The Oklahoma City Thunder recently defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game Seven of the NBA Finals, securing the league’s championship. To celebrate, they popped champagne — or, at least, they tried.

In a video following the event, players can be heard asking for tips on how to pop champagne bottles, which is confusing because it’s one of the easiest things in the world you can do. While some managed to achieve a good spray, most were pitiful, with a majority of the runtime spent on watching players try and fail to remove the foil, cage and cork from their bottle.

You may have played hard, but when it comes to this, you need to work harder!

The young Thunder players had to ask 2x Champ Alex Caruso how to pop champagne

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 23, 2025