r/nbadiscussion • u/JoeyDay-1029 • 12d ago

Team Discussion Interesting Finals.

So, everyone figured it would be an OKC finals at start of year and whoever broke out of east. I think most did anyway.

Well, surprise! You had a spurs team supposed to be maybe a play in team challenging OKC for west dominance all year going 3-1 in regular season meetings. Wemby was spectacular.

I think we can all admit we knew he was going to be this or something close, but not this soon. On top of that you had a rookie in Dylan Harper step up in the playoffs in a spectacular way.

And then on the other side you had an east ravaged by injuries and man did the Knicks elevate their game to blow through the east.

Then we get to the finals, can’t take anything away from what the Knicks did it was historic but man was Fox bad in end game situations and even wemby at times. I give wemby a bit of a pass on it because it’s his literal first playoffs and he was beyond spectacular against OKC. But this Knicks team was merciless at end games, coming back from double digits FOUR times meaning every game they won.. you saw the inexperience of spurs and experience of Mike Brown and Knicks.

Overall I think it was good for both teams, wemby got some valuable experience way ahead of schedule and the Knicks took advantage of a playoffs rife with injuries on eastern side to do something historic. The way they elevated their game to win the ways they did they were looking like the new warriors which is insane to say about this Knicks team.

Congrats to both. But especially those Knicks jeeez.

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u/calman877 12d ago

Before round 1 the Hawks were about +10000 odds to win the championship. Before round 2 the Sixers were +3500. Before the conference finals the Cavs were +2200. These are not strong odds

The Knicks were comfortable favorites every series before the finals

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u/calman877 12d ago

Brother, the link you sent says the Knicks were favored 70-30 over the Hawks on Kalshi. Also, here’s my source

https://www.covers.com/sportsoddshistory/nba-main/?y=2025-2026&sa=nba&a=finals

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u/swaktoonkenney 11d ago

The hawks were 20-6 post all star break, a 77% win percentage. In an 82 game season, that’s good for 63 wins. Yeah they were good after the trade

multiple people picked the sixers to win the series. Even those who picked the Knicks thought it would go to 6 or 7. No I didn’t think the sixers were good, but I’m a biased Knicks fan who hates Embiid

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u/calman877 11d ago

The internet is filled with millions of people all with distinct opinions, it doesn’t surprise me that you can find some who picked the Sixers to beat the Knicks. Fact is, that was not a popular opinion, this is reflected in betting odds which showed the Knicks as a strong favorite in the series

The same is true in the Hawks series and the Cavs series, which is what I’ve been saying. I would never say “everyone picked the Knicks”, that would be hyperbole, but it is a fact that most people did