NBA Finals guide: When the games are, how to watch, what the odds are
Indiana and Oklahoma City will resume NBA Finals preparations on Saturday before Match on Sunday night Friday was technically an off day for both teams Practices at Paycom Center will be held Saturday afternoon Tyrese Haliburton s jumper with seconds left gave the Pacers a - win over the Thunder in Encounter on Thursday night It was Indiana s only lead of the event and capped a -point fourth-quarter comeback Friday s NBA Finals news Tyrese Haliburton is Mr Clutch In OKC everybody must visit the memorial It s the Comeback Playoffs Adam Silver updates Europe plans Thursday s NBA Finals news Indiana wins Competition at the buzzer How the Event comeback happened Commissioner Adam Silver talks parity expansion more The Thunder know they can regroup Things to know about these NBA Finals Previous stories of note The long winding road for Rick Carlisle Could it be U S vs the World in the All-Star Challenge Thunder are big favorites but Players play for the trophy Referees ref for the jacket Ashley Kerr wins a lot of titles She s Mark Daigneault s wife The ratings might not be good The NBA has billion reasons not to worry In Seattle the message is clear Go Pacers Two teams two paths one destination Betting odds Oklahoma City - remains a big favorite to win the NBA title according to BetMGM Sportsbook but was at - before the Encounter loss Indiana s odds are now they had been The Thunder are -point favorites over Indiana for Championship That s down a point from early Friday The Pacers have covered in of their first games of these playoffs The Thunder favored in every challenge so far have covered seven out of times to this point NBA Finals schedule All games of the NBA Finals will be aired on ABC Thursday Event Indiana Oklahoma City Sunday Encounter Indiana at Oklahoma City p m EDT June Battle Oklahoma City at Indiana p m EDT June Event Oklahoma City at Indiana p m EDT June Competition Indiana at Oklahoma City if necessary p m EDT June Tournament Oklahoma City at Indiana if necessary p m EDT June Match Indiana at Oklahoma City if necessary p m EDT And good news No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates Key upcoming events June NBA draft first round June NBA draft second round SGA is the MVP A recap of Oklahoma City s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander s winning of the NBA MVP award The story Gilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award The reaction SGA tears up when talking about his wife Steve Nash speaks Canada s st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him The notebook Jokic finishes top- again Giannis streak ends LeBron gets votes Stats of the day Thursday s meeting was the closest Tournament in NBA Finals history decided by one point There had been eight two-point Competition s the bulk not long ago Chicago s - win over Utah in Odds are that was it for the one-point games in this series The only NBA Finals with two games decided by exactly one point was the Golden State-Washington matchup in which was a closer-than-it-looked Warriors sweep Golden State won those four games by an average of four points Teams that were down by seven or more points with left in an NBA Finals challenge were - in the play-by-play era since before the Pacers Meeting win They trailed - with left Thursday and won - Quote of the day We have a group of guys that respond and we are going to be ready for the next challenge Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein AP NBA https apnews com nba Source
