NBA

One team looking for its first title. The other looking for its first since 1971. The NBA’s conference finalists gave us four teams starved for a championship – with two total between them – and yet somehow this matchup is said to be lacking something else. Sorry, but it won’t be the market size. It …

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After years of finding 40 or more expert predictions for the NBA Finals, the quick turnaround in the bubble leads to an abbreviated list this year. (Only one ESPN pick so far? One year had 27!) We still found 22 picks, and the way they are trending – 19 of 22 are taking the Lakers …

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Golden State is back for Part 5. LeBron is not. If you thought the Lakers were relevant because of all of the sports shows they’ve dominated this week, you’re watching the wrong channel. Canada is in the house as the NBA Finals become international. Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors try to bring a title to …

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We really thought we were going to get some variety this year. It’s our sixth year of gathering expert predictions on the NBA Finals and of course that means four of them have been Warriors-Cavaliers. The other two were Spurs-Heat. Needless to say, Rockets-Celtics would have been more interesting, or at least less familiar. Still, …

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