We are coming down the home stretch of the 2024-25 NBA season. Somewhere between four and seven games remain before we can officially flip the league calendar over to this month’s draft and next month’s Summer League. For Philadelphia 76ers supporters, a fresh start can’t come soon enough. But first, let’s enjoy what should hopefully be an entertaining NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers.
The Thunder are the overwhelming favorites to emerge as champions, settling at around minus-650 or minus-700 at various sportsbooks to win the series. Around Philadelphia, sentiment has mostly formed around rooting for the underdog Pacers, in part because they play an entertaining up-tempo style and took down the rival Knicks, but also due to the presence of Timothy John McConnell.