The NBA season has reached the convention finals, and every of the remaining 4 groups has had a singular street by the playoffs.
The No. 1 seed Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder superior to the Western Convention finals after a hard-fought seven video games in opposition to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. It’s the Thunder’s first journey to the convention finals because the 2015-16 marketing campaign.
In the meantime, the Minnesota Timberwolves rolled into the West finals after taking good care of the Golden State Warriors in 5 video games. It is the second straight season the Wolves have made the convention finals, the place they fell to the Dallas Mavericks final season.
On the opposite facet of the bracket, the New York Knicks closed out the defending champion Boston Celtics in six video games to advance to their first Japanese Convention finals in 25 years. They’ll meet the Indiana Pacers, who bounced the Cleveland Cavaliers, the East’s high seed, in simply 5 video games. The Pacers even have reached this spherical two years working; they have been swept by the Celtics final yr.
With the playoff bracket all the way down to 4 groups, our NBA specialists make their convention finals picks.
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Japanese Convention finals
Indiana Pacers (4)
vs. New York Knicks (3)
Jerry Bembry: Knicks in 6
Jamal Collier: Knicks in 7
Chris Herring: Knicks in 7
Zach Kram: Pacers in 6
Bobby Marks: Pacers in 6
Dave McMenamin: Knicks in 7
Kevin Pelton: Pacers in 6
Omar Raja: Knicks in 6
Ramona Shelburne: Knicks in 7
Andre Snellings: Pacers in 7
Marc Spears: Knicks in 7
Jeremy Woo: Pacers in 7
Michael C. Wright: Knicks in 7
Ohm Youngmisuk: Knicks in 7
Last tally:
New York 9, Indiana 5
Western Convention finals
Minnesota Timberwolves (6)
vs. Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (1)
Jerry Bembry: Thunder in 6
Jamal Collier: Timberwolves in 7
Chris Herring: Thunder in 6
Zach Kram: Thunder in 6
Bobby Marks: Thunder in 6
Dave McMenamin: Timberwolves in 6
Kevin Pelton: Thunder in 7
Omar Raja: Timberwolves in 6
Ramona Shelburne: Thunder in 7
Andre Snellings: Timberwolves in 7
Marc Spears: Timberwolves in 7
Jeremy Woo: Thunder in 7
Michael C. Wright: Thunder in 6
Ohm Youngmisuk: Thunder in 7
Last tally:
Oklahoma Metropolis 9, Minnesota 5
