The best, most competitive, most entertaining NBA postseason I can remember begins its last chapter this Thursday — game one of the Finals matchup between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Oklahoma City’s trip to the Finals is unsurprising. They were the best team all season — best record and the biggest scoring margin in NBA history — and other than an epic second round tussle with the Denver Nuggets, they’ve largely maintained that level of domination. At +10.8 per 100 possessions, they have the seventh best scoring in NBA postseason history.
Fun (and weird) fact: This year’s Cleveland Cavaliers have the fifth best postseason scoring margin in league history, despite getting vanquished in five games by the Indiana Pacers (the other finalist).