For most of this NBA season, it felt like a foregone conclusion that the Oklahoma City Thunder were going to be back in the NBA Finals and be competing for a second straight championship. After all, this was a team that came into the season as the defending champions. They started the year on an incredible run, opening the season at 24-1 and conversations began about whether they could challenge the historic 73-win record set by the Golden State Warriors during the 2015-16 se

The 2026 NBA Finals are officially set, and honestly, I don't think the league or we fans could have asked for a better matchup. For the first time since 1999, the New York Knicks are heading to the NBA Finals. Standing in their way? The same franchise they faced 27 years ago... The San Antonio Spurs. Over the last several years, the NBA Finals have lacked a certain level of excitement that many fans became use to having during the LeBron James versus Stephen Curry era in the