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[QUOTE=highwhey;15010966]ya'll are crazy if you think the pacers can extend this to 7 games. the disparity in the talent gap is more than just significant. okc is just better in all regards. pacers are good enough to stave off a blow out 4 game sweep, but 7 games? nah LOL. and i'm a Hali fan and would much rather prefer indy wins the ship this year over okc.[/QUOTE]
Not only are they going to extend the series. They're going to win it.
[QUOTE=Meticode;15010968]Not only are they going to extend the series. They're going to win it.[/QUOTE]
from yahoo sports:
[QUOTE]The Thunder opened as -800 favorites in the NBA Finals at BetMGM, with the Pacers as +550 underdogs.[/QUOTE]
highly unlikely barring injuries
[QUOTE=highwhey;15010969]from yahoo sports:
highly unlikely barring injuries[/QUOTE]
You're talking to the wrong person about spreads and odds. I pay zero attention to that crap and don't care about it.
OKC sweep
OKC sweep. Indiana are going to found out the hard way what it's like to come up against a great defensive unit and 10 deep roster. They're going to be suffocated into submission.
There is literally no way they can win this series. Not even injuries could save them.
OKC in 5.
there was this full ankle twist injury for IND in game 7.
hope all of them recover. or else, we an't seeing game 6.
Worst Finals Ever
[QUOTE=Lakers Legend#32;15011033]Worst Finals Ever[/QUOTE]
The last time this was so widely proclaimed before the series started was 2004. Followed by 2011.
:lol
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[QUOTE=highwhey;15010966]ya'll are crazy if you think the pacers can extend this to 7 games. the disparity in the talent gap is more than just significant. okc is just better in all regards. pacers are good enough to stave off a blow out 4 game sweep, but 7 games? nah LOL. and i'm a Hali fan and would much rather prefer indy wins the ship this year over okc.[/QUOTE]
If we really look at the matchups and do it talent for talent its not that far off.
Haliburton and SGA are close as talents, the league just markets SGA more. Hes in all the tv commercials with Chet and Jalen. Siakam / Myles Turner is just as talented as Chet / Hartenstein. Nembhard and Nesmith ain't too different from Dort and Jalen. Tough white boys off the bench in Caruso and TJ McConnell. Both teams like to run track meet. If OKC dominates it will be because of HCA and a hot start. If we gave Indy HCA and removed free throw bias the odds would be drastically different.
Indy also has the better coach. I'm actually glad odds are this tilted. This is big bulletin board material for the Pacers who also [I]like[/I] playing underdog / villain role. Reggie Miller spirit. The Nuggets and Wolves both played scared especially on the road.
[QUOTE=jayfan;15011180]The last time this was so widely proclaimed before the series started was 2004. Followed by 2011.
:lol
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2007
i'd be surprised if pacers make it competitive, let alone win a game :lol
[QUOTE=Lakers Legend#32;15011033]Worst Finals Ever[/QUOTE]
We get it. Don't watch it then and go cry somewhere else ya big Californian softie.
The Thunder are the 2nd youngest team in the last 70 years to make the Finals, only behind Bill Walton and the 1976-77 Trail Blazers
[QUOTE=tpols;15011183]Haliburton and SGA are close as talents, the league just markets SGA more.[/QUOTE]
lol