Conference Finals MVP.

The Indiana Pacers announced that Pascal Siakam won the Larry Bird Trophy as MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Philadelphia 76ers made a deal to select big man Nerlens Noel with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2013 draft.

Both the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from advancing to the NBA Finals. They both have 3-1 series leads over the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves, respectively,

The biggest favorites in NBA Finals history were the 2001 Los Angeles Lakers, who were -2000 against the Philadelphia 76ers and won the series in five games. The 2018 champion Golden State Warriors were the second biggest of all time as -1075 favorites over the Cleveland Cavaliers.