--- title: Game of Thrones vs. NBA Finals Game 7: People Freaking Out description: The continuation of the NBA finals to Game 7 has created quite the conundrum for basketball fans hoping to tune in to Game of Thrones. canonical: https://time.com/4373363/game-of-thrones-nba-finals-game-7-choice/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-17T18:08:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:29.791Z og:title: Choosing Between Game of Thrones and the NBA Finals Is Freaking People Out og:description: "Oh god what do we do" og:url: https://time.com/4373363/game-of-thrones-nba-finals-game-7-choice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Choosing Between Game of Thrones and the NBA Finals Is Freaking People Out twitter:description: "Oh god what do we do" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Choosing Between _Game of Thrones_ and Game 7 of the NBA Finals Is Freaking People Out  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 17, 2016 6:08 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 17, 2016 6:08 PM CUT Thanks to a decisive 41 points from LeBron James Thursday, the Cleveland Cavaliers have rallied from a 3-1 deficit against [Steph Curry](http://time.com/4372747/ayesha-curry-stephen-nba-tweet-foul-out/ "undefined") and the Golden State Warriors to send the [NBA finals](http://time.com/money/4373052/nba-finals-game-7-ticket-prices/ "undefined") to Game 7\. While an exciting turn of events, the continuation of the series has created quite the conundrum for basketball fans who were hoping to tune in to [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4371393/game-of-thrones-varys-mission-daenerys/ "undefined"), as the two will air at the same time Sunday night. Of course, this isn’t just any _Thrones_ episode. This is “[Battle of the Bastards](http://time.com/4370131/game-of-thrones-battle-of-the-bastards-deaths/ "undefined"),” an installment that will not only see the long-awaited face-off between Jon Snow and Ramsay Bolton, but also promises to feature the [“biggest” action sequence](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/22/game-thrones-season-6-battle "undefined") in the HBO drama’s history. Understandably, people have taken to Twitter to vent about the near-impossible decision. > [](https://twitter.com/bighirt03/status/743791401238945792) > [](https://twitter.com/ThomasGoldkamp/status/743649150491852801) > [](https://twitter.com/WeltyMN/status/743653181171761153) > [](https://twitter.com/ModerndayMJ/status/743661570203484160) > [](https://twitter.com/tlemco/status/743660612102852608) > [](https://twitter.com/SuckaFreeMike/status/743844273385136130) Choose wisely. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4373363/game-of-thrones-nba-finals-game-7-choice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4373363/game-of-thrones-nba-finals-game-7-choice/"},"headline":"Choosing Between Game of Thrones and Game 7 of the NBA Finals Is Freaking People Out","datePublished":"2016-06-17T18:08:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:29.791Z","description":"\"Oh god what do we do\"","url":"https://time.com/4373363/game-of-thrones-nba-finals-game-7-choice/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","viral","TV","NBA","Golden State Warriors","nba finals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4373363/game-of-thrones-nba-finals-game-7-choice/","name":"Choosing Between Game of Thrones and Game 7 of the NBA Finals Is Freaking People Out"}}]}] ```